Weather Eye: Temperatures will stay above average into next week

We did it again. Afternoon high temperatures around our area continued in the 80s for the third day this month. And though we cool today and Wednesday a bit with more marine cloudiness, we inch back to 80 degrees or better Thursday through the weekend.

Ocean air arrived overnight Sunday and formed low clouds about 5 a.m. Monday here in Vancouver but cleared by 11 a.m. Typical morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. Kind of like a June weather pattern, I’d say.

While we recorded highs of 85, 88 and 83 for the first three days of October this year, last year we only had one 80-degree day and that was 80 degrees on Oct. 2, 2021. It appears we will stay dry into next week with above-average temperatures. But sooner or later, things will change.

Looking far out in the crystal ball, November and December could be wetter than normal with nature making up for lost time perhaps, we’ll see. If we get much rain this month it would probably arrive during the last week to 10 days of the month. Wet trick-or-treating? Nah. Northwesterners are always out and about.