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Areas of Heavy to Excessive Rainfall and Hot Temperatures This Week

Heavy to excessive rainfall could bring areas of flooding at times Monday through Thursday across parts of the central Plains into the Midwest as well as southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue across much of east Texas into the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley through at least midweek. Read More >

The first freeze of the fall is expected across portions of central Minnesota and west central Wisconsin early Wednesday morning. 

 

 

What is the normal date for the first freeze each fall?  For the Twin Cities, it's between October 1st and 10th, and for Eau Claire and St. Cloud it's between September 21st and 30th.  After a warm start to the fall, it looks like the weather is starting to "fall" back to normal conditions for this time of year: