Fall Drops a Few Days Late. Here to Stay?

[canyonwalker]

Technically Fall started two days ago, on September 22 here in the Northern Hemisphere. That's the astronomical season, though, based on the autumnal equinox. Some people like using a simplified seasonal calendar that says Fall is the months of September, October, and November. I like thinking of the season based on everyday observations including the weather's impact, such as when it's cool enough to wear trousers or turn on the heater. Well, I haven't yet worn trousers or turned on the heat— in fact I've literally got the A/C running as I write this— but the third element of the trifecta dropped today, abruptly. It rained.

Yes, Fall fell a few days late here, and it dropped with a clunk. Yesterday, when we coincidentally returned home from Phoenix where it was 100°, it was 96° here. I think that was actually the hottest day this year! Today it's almost 20 degrees cooler and it rains.

Is Fall weather here to stay? I'd say signs are mixed. Today's rain, though it lasted only about an hour, does not seem like a fluke. There's rain in the forecast Mon-Tue-Wed next week. But first it'll be pleasantly warm again, with highs in the low 80s— i.e., summer weather— the next few days.

Comments

[some_other_dave]

For many years, it would rain for one day in June. And on that one day, it would turn from Bay Area summer to Bay Area winter: The temperature would drop 20+ degrees and the sky would go from azure blue to dull gray. And then back to summer like nothing had happened!

That pattern seemed to stop a few years ago, though.

[canyonwalker]

I believe we had one of those "one freak day of rain in the summer" days earlier this year. I checked my blog before writing the post above to see if I could reference it but it turns out I didn't write about it. (Or if I did it's a small remark in another post that I didn't tag.)