On average, a gloomy month

WEATHER TIDBITS

We’re closing out the gloomiest, coolest October on record by far.

Three sunny days all month, 24 cloudy ones, four partly cloudy. June

was way sunnier.

This was the first October the temp never exceeded 80, not even

once. Twenty days it never even made 70.

Average high for month: 68.9

Normal high for October: 76.7

Deviation: 7.8

Warmest day: 79 (2nd, 3rd, 4th)

Average low for month: 53.5

Normal low for October: 57.3

Deviation: 3.8

Coolest night: 45 (27th)

And dry too!

Total October rain: trace

Normal: 0.45”

Deviation: .45”

Cold water too!

Average October water temperature: 63.3

Normal: 66.8

Deviation: 3.5

Warmest: 67 (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

Coldest: Today (10/29)

Terrible surf --

Overhead days: 2

3 to 5 feet: 3

1 to 3 feet: 22

Flat: 5

Everything that October isn’t supposed to be like. One thing that

made October wonderful:

THE ANGELS ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!

‘Nuff said.

* DENNIS McTIGHE is a Laguna Beach resident. He earned a

bachelor’s in earth sciences from UCSD and was a USAF weatherman at

Hickman AFB, Hawaii.