First frost, first flakes and a warmup: Your October forecast overview

This October is likely to bring the first snowflakes to the Great Lakes, first frost to the Northeast, and much more across the country.

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00:00October could bring your first frost, first flakes and another warm up. Flash flooding is the biggest story to start

00:04the month in the southwest and central U.S., but to end the first full week of October, November like

00:09air pushes from the Great Lakes into the northeast, which means the season's first snowflakes for parts of Michigan and

00:15northern New England, especially near the lakes and at higher elevations. A frost capable of ending the growing season is

00:20also a concern, including across interior Pennsylvania and New York. So keep an eye on those overnight forecasts if you

00:26still have plants outside. But the chill is not going to stick around all month. A much warmer

00:29pattern is expected to develop from the Great Lakes to the east coast around October 18th through the 23rd. And

00:35we're still watching the tropics, including near Florida and the Bahamas early in the month, even with limited chances for

00:40development overall.