Mild November weather surged north to the Canadian border Monday with highs approaching 60º across potions of Montana and North Dakota. The afternoon highs that reached 67º at Rapid City, S.D., and 59º at Minot, N.D., were on par with high temperatures recorded Monday in the Southeast where Atlanta reached 60º and both Albany and Valdosta (in Georgia) topped out at 67º, and were as much as 20º warmer than areas of west Texas, where Amarillo recorded 44° and El Paso 49°.
While these mild readings were not at record setting levels, they were as much as 20-25 degrees above normal, and it’s the same air mass that is headed for the Midwest in coming days. Besides the 60º highs headed for Chicago, overnight lows will likely hold in the upper 40s and lower 50s the next few nights—lofty levels well above the typical mid-40° highs expected this time of the year.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
