Tuesday, October 28, 1997
'Tis the season ... at least three of them
From Staff and Wire Reports
No one can say our part of Texas doesn't have four seasons.
Why, we've experienced three of them just this month.
Early October certainly felt like summer, with a string of
very warm afternoons with 90-degree high readings the norm. Then
followed three weeks of typical autumn, with some days hot, some
cool, and still others pleasantly mild. And finally in the fading
days of this month, the first small taste of winter pushed in
to bring the first freeze of the season Monday before dawn.
Though brief, the cold snap was strong enough to tie a 40-year
record low of 28 degrees for the date. A few plumbers were sent
scurrying to the relief of a few homeowners with busted pipes
after the thaw began.
The rest of the work week, typical fall weather promises to
return to dominance. Temperatures should float a little above
70 in the afternoons and drift down to the vicinity of 50 during
the wee hours of the morning.
With the start of November on Saturday, a chance of rain returns
to the forecast, though temperatures will remain on the mild side.
Across Texas, the cold front that brought the much colder temperatures
to most of the state had moved south of the border before dawn
Monday.
Temperatures dipped into the 30s and 40s and set record lows
in some other cities.
It was 19 degrees at Amarillo just before midnight Sunday,
making it easily the coldest October 26 ever, breaking the record
of 25 set in 1957. Midland recorded a low of 31, breaking the
record for the date set in 1967.
Warming during the day brought temperatures to more seasonal
levels, a trend continuing overnight into Tuesday.
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