Unseasonably warm in northern Minnesota/Ontario

I happened along the internet broadcast of a station in Thunder Bay,
Ontario, and on the evening newscast, they were reporting temperatures
as warm as 57 F in Fort Frances, Ontario, opposite International Falls,
Minnesota. No snow yet in the area.

Just curious if no snow this late in the year was common in that part
of the continent? I've read of the first snow falling in the UP of
Michigan as not-unheard-of in August.

I was a bit surprised as it's not all that much warmer where I am in
Southern California.

Larry

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