Reason to be thankful.

The weather gods can switch moods. Dramatically. From month to month. Here in Minnesota, we had one of the coldest Octobers on record. Something like the fourth coldest ever. But in November, we've had an almost unbelievable spell of warm weather. Actually, every day this month (20 days, so far) the temperature has been above normal. Maybe the weather gods thought they had been too harsh on us in October. And they're making up for it. Of course, in Minnesota, above normal in November isn't necessarily shirtsleeve weather. We start out the month with an average high in the 40s. And end the month with the 30s being normal. Still, that's nothing to complain about. We've had plenty of below zero temperatures in November. Anyway, we know that the weather gods will give us a frigid blast of winter sooner or later. Maybe early in December, when there's predictions that a cold air mass will move down here from Alaska, where the temperature dipped to 46 below zero yesterday. But think of it. Thanksgiving is less than a week away. And we were in the 50s today. And sunny. Reason to be thankful. --Jim Broede