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Last week my wife told me that her and her co-workers can't recall a school year starting out so chilly. I think it's just the afterglow of a warm summer. Either way, temperatures for the most part have managed to stay below average the past eleven days. Along with the relative chill are the many days with precipitation as well. Our mean temperature for the month stands at 60.5 and our days with measurable precipitation at 12. After the potentially wet and stormy weather in the coming days, long range, 6-14 day, forecasts call for above average temps and below average precip. Conditions that are typical with La Nina for our region this time of year. ( OSNW3 Weather Brief ) ( OSNW3 September Observations ) (OSNW3 September 2010 Summary) (click on graph for the month summary data - it will open a new tab/window) ---- Annual Precipitation The last week of August and the first half of September have recorded lower amounts of precipitation and are allowing for a nice drying tren...

The first frost of the season came at a usual time (Sep 30), but the first freeze and first flakes made an early appearance, taking place this first full week of October. On Saturday the 10th the mercury dropped below 32° and the first flakes of the season fell. The flakes didn't last more than 15 minutes, but none the less they did fall. It was exciting to look out the window and see snow. However, this cool beginning sparks fearful thoughts of a mild, snow less December. ( OSNW3 October Observations ) (OSNW3 Oct 1 - 11, 2009 Summary) (click on graph for the entire data summary - it will open a new tab/window) ---- More On The Season Firsts The First Freeze of the season occurred October 10, 2009. The low temperature recorded was 28.5° around 7:30am. The temperature hasn't been that low since Apr 11, 2009 when it dipped to 28.8°, 183 days ago. The First Flakes of the season fell on October 10, 2009 as well. Last year they didn't fall until Oct 26, and two years ago we...