Don Sutherland

#Caribou has been experiencing rapidly warming Octobers. This month, it experienced an unprecedented spell of October warmth. Nothing like it had occurred in its climate record, which goes back to 1939. #mewx

#Caribou has reached 80F (26.7C) for the third consecutive day. Prior to 2025, Caribou had only one 80F (26.7C) reading in October. The prior latest 3-day streak was during September 24-26, 2017. #mewx

#Burlington has reached 80F (26.7C) for the fourth consecutive day. That ties the October record that was set during October 16-19, 1947. #vtwx

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#Caribou reached 83F (28.3C) today. That eclipsed both the daily mark of 74F (23.3C) from 1946 and the all-time October record of 82F (27.8C) from October 9, 2011. #mewx

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Yesterday's 2.47" (62.7 mm) rainfall at Salt Lake City was its second biggest daily amount on record. The top 3:

1. 2.64" (67.1 mm), May 3, 1901
2. 2.47" (62.7 mm), October 4, 2025
3. 2.28" (57.9 mm), July 13, 1962

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Yesterday, Minneapolis tied its all-time October record high minimum temperature, had its second highest October maximum temperature, and set a new monthly mean temperature mark of 81.5F (27.5C). That broke the 80.5F (26.9C) record from October 1, 2023. #mnwx

Daily and monthly records were tied and even broken in parts of the upper Midwest today. Select records are below.

Salt Lake City has picked up 2.38" (60.5 mm) of rain through 6 pm MDT. That demolishes the all-time October daily mark of 1.53" (38.9 mm) and is the second highest daily amount on record. Records go back to 1874. #utwx

#Minneapolis is on track to tie its October record high minimum temperature of 72F (22.2C) from October 3, 2005. All four 70F (21.1C) #October lows have occurred since 2005. Records go back to 1872. #mnwx

Saint Cloud, MN has reached 90F (32.2C). That is its latest such occurrence on record. The old record was set on October 2, 1953 and tied in 1992 and 2023. #mnwx

Record high temperatures fell across parts of the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains. Some highs:

#Philip, SD has reached 98F (36.7C). That surpasses the all-time October record of 97F (36.1C) from October 1, 1953. #sdwx

#Phoenix reached 100F (37.8C) for the 120th time this year. 2025 is just the 10th year on record with 120 or more such days. The 2023-2025 period is the first case of three consecutive years. The old record of two consecutive years was set during 1988-1989. #azwx

#Phoenix had a September mean temperature of 90.2F (32.3C). That was above the normal value of 89.2F (31.8C) and a record fourth consecutive September with a mean temperature of 90F (32.2C) or above (old record: 3 consecutive years, 2009-2011). #azwx

#Monsoon2025 summary for #Phoenix. #azwx

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It might not be sweater weather, but #Phoenix will finish with 100F (37.8C) days in September. That’s its least since 2021 when there were also 19 days. #azwx

#Newark has reached 80F (26.7C) for the 10th time during the second half of September. That is tied with September 1881 for the second most such days and just one short of the record of 11 days from 2017. #njwx

#Phoenix will have a high of 89F (31.7C). This is the third consecutive day that Phoenix has had highs < 90F (32.2C). The last time that happened was September 25-27, 2019. #azwx

Islip and Newark set daily record highs today, while LaGuardia Airport tied its daily record. #nywx #njwx

#Newark has reached 80F (26.7C) for the 100th time this year. That is tied with 2017 and 2019 for the 21st highest number of days. 50% of Newark's years with 100 or more such days have occurred since 2000. #njwx

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With the latest ongoing thunderstorm, September rainfall in #Phoenix has reached 2.26" (57.4 mm). That surpasses the 2.25" (57.2 mm) that fell in September 1958 to make September 2025 the 10th wettest September on record. #azwx

#Phoenix had a high temperature of 87F (30.6C). That is the coolest September high temperature since September 27, 2021 when the high was 86F (30.0C). #azwx

With additional rainfall, #Phoenix has seen the temperature fall below 70F (21.1C) for the second consecutive day. The last time that happened in September was September 23-24, 2019. #azwx

With yesterday's deluge, #Phoenix has now seen 2.05" (52.1 mm) of #rain. Mean October rainfall following September amounts of 2.00" (50.8 mm) or more is 0.24" (6.1 mm) or 43% of normal. Highest: 0.71" (18.0 mm), 1983; Lowest: 0.02" (0.5 mm), 1939). #azwx

#Phoenix has now received 1.64" (41.7 mm) of rain. That is tied with September 27, 2024 for the seventh highest daily figure on record for September. #azwx

#Phoenix has seen 1.11" (28.2 mm) of rain so far. That is its first 1.00" (25.4 mm) amount since December 24, 2021 when 1.00" (25.4 mm) fell. It is its biggest daily rainfall since October 13, 2018 when 2.19" (55.6 mm) soaked the City. #azwx