I wasn't joking. Really, I wasn't.
During the past month I kept referring to the weather as “Summer in September”. And as it turns out, there's actual science and actual facts behind my joke. According to statistics released yesterday by the National Weather service, the month we just finished was the warmest September on record, with an average temperature of 64.9 degrees, almost seven degrees above normal.
Not only that, but September, which is usually our wettest month of the year, wasn't. We only had about 30 percent of our usual rainfall, which is why there was an extreme fire danger day yesterday, the end result of a very windy day after a very dry month.
Lucky us, huh?
I don't think any of us are actually complaining about a warm September, not when you consider that we're heading into a bunch of months that are anything but warm. In fact, over the past few years as climate change wrecks havoc on our planet, Septembers have been increasingly warm up here, so much so that the month is, on average, a touch warmer than June, the first month of what we usually consider to be “summer”.
Whether or not that's a good thing...well, that's another debate. But there are a few good things about it, especially when you get to take pictures like this deep into the month--
What does October hold? I usually shudder to think of what our weather might be like by the end of the month. But this year?
We'll just have to see.
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Today, however, does mark one of my favorite things that happens each and every October, and that's my sister Melanie's birthday. It's kind of a milestone birthday, in that it ends with a “5”, so it you happen to be at the grocery store she owns or see her here or there, wish her a happy birthday.
Because she deserves a great one!
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