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UPDATED FROM ORIGINAL POST: According to Steve of The Valley Weather Blog it was a stunning 37C or 100 degrees F at Rosetown, Saskatchewan yesterday afternoon, a rise from it’s low of 11C yesterday morning! Very impressive indeed for so late in the season..

Yesterday saw Glasgow, Montana top a roasting 95 degrees. It was an even warmer 99 in Havre, Montana whilst Minneapolis topped a still warm 81 whilst running 5-6 degrees above normal for the month according to Meteorologist Paul Douglas of WeatherNation. Yes after 3 straight meteorological summer months below normal with July as much as 3 below normal.

As Paul Douglas says in his blog.. “Yes, this may be atmospheric payback for our cooler-than-normal summer”
(Photo)Loch Lomond in October 2008

According to Minnesota State Climatologist Pete Bouley, Minneapolis has enjoyed 9 days above 80, in 2007 there was 10 such days and in 2003 there was 13 days.

Yesterday here in Britain, the warm spot was the Isle of Wight which topped off at 20C, coolest was Shap, Cumbria at -0C which is one of the UK’s cool spots, located in a high valley in central, north England on the east side of the Lake District. Warm sunny days are remaining a little cooler with breezes and signs of autumn are all around with trees that are thinning out as leaves fall off with chilly breezes but the dry, bright weather of late is a huge difference from the persistent rains and cloud that we have brought another very dissapointing summer like 2007 and 2008 to Great Britain after the promising start back in May and June which were very warm and dry with day after day in the mid-20s up here in Glasgow to low 30s in southern England and around London. The warm days give way to increasingly cooler nights under brilliant clear skies, calm winds and the threat of ground frost forming in rural areas away from bodies of water that are still warm.

Accross in North America, it is a similar story in New England to England, UK with bright sunny days and mild temperatures to increasingly sharer fall-like nights and interior frost. Theb west is different with even the heart of eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where high pressure is to their south and east, a warm heat pump is pushing 90-degree heat into a region normally getting ready for chilly days and cold, frosty nights, though it’s not uncommon to see these types of autumnal mid-September heat bursts bring a surprise late season warm spell to the heart of Western and Central Canada. The Northern Plains and Canda should enjoy these Indian summer days as times will change soon.

Thanks for reading.

-Mark