As of today, November 4th, there has still not been a sub-freezing temperature this season. That is not exactly rare, but maybe a tad uncommon for my location at this point in the fall. October did produce a couple of frosty mornings and three evenings in which the mercury dipped into the 30s. The lowest mark of 36.9º was hit on the 12th. The chilliest afternoon high was a rather seasonable 53.4º also on the 12th. At the other end of the mercury, the warmest temp last month was a mark equally seasonable for the start of October, with a 70.9º reading on the 2nd. The warmest overnight low was an almost summer like 55.4º measured on the morning of the 4th. October delivered a single day over 70º and 17 days at or above 60º so the temps played "normal" all month long.
On the water side of the weather, we also had a fairly typical amount of rain for the month. Lately we have been underperforming on precipitation, so it felt like a deluge or rain when in reality it was just a proper October. There were 17 days with rain ranging from very light showers to the heavy 1.01 inch received on the 22nd. 4 days produced a 1/4 inch or more in the rain gauge with 3 of those exceeding a 1/2 inch. October managed to provide just a 2 sunny days but one of them was on the very last day so the kiddies could trick-or-treat under clear skies.
November is following along with October's game plan so far. temps should start to get chilly as Thanksgiving approaches. Multiple frosts and freezes are likely unless November decides to rain every day, which could happen ;) Snowfall in November is not really that common. Outside of a random flurry or two, I have only had 4 Novembers in the past 20 with more than an inch of snow. The most snow I have recorded in November is 3 inches in 2003. The last time I had an inch on the ground in the 11th month was back in 2014. So methinks we won't see much in the winter precipitation until perhaps next month.
