After three unusually hot summer months followed by a hotter than average September (days 3.8 degrees above normal, nights 2.1 above), October 2021 has been relatively temperate.

By Tuesday the 26th, average highs were 57.1 degrees, 1.2 below normal (58.3); lows were 34.7 degrees, 0.7 above (34.0). Precipitation remains below normal for the third month in a row with 1.58 inches (normal 2.20), while just an inch of snow has fallen (normal is 6.1 inches).

Nobody’s complaining, though. The first fr...