...OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS...
...48TH COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...
...44TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...
...WEAK TORNADO IN AVRA VALLEY ON THE 8TH...

TUCSONANS BID FAREWELL TO THE WARM...WET SUMMER OF 2006 AND WELCOMED
COOLER TEMPERATURES...AS IS USUALLY THE CASE...WHEN OCTOBER ARRIVES.

OVERALL OCTOBER MONTH WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL WHICH RESULTED IN BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL. THE MONTH STARTED OFF VERY WARM
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH THE 5TH. BETWEEN
THE 4TH AND 9TH...THERE WAS ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND FOR THE ISOLATED
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THE STORMS ON THE 8TH WERE
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND ALSO SPAWN A VERY
WEAK (FO) TORNADO IN THE AVRA VALLEY AREA. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT COOL
DOWN FROM THE SUMMER HEAT OCCURRED ON THE 15TH WHEN THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE REACHED ONLY 70 DEGREES. THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH WAS
QUIET WITH PERIODS OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE BRINGING VERY LIGHT RAIN
TO THE AREA ON THE 24TH AND 29TH.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 70.2 DEGREES WAS THREE-TENTHS OF A
DEGREE BELOW NORMAL AND RANKS AS THE 48TH COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
TEMPERATURES EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH RANGED FROM A HIGH OF 98 DEGREES
ON THE 4TH TO A LOW OF 42 DEGREES ON THE 19TH AND 27TH. RAINFALL
TOTALS ACROSS THE METRO AREA RANGED FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH /0.25"/
TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER /1.25"/ WITH THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS
RECORDING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. OFFICIALLY THE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WAS DRY SPOT BY ONLY RECORDING SLIGHTLY OVER A QUARTER OF AN
INCH /0.27"/. THIS IS SLIGHTLY OVER NINE-TENTHS OF AN INCH BELOW
NORMAL. THIS MARKS THE 15TH OCTOBER SINCE 1990 WHERE BELOW NORMAL
RAINFALL WAS RECORDED. THE LAST OCCURRENCE OF ABOVE NORMAL OCTOBER
RAINFALL WAS IN 2000 WHEN A RECORD 4.98 INCHES WAS RECORDED.

OCTOBER RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 1990...
1990 ..... 0.58"     1996 ..... 1.74"     2002 ..... 0.50"
1991 ..... 0.73"     1997 ..... 0.38"     2003 ..... 0.38"
1992 ..... 0.03"     1998 ..... 0.24"     2004 ..... 0.62"
1993 ..... 0.81"     1999 ..... TRACE     2005 ..... 0.31"
1994 ..... 0.76"     2000 ..... 4.98"     2006 ..... 0.27"
1995 ..... 0.36"     2001 ..... 0.69"

...OCTOBER 2006 STATS...       MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        83.8      84.0        - 0.2
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        56.6      57.0        - 0.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             70.2      70.5        - 0.3
RAINFALL                        0.27"     1.21"      - 0.94"

2006 CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 13TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WITH AN
AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURE OF 72.9 DEGREES. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
2000...RAINFALL IS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE YEAR WITH 11.19 INCHES BEING
RECORDED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

YEARLY RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST SINCE 1990...
1990 ..... 13.18"     1996 ..... 10.31"     2002 .....  6.97"
1991 .....  8.54"     1997 .....  7.19"     2003 .....  8.86"
1992 ..... 12.95"     1998 ..... 12.50"     2004 .....  6.46"
1993 ..... 13.87"     1999 .....  9.68"     2005 .....  9.56"
1994 .....  6.09"     2000 ..... 11.07"     2006 ..... 11.19"
1995 ..... 10.10"     2001 .....  7.16"

...2006 STATS THRU OCTOBER...   YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        86.4      85.4        + 1.0
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        59.4      57.4        + 2.0
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             72.9      71.4        + 1.5
HIGHS OF 100 DEGREES OR BETTER    50        55        -   5
RAINFALL                       11.19"    10.47"      + 0.72"

...LOOKING AHEAD INTO NOVEMBER...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER
WILL HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EITHER ABOVE NORMAL...NORMAL AND BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 72.3 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE........... 45.1 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 58.7 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ..........   94 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 1 1924
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ...........   19 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 19 1921
WARMEST NOVEMBER (AVG) ........... 65.4 DEGREES IN 1999
COLDEST NOVEMBER (AVG) ........... 51.0 DEGREES IN 1911
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 0.67 INCHES
WETTEST NOVEMBER DAY ............. 2.09 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 22 1931
WETTEST NOVEMBER ................. 4.61 INCHES IN 1905
DRIEST NOVEMBER .................. 0.00 INCHES IN 1999
 	                                (LAST OF 13 OCCURRENCES)
RECORD NOVEMBER SNOWFALL ......... 6.4 INCHES IN 1958 (16TH)

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL DECREASE FROM 10 HOURS 52 MINUTES
ON THE FIRST TO 10 HOURS 13 MINUTES ON THE 30TH...A LOSS OF 39
MINUTES.

GLUECK