The heat has left us, hopefully for good, during this mid-September month period. The rain also left us as the 0.08″ that fell from the weak TS Sally remains was the only measurable rain that fell during the period. Dew points fell significantly through the period from mid-upper 60s at the beginning of the period down to the 30s at the end of the period.

There were no thunderstorm days with 5 Sunny/ Clear days, 4 Partly Cloudy and 2 Cloudy days.

The minimum temperature for this period was 42.8° on the 22nd, our coolest min since May 13 (38.9°) . During this latest 11 day period the highest temperature reached was only 78.1 degrees on the 13th. 6 days had max temps in the 70s, with the remaining 5 days in the 60s. Only 2 days had mins in the 60s, with 5 days in the 50s and 4 in the 40s

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

9/12 0.00 71.9 64.1 Cloudy, cooler, a bit less humid – 13 E

9/13 0.00 78.1 59.6 P Cloudy, a bit warmer, less humid, dry – 21 SW

9/14 0.00 76.0 62.4 P Cloudy, seasonably mild, smoky haze noted from western wildfires – 21 NW

9/15 0.00 65.7 52.2 P Cloudy, cooler, still hazy skies – 16 E

9/16 0.00 70.2 50.3 Sunny, a bit milder, still hazy, dry – 19 SW

9/17 0.06 71.2 57.8 Cloudy, mild, TS Sally moves in from the SW- only light rain and wind – haze clears out – 9 SW

9/18 0.02 72.1 58.5 P Cloudy, mild, Sally exits to the N/E with breezes picking up under a tighter pressure gradient – 24 E

9/19 0.00 62.4 46.4 Sunny, much cooler, dry – 24 NE

9/20 0.00 64.8 44.1 Sunny, pleasantly cool, frost in selected nearby locations but none here, dry – 16 E

9/21 0.00 63.3 45.4 Sunny, cool, dry, more scattered frost in the region – 15 E

9/22 0.00 67.2 42.8 Sunny, cool, coolest min since May, dry – 21 NW

Only 2 of the 11 days in the period received measurable rain, all from the weak remains of tropical storm Sally (0.08″ total from 9/17-18). The total for this eleven day period was 0.08 inches so our month-to-date total is now 2.72″  and the year-to date total is 40.50″.

The current temperature is 51.0 degrees at 0404 on September 23 under clear skies. The max temperatures looks to be rebounding into the 70s to bear 80 with rain possible on Friday from a visit by the remains of tropical storm Beta. The tropics are staying quite active right now as we start to name storms from the Greek alphabet.

Today’s featured image is a picture of a sunset at the rain gauge earlier this month