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Currently in the Twin Cities — September 25, 2023: Our biggest rain in over a year
Plus, my new favorite auto-updating fall colors map.
Sven Sundgaard & Eric Holthaus
September 25, 2023
The weather, currently.
Our biggest rain in over a year
Our latest storm system really delivered on rainfall, FINALLY!
Corcoran received 4.48 inches in the west metro, 3.11 inches fell at the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen, and 1.49 inches fell at the MSP airport through midday Sunday.
It was the biggest precipitation event since May of 2022 at MSP. We’re not done yet either: we’ll have lingering scattered showers and thunder Monday and even a few showers still on Tuesday. Sunshine finally returns Thursday with summer temperatures again as we end the month: highs will be near 80 by Friday into the weekend.
What you need to know, currently.
Fall is here, and so far the trees are not disappointing this year.
My new favorite fall leaf-peeping guide is Explore Fall, which daily auto-generates a 7-day forecasted fall-colors map on almost a neighborhood scale based on weather, soil moisture, sunlight, and citizen science observations for the entire lower 48 states (sorry, no Canada yet).
Here in Minnesota, I tested out the algorithm on a few hikes this weekend and the leaves were stellar. It’s that time of year where the leaves seem to change almost hour-by-hour, so if you have a chance to get out there, don’t miss it.
It's giving fall in Colorado #FirstDayOfFall
— CU Denver (@CUDenver)
7:13 PM • Sep 23, 2023
Fall colors starting to show up in Northern Maine
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher)
1:31 PM • Sep 24, 2023
Minnesota’s last day of summer. It appears Lutsen is ahead of the curve as of yesterday. @ian_leonard@StormHour@FOX9
— David Kirkbride (@DKlandscapes)
6:20 PM • Sep 22, 2023
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