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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Notebook MILEPOST 422

October 29, 2024 Tuesday Weather

Warmth continues for eastern Lower 48 into November

What the month did

October 2024 was the 2nd-warmest October in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 58.9°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 54.5°F (+4.4°F).

October 2024 was the 3rd-driest October in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 1.0in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.5in (-1.5in).

NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.

Temperatures in the 70s into Michigan this evening at 7:30 PM with 80s still in the Plains. That’s incredibly balmy for late-October.

Enhanced Risk of Severe Weather centered over Kansas City on Wednesday.

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