![]() Regardless, Sean becomes our 18th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. ![]() Here's a look at Tropical Storm Sean from earlier in the day Wednesday, which looked pretty disorganized. It won't be long now and you'll be able to find your favorite fall color in a backyard near you. See more from Travel Wisconsin HERE: Typical Peak Fall ColorĪccording to the MN DNR, typical peak color arrives across the international border mid to late September with peak color arriving near the Twin Cities late September to mid October. Fall colors are peaking in some areas and peak isn't far away in others. Here's a look at the fall color report in Wisconsin. See more from the MN DNR HERE: Wisconsin Fall Color Update Note that most leaves will vacate the premises in a few weeks and won't return until sometime in mid/late May. Fall colors will continue to rapidly change, so take a moment and enjoy the season while you can. Parts of northern Minnesota are already at and past peak color. Fall Color UpdateĪccording to the MN DNR, the fall color season is well underway. Fall colors look well underway there and will continue over the coming days. Here's a picture from Mike Roberts and the MN DNR website at Father Hennepin State Park. With that being said, we're still in a drought across much of the state with nearly 8% under an extreme drought. Recent heavy rains have helped the drought situation quite a bit in spots across the state. Some of the biggest surpluses (which aren't many) are showing up in blue in pockets along and north of the Twin Cities and also just east of the metro in western Wisconsin. Thanks to some recent heavy rains parts of the state are now in a surplus over the last 90 days. This could be another drought denting rain for many, but still not enough to get out of the drought. Some locations could potentially see up to 3", mainly across the southwestern part of the state. Here's the extended precipitation outlook through the weekend, which shows widespread 1" to 2" tallies across the southern half of the state. This could be a fairly good soaking for many with fairly strong winds. Here's the simulated radar from 7AM Thursday to 7AM Saturday, which shows a sizeable storm system moving through the Midwest. See more from NOAA HERE: A Sizeable Soaking Later This Week Conversely, Iowa ranked 10th driest for this nine-month period." Six additional states - Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wyoming - ranked among their top-10 wettest for this period. Massachusetts ranked second wettest, while Connecticut ranked third wettest on record for this YTD. ![]() Looking at the year-to-date average precipitation, the total was 23.32 inches (0.12 of an inch above average), ranking in the middle third of the record. No state experienced a top-10 coldest event for this nine-month period. An additional 24 states had a top-10 warmest such YTD on record. Mississippi and Florida had their warmest January–September period on record while Delaware and Maryland saw their second warmest. was 57.0 degrees F - 1.9 degrees above average - ranking as the 10th-warmest such YTD on record. "Year to date (YTD, January through September 2023) - The year-to-date average temperature for the contiguous U.S. See more from NOAA HERE: 2023 Billion Dollar Disasters Connecticut had its third-wettest September on record, while Nevada and New Jersey both had one of their top-10 wettest Septembers." Ohio had its fifth-driest September on record with Indiana and Michigan seeing a top-10 driest September on record. The average precipitation last month was 2.10 inches (0.39 of an inch below average), ranking the month in the driest third of all Septembers in the historical record. An additional 10 states saw their top-10 warmest Septembers on record. New Mexico and Texas both saw their warmest Septembers on record, while Minnesota had its second warmest. was 67.8 degrees F - 2.9 degrees above the 20th-century average - making it the seventh-warmest September in NOAA's 129-year climate record. climate report: Climate by the numbers September 2023 The average September temperature across the contiguous U.S. Below are highlights from NOAA's September U.S. The month also brought record heat and flooding rains to parts of the nation, according to scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. September 2023 was remarkably warm and quite dry across the contiguous United States. "Last month marked by heat waves, tropical systems and flooding rain. just had its 7th-warmest September on record"
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