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Excessive Rainfall Possible This Weekend; October Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across the northern Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. through this weekend. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will impact southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley into next week. Read More >

Dry and quiet weather across southern Wisconsin through the weekend. Pleasant seasonable day time temperatures will give way to some cool nights. There will be a potential for patchy frost tonight and again early next week.
Here are the summary statistics for September 2026. Temperatures and precip were near normal to slightly above normal, with the majority of the warm weather evident in the overnight lows. Milwaukee set a new record for September 19th daily rainfall, no other records were tied or broken.