Toasty Sacramento September

Apparently September was a record month for warmth in Sacramento, and it continues into October:

It's been more than a decade since Sacramento experienced 100-degree weather in October, but the city could broil under century-mark heat today or Tuesday.

The National Weather Service is forecasting 99 degrees for today and 100 on Tuesday, very hot weather for early autumn. The toasty temps are courtesy of a high-pressure system parked over Northern California.

The hot temperatures come in the wake of 26 days of 90-degree weather or hotter in September - breaking the previous September record of 24 set in 1974.

The average high temperature for early October days is about 80 degrees. The last time downtown Sacramento reached the triple-digit heat mark in October was Oct. 2, 2001.

And NWS forecasters say the latest the mercury ever reached 100 in Sacramento was Oct. 10, 1991.

Near normal weather should return by the end of the week, forecasters promise.

Most people I know don't like it, but I find it very agreeable. Warmth means life. Last night on TCM, they were showing "A Night To Remember", about the sinking of the Titanic in the frigid north Atlantic. I, for one, preferred watching the movie from a nice, cozy easy chair.