Several mild days into the low-mid 70s with dense early morning fog started the period with a big rainstorm from the remains of Tropical System Zeta (1.86” – our third wettest day of the year) near the end of the month highlighted this second half of October.  Monthly rainfall (3.27”) was just a bit below normal while temperatures wound up a bit above normal.

There were no thunderstorm days with 1 Sunny/Clear day, 7 Partly Cloudy and 8 Cloudy days.

The minimum temperature for this period was 36.3° on the 31st. During this latest 16 day period the highest temperature reached was 75.8 degrees on the 22nd.  5 days had max temps in the 70s, 7 days in the 60s, 3 days in the 50s and 1 day in the 40s. Only 2 days had mins in the 60s. There were 7 days in the 50s, 6 in the 40s, and 1 day in the 30s. Once again we failed to record a freeze during October. This trend is growing into a new “Global warming normal” for my station during this century.

Daily precip, max/min temperature values, general sky condition, and Peak Wind Gust (PWG) for each day of the period include:

10/16   T   66.0 50.4 Cloudy, cooler, very light AM rain shower – 22 N

10/17 0.00 58.9 40.3 Sunny, cooler – 17 E

10/18 0.00 62.7 40.9 Partly Cloudy, a tad milder PM – 22 S

10/19 0.00 67.9 53.2 Cloudy, milder, dry – 17 S

10/20   T   72.1 55.8 Partly Cloudy, early AM dense fog, drizzle, milder PM – 14 SW

10/21   T   72.6 61.6 Partly Cloudy, AM dense fog, drizzle – mild – 12 SW

10/22 0.00 75.8 59.0 Cloudy, AM dense fog, warmer, partly cloudy PM – 13 SE

10/23 0.00 74.4 62.0 Early AM dense fog, warm, Partly Cloudy PM – 19 SSE

10/24 0.00 70.9 55.7 Partly Cloudy, not quite as warm, remaining dry – 19 NNE

10/25 0.16 55.7 44.2 Cloudy, cooler, light PM showers – 17 ENE

10/26 0.02 60.2 45.9 Cloudy, a bit milder, light rain shower – 11 NE

10/27 0.00 61.8 55.4 Cloudy, milder AM, dry – 10 NE

10/28 0.00 67.6 59.5 Cloudy, a bit warmer, one more dry day – 16 E

10/29 1.86 62.4 49.7 Cloudy, cooler, moderate-heavy rain esp late AM from TS Zeta remains, relatively light winds – 19 E

10/30 0.18 51.0 45.5 Partly Cloudy, cooler, early AM showers – 20 NE

10/31 0.00 49.9 36.3 Partly Cloudy, coolest day of the month, early AM showers – 20 NE

Only 4 of the 16 days in the period received measurable rain, all during the wettest period of the month from the 25th through the 30th (2.22″ total) with some trace amounts noted in the earlier foggy period between the 20^th to the 23rd . Our  final October monthly total was 3.27 inches while the year-to date total now 44.54″.

The current temperature is 46.4 degrees at 0450 on November 1 under cloudy skies with winds up to 10 MPH recorded from the SSW. The max temperatures look to be holding in the 50s today with showers developing by midday and temperatures dropping later along with increasing winds into Monday. The rest of the week looks partly to mostly sunny with seasonable temperatures. Today’s feature image shows the relative calm after the 10/29 storm (the remains of Zeta) on the morning of October 30.