First Frost

On the checklist to winter the first frost is certainly near the top.  So is the first nighttime low of 32 degrees or colder.  We can cross out first frost advisory.  Getting to 32 will likely have to wait.

I did some checking on my personal weather database and found the first dates we hit 32 over the past three years.

2014:  October 20th
2015:  October 18th
2016:  October 26th

If we do not hit 32 tonight it is possible we won't get there until November.  This has been one of those falls where the warmth hangs on.  I'll do a recap of the month once it ends, but we good easily end up with an average high above 70.

With the running festival coming up in a few days I'm reminded about some of those crisp mornings in the past.  This will be my third straight year of doing the hat trick or in this case the grand slam.  The weather looks nice which seems to be a theme for this event.  The morning runs on both Saturday and Sunday should be in the mid 40's to around 50 with sunshine.  The Friday trail run should be sunny and about 70.  Hard to complain.  I'd prefer cooler weather all around.  Upper 30's and sunshine suits me well.  

In October of 2015 both weekend days had temperatures in the 30's including that first below 32 day mentioned above on the 18th.  It was perfect running weather on two of the coolest days of that time period.

In 2016 it was more of the same.  Both days were sunny and started out in the 30's.  Odd how it works out sometimes.