coldest sd december since 1931?

sure, it's december, but it's not supposed to be this chilly. so far this month, the maximum daily temperature has been 61.4 degrees. we haven't hit 65 since 12/5 and the high temp for the month, 67 on 12/4, was actually the historical average high for that day. so we've been at or below normal for the past 21 days, including 11/30.

while it's our second coldest month (tied with february and march; january is the coldest) december should have an average high of 66.3 degrees. so we're nearly 5 degrees below normal, which is quite difficult to achieve in our moderate climate. in fact, it hasn't been this far below normal since the icebox years of the early 1930s.

barring any great warmup, we're on pace for the third coolest december recorded in san diego. fortunately i missed a big chunk of it in warm (90's) and muggy thailand and cambodia. unfortunately, i'm headed to upstate ny next week. i'll be begging for a 60 degree day by the time i get back.

UPDATE, 01/08/2008: the final average max temp for the month of december was 61.6 degrees, so it was the coldest december (by max temp standards) in san diego since 1931 (61.3) - which is second only to 1916 (60.2).