Rochester is heading into November with a stretch of unusually mild weather, and the warmup is arriving fast. After October closes out with highs in the mid-50s and lows in the upper 30s, temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-60s on Sunday and stay in the 60s on Monday before pushing near 70 on Tuesday.
That change matters now because it gives people in Rochester several dry, mild days right as the month turns. Skies stay mostly clear to start, though a few clouds will pass by Sunday and cloud cover will increase through Monday as the air warms. By Tuesday morning, light showers could dapple the area while the low's warm front moves through, but the rest of the day is dry and southerly breezes help drive temperatures to near 70.
The warm spell does not last all week. Wednesday still looks mild, with temperatures reaching the 70s becoming a likelihood and only passing clouds overhead. That is the peak of the stretch, and it comes just before the pattern turns. Rain does not return until Thursday, when the low's cold front arrives and starts undoing the early-November warmth.
That split is the story of the week: a brief burst of near-summer feeling, then a quick slide back. Temperatures come back to reality after frontal passage on Friday, cutting short the milder run just as November gets underway. The forecast points to a short-lived warm start rather than a lasting pattern, which leaves the next question on timing, not temperature: how long the cooler, wetter turn will hold after the front passes.
