Although Thursday marks the end of September, today is likely the last chance we have to avoid breaking a cold-weather record.
The warmest temperature so far this month has only been 75 degrees, recorded on both Sept. 1 and Sept. 27. Previous to this month, the coolest maximum high temperature during any September was 76 degrees, recorded in 1907.
Although a cold front will be moving across the area today, we at least have a small chance of hitting 76 degrees or higher before the cooler air moves in. Thursday the high will likely be in the 60s; therefore, if the airport does not get beyond 75 degrees today, September 2010 will go into the record books as having the coolest maximum temperature of any September since 1881.
Either way, this month will likely go down as only the fifth September since 1881 without an 80-degree high, which demonstrates how cool our afternoons have been this month.
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