HIGH: 53
LOW: 34
* Chill begins easing with a modest 8-degree increase in afternoon temperatures.
* A good deal of sunshine amid much lighter winds than in recent days.
* Light northwest winds become more north to northeast beyond midday at 2 to 8 m.p.h.
* Chilly Wednesday night. Coolest inland lows reach the mid-to-upper 20s, but strengthening south winds check the overnight temperature decline in Thursday’s predawn hours.
OCT. 29 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 56(degrees)/38(degrees)
Record high: 78(degrees) (1999)
Record low: 19(degrees) (1925)
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