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Buresh Blog: Oct. averages... dry "wet" season

Oct. 1, 2019 — Two months! left in the hurricane season.  "Talking the Tropics With Mike" updated every day.

We turn the calendars to Oct. with the hopes of some true fall weather (I always say you have to wait for the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair &/or at least Halloween before we get sustained cooler temps.) So the averages at JIA:

Low / High - 1st: 66 / 84.... 31st: 55 / 77

Rainfall: 3.93"

Sunrise / Sunset: 1st - 7:20am / 7:12pm.... 31st - 7:40am / 6:40pm - lose 52 min. of daylight.

Our so-called wet season is officially over (June - Sept.) & ended up drier than avg. largely thanks to a slow start in June & dry end in Sept.  JIA was a little more than a half foot below avg. for the four months but some inland areas were nearly 10" below avg.

And it's been a hot year again.  As of Sept. 30th, JIA has had 96 90-degree days - well above the avg. of 82 & closing in a top 10 year (2018 is 10th with 99 90-degree days):