Duluth is looking increasingly likely to get through October without measurable snowfall, the Northland Weather Blog reported Oct. 16, as a mild fall pattern continues across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
A brief chill was expected to bring overnight lows into the 30s and 20s in some areas, but milder air was forecast to return for the weekend, with highs climbing into the 50s and lower 60s. Forecast guidance showed no prolonged cool-down through the end of the month.
Duluth's average October snowfall is 2.7 inches. The last October with above-average snowfall was 2022, which went on to become Duluth's snowiest winter on record, with 140.1 inches.
The past three Octobers, from 2023 through 2025, all brought below-average snowfall in Duluth, and each of those winters also finished below average, according to the blog's review.
As of Oct. 15, fall 2026 in Duluth was running 3.1 degrees warmer than average, with above-average temperatures on 30 days compared with 12 colder-than-average days. Across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, October temperature anomalies through Oct. 15 ranged from 4 to 6 degrees above normal.
