A very below normal month - warmer weather ahead!

I don't need to tell ANYONE it's been a below normal month as far as temperatures go. This is just one graph for Sioux Falls (though most of the state looks similar) that shows us where our actual temperatures wound up with respect to where they should be on their respective days. (Courtesy of the NWS in Sioux Falls - check out other cities near SF here or in central and northern SD check here)

The areas in green is where our temperatures SHOULD have been, areas in blue is the range of temperatures showing temperatures below normal getting as cold as the record cold temperature and areas in the red/pink is the range of temperatures up to the record high for that day. The navy blue bars show the low and high temperatures for the day, the top of the bar being the actual high, the bottom of the bar being the actual low. You can definitely see that nearly all of our temperatures stayed in the lower half of the green range - keeping us below average. There were only 2 days where temperatures were above average and 2 days where we hit average.

Good news is on the way if you don't like those cooler temperatures. As we start November, we'll start seeing those warmer than normal temperatures creep back into the forecast. Especially tomorrow - temperatures in the 60s!

And if you look at the 3 month temperature outlook from the climate prediction center... we'll keep that above normal trend around all the way through January! Of course if you're a big snow fan - you'll have to wait a bit longer for any snow we see to stick because this winter won't be as cold, so snow will melt a lot faster in the beginning of the winter season.

Enjoy the warmer temperatures for now though!

~KDLT Meteorologist Jesse Ritka