Will we see another 80-degree high this month? They have been few and far between for some years now with the last 80-degree high temperature in the month of October in 2015. We reached 80 degrees Friday, creating a new milestone so to speak. We were a little short Saturday at 78 degrees as of 5 p.m.
Looking ahead to this coming week, I don’t see 80 degrees on the horizon. Today will be cooler with those infamous “morning clouds” probably lasting past the noon hour. On Monday through Thursday, we will have highs in the 70s with variable clouds.
We shift gears once again with more clouds and rain reaching us by Friday. Forecast charts show periods of rain throughout next weekend and into the following week. No complaints because we have had a nice break in the fall rains.
In Vancouver, we had 1.29 inches of rain in September, about one quarter inch below average. In September 2012, we only measured 0.04 of an inch, the driest in 20 years, and the period of July through September 2012 was the driest on record. That’s amazing considering records go clear back to the 1800s.