A cold and foggy start to your Sunday as we officially move into Standard Time across the region. Morning temperatures will be near to slightly below freezing locally, but with the growing season officially considered over, Freeze Warnings are not in effect locally. Percent chance of going above normal in the medium to extended period are looking rather high with analogs (above) hinting at 70-80% probabilities, but late this month the pattern could get a little more interesti

Halloween is behind us, Thanksgiving is ahead, and that means it's November. One of the bigger transitional months, average high temperatures drop about 15 degrees from the 1st to the 30th. In Dubuque, highs start around 52 and dive to 37 by month's end. Average lows start at 34 and crash to 22 just 29 days later There are usually a couple of days with at least measurable snow in November, with average amounts ranging from 2.8 inches up north in Dubuque to less than an inch i