january even colder than december

last month sdurban noted that san diego had it's third coldest december with respect to the average daily maximum temperature (61.6). well january's about to top it, with a projected average high of just 61.2 degrees. that makes it the coldest december since 1950 (60.4) and the coldest december/january set of average max temps since 1930/31. the average maximum temperature, based on 1971-2000 values, is 65.8.

while we did enjoy 3 occurrences of 70+ degree weather, we didn't manage to get out of the 50's on half the days this month (tomorrow's high is supposed to be 64). of course, it's silly to complain about cold weather in san diego given the mild climate here. but i'm going to anyway.

this is the 12th out of the past 13 months that have been below normal, and when looking at mean annual maximum temperatures, comes on the heels of 10 STRAIGHT YEARS OF COLDER THAN NORMAL WEATHER. yes, with an annual monthly mean max temp of 68.6 for 2007, it marks the 10th year in a row that san diego failed to reach the average annual value of 70.8 degrees. having moved to san diego in september of 1997, i can say i've never experienced an above normal year here! that's ok - i'll just plan on the next 10 years being above normal to make up for it. now if i can just find my rainbow thong...