Cold first half of October in Minnesota: 1875 record shattered by 5 degrees

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | October Extremes

October 2009 is going down in the record books in many ways. The normal high temperature for the first two weeks is supposed to be 63 degrees. This year the high temperature was only 47 degrees. That ranks as the coldest first two weeks of the October. The previous coldest was 52 degrees in 1875. The most recent cold was 54 degrees in 1979.

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