Watching the Skies

I have been meaning to get this sent out for 5 days now and just never get a chance! October broke the record for fewest amount of sunshine ever recorded at DFW Airport for the month. Additionally October finished out as the 7th rainiest on record, with well below average temperatures.

For October, DFW Airport recorded only 8798 minutes of sunshine, officially marking this October as the gloomiest on record. The previous record holder was 9302 minutes set in 1984. This works out to only 40% sunshine during daylight hours, or 60% cloud cover average for the month. Source: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=fwd&storyid=35837&source=0

The month also finished out in 7th place for precipitation with 8.05 inches at DFW. The record was 14.18 inches set in 1981 so there was no chance at breaking this. Out of 31 possible days, 18 days recorded measurable precipitation, 20 days reported some form of precipitation, 8 days with thunderstorms, 19 days with fog. We were nearly double the normal October precipitation, receiving 3.94 inches more than average. Source: http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=fwd

Lastly the month of October was significantly cooler than average as well, I believe we ranked within the top 10 coolest Octobers on record too, though I cannot find the exact numbers on this right now. Average temp was 62.7, 4.5 degrees lower than average. The month was very mild, with no temperatures higher than 90, or lower than 32. Additionally overnight lows were never higher than 80 degrees. I’d say this was a very comfortable month for temperatures. Source: http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=fwd

So far in November we are off to a very comfortable start, clear skies and very mild temperatures that are favorable for leaving the windows open all day and night. The conditions will continue until possibly Sunday evening through Tuesday when a weak cold front will be in the vicinity and bump rain chances to around 20%. I will keep an eye on this, but so far this does not look to be much more than a rain event.

-- Weather in DFW Airport when posted --
Temp: 66.2 °F, Humidity: 58%
Wind: n/a at n/a
Sky: n/a