How about the weather Friday? Cold, gray and wet. Typical for October? More like November, I’d say. Vancouver’s high Friday was 54 degrees, making it the coldest Oct. 5 on record. And our records go back a long, long ways. The lowest high temperature previously was 56 degrees in 1948. Now, that’s one for the record books.
Not really the type of record we need to set so early in the fall season — plenty of time for highs like that. It was also the coldest high temperature since a chilly day on April 16. A little wet snow fell on Mount Hood as well. I can see the snowboarders and skiers getting anxious. Let’s hope things get going in good fashion by Thanksgiving.
With the chilly air mass and clearing skies we had Saturday, I would expect that it was cold into the 30s this morning and with dense fog in places. Weather watcher Dave Campbell said this about Friday’s rainfall: “The rain was for a few hours a real downpour — at least frogs and squirrels for almost an inch worth. (Not quite dogs and cats).
Clouds will increase later today, and we have a chance for some light rain or showers — the drippy kind — through Tuesday, and then I think we have some nice autumn weather the rest of the week. At least that is the plan. A trip to the pumpkin patch today, maybe?
