Minnesota Temperature Update: Record High at International Falls; Century-Plus Records Fall in Dakotas

Midnight Update: The updated preliminary climate report shows a high temperature of 82°.

Other high temperature records in North and South Dakota were (old record in parentheses):

Grand Forks ND    88°  (85°, 1995)
Fargo ND          90°  (89°, 1905) 
Huron SD          93°  (92°, 1897)
Mitchell SD       93°  (tie, 1897)

The Huron high temperature represented a 50° swing from the morning low of 43°.

Original post:
After hitting a record September low 2 weeks ago, northern Minnesota temperatures have rebounded to summer levels. Today's high of 81° at International Falls broke the record of 80° set in 1922. With 3 days remaining in the month, the September average through yesterday remains at 0.3° above the 1981-2010 normal.