A cool, slightly wet and notably windy start to the period, followed by several mild days into the low-mid 70s through the middle of the period, then a notably wet period towards the end of this group of days, with a really windy, unsettled but dry end highlighted this first half of November. Monthly rainfall so far (2.60”) was a bit above normal while temperatures were up and down but are running milder than normal.

There were no thunderstorm days with 1 Sunny/Clear day, 9 Partly Cloudy and 5 Cloudy days.

The minimum temperature for this period was 37.5° on the 2nd. During this latest 15 day period the highest temperature reached was 74.1 degrees on the 10th.  4 days had max temps in the 70s, 6 days in the 60s, 4 days in the 50s and 1 day in the 40s. Only 1 day had mins in the 60s. There were 2 days in the 50s, 8 in the 40s, and 4 days in the 30s. We have continued to remain freeze-free this fall season, a trend continuing to persist as an important feature in 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:

11/01 0.26 54.2 38.9 Cloudy, a bit milder, light rain showers, windy later in the day – 45 NW

11/02 0.00 46.5 37.5 Partly Sunny, cooler, still windy – 48 NW

11/03 0.00 59.8 39.9 Partly Cloudy, milder, still windy – 45 NW

11/04 0.00 65.1 38.3 Partly Cloudy, milder, winds veer SW and lessen – 23 SW

11/05 0.00 67.0 43.1 Partly Cloudy, a tad milder – 28 SW

11/06 0.00 68.5 47.5 Partly Cloudy, mild – 12 SW

11/07 0.00 71.9 44.5 Sunny, warm – 13 SW

11/08 0.00 71.6 46.8 Partly Cloudy, warm – 14 W

11/09 0.00 72.3 50.7 Partly Cloudy, warm, remaining dry – 14 SW

11/10 0.00 74.1 52.9 Partly Cloudy, still warm, dry – 23 S

11/11 1.68 68.4 62.4 Cloudy, a bit cooler, light-moderate  rain all day – 25 S

11/12 0.64 68.4 46.8 Cloudy, cooler later, light rain mostly AM – 20 NE

11/13 0.02 58.4 45.8 Cloudy, light shower early AM, partial clearing PM, cooler – 20 NW

11/14 0.00 55.1 40.7 Partly Cloudy, cooler – 20 NW

11/15 0.00 68.3 46.6 Mostly Cloudy, mild AM, gradually cooler, threatening severe wx PM but no storms observed, becoming quite windy PM – 53 NW

Only 4 of the 16 days in the period received measurable rain, most all during the wet period from the 11th through the 13th (2.34″ total) with a small amount at the beginning of the period (0.26” on the 1^st). So our current month to date amount is 2.60” with the current year to date amount up to 47.14″.

The current temperature is 50.0 degrees at 0426 on November 16 under clear skies with winds up to 43 MPH from the NW since midnight. The max temperatures look to be dropping briefly into the 40s by Wednesday with mins possibly dropping into the 20s for our first freeze of the season but generally dry all week with temperatures moderating thereafter.