Say goodbye to the above normal temperatures we’ve had for weeks

A vigorous low pressure storm system starts moving into the area Monday night, October 20, 2025.

This low moves out of the Dakotas Monday which keeps us on the warm side of the storm, but as it moves to our north later tonight, a brisk cold front will sweep over the area, bringing rain and a significant drop in temperatures.

Lows Monday night will drop to the low 40s, which is a little warmer than Sunday night’s low of 37, however it’s Tuesday’s highs that will be most affected by the cold front as we only reach to around 50 degrees for a high.

After the initial band of rain passes with the cold front, we will see some dryer air move in with those northwest winds, but then models are showing the low actually revert back to the west a bit which will allow for some wrap around precipitation to move back into the area from the northwest Tuesday afternoon into the night. This all happening with cold winds blowing 10-20 mph, so it won’t be a fun time to be outdoors.

After this low passes, we stay in more of a stagnant pattern for the rest of the week into the weekend with not much in the way of changes. We stay dry and see highs around 50 through Thursday with a gradual warm up into the weekend. Lows will drop to around the freezing mark Wednesday and Thursday morning, and like the highs, will warm slightly over the weekend back into the 40s.

Looking ahead we see another potent storm coming out of the central plains next week. While it looks strong as it approaches and likely will bring in rains to the area, models have it weakening just before it gets to us. This is significant as, had it stayed as strong as it was approaching us as when it passed us, we could have easily seen some snowfall on the back side, but because it weakens, that cold air rushing in on the backside will be far weaker than the warm air that gets sucked in on the forward side of the storm.

All this is a long ways out however so while it bears watching, things could change significantly before than.