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Overhead angle of fall foliage at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, OH, Thursday, October 29, 2015.

(Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It's the first day of astronomical Fall (as opposed to meteorological Fall which begins Sept 1.), and we're going to reach a steamy 84 degrees in Cleveland. But what's normal for us on the Autumn Equinox? Nothing near where we are this year.

The 2000-2015 average high temperature is 71.6 degrees, and the average low temperature is 53.6 degrees. This year? We are going to reach 84 degrees, which is 17 percent warmer than average. Even our low temperature was much warmer than average, with this morning's low of 62 degrees -- over 15 percent hotter than average.

Now, the Autumn Equinox changes between Sept. 22 and 23. The record high temperature for Sept. 22 is 92 degrees, set in 1895 - thankfully we're not quite there. The record high temperature for Sept. 23 is 89 degrees, set in 2010, not too far from what we're going to reach today.

This is following the trend of August tying the hottest on record for Cleveland.

This hot weather is also expected to suppress the vibrant fall foliage colors we normally get to enjoy.

What do you think? Do you love or hate this hot weather?

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Kelly Reardon is cleveland.com's meteorologist. Please follow me on Facebook and Twitter @kreardon0818.