OLD MAN WINTER:...Rio Grande Valley Temperatures Dip...Rare Mid-40s In The City Of Palms...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas | A nice, crisp 45 degrees this morning at 8:00 AM. We won't get out of the blustery 50s today and tomorrow brings low-40s temperature readings all day for The City of Palms.

A cold, wild wind will blow.

Such a pleasant change after five long months of scorching Texas heat. It does feel good. Weatherboys have us at these cool temps through the rest of the week, with some low-80s daytime for the next one.

It's not quite Boston or New York, but we'll take it.

Somehow, morning coffee at the restaurant will taste and go down better today. We're outbound in a few minutes to rendezvous with some pals for breakfast and good conversation. Man, it has been one brutal Summer, as they say about June-Through-October around here. Subtropical, my ass. It was downright African, the large H-E-B parking lot surely a section of the Sahara Desert.

But we persevered, and, yeah, here we are...looking for that black, all-cotton Banana Republic sweater that serves as my uniform when the temperatures dip.

Enjoy the change.

It's one of life's annual treats...  

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[EDITOR'S NOTE:...That's Harlingen Mayor Norma Sepulveda with her coffee in photo above. She does market her city's downtown businesses...]