Thought I would check in tonight with a little mid-October weather update. As we all now the first 11 days of the month were absolutely fantastic. Then the rains set it. Many locations in Western Oregon are already nearing their monthly averages for rainfall and if long range forecast models are to be believe they will likely pass them before the month is out. Here in the Silverton Hills, clear mild days and cool crisp nights dominated the first week and a half of the month followed by an abrupt shift to some very rainy weather. The 12-15th saw three days with over 1" of rainfall and we quickly went from having no rain falling through the first eleven days to a total of 5.06" by the 16th. On average we receive a little over 6" of rain in October so we are well on our way. Looking ahead it appears a cold trough will carve out along the West Coast and we will be in a cool showery pattern for much of the upcoming week. After that it is quite possible the pattern will turn very wet again.
Here are the stats so far for October from 1600' in the Silverton Hills.
Average Daily Maximum: 63.7
Average Daily Minimum: 35.6
Precip: 5.06
Maximum Temperature: 73 (1st)
Minimum Temperature: 29.4 (17th)
Maximum daily rainfall: 2.33" (15th)
Minimums at 32 or below: 7
By the way in comparison to average. Highs have been about average thus far with lows being several degrees below average. Our first freeze was on October 3rd, just a few days later than the average first freeze which is September 29th. Last October the average high/low was 57.3/43.7 and the first freeze was not until October 25th. There were only two freezes in October 2011. In October 2011 we received 6" of rain with 20 days of measurable precip. This year 5.06" has fallen in only 5 days. A much more dynamic and interesting month overall.
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