For some reason there have been a lot of Box Elder bugs in my area the last few days. It is getting on the dry side. The driest October at Grand Rapids was 0.03" in 1952 there have been 5 Octobers with less than a half inch of rain the last time was in 1956 the last really dry October was in 2005 when just 0.71" fell.
Not sure if it's been mentioned on here or not, but Mount Adams actually has the attention of the USGS due to an unusual swarm of earthquakes. They are concerned enough that they are moving more monitoring instruments into the area. How weird would it be to have that mountain erupt with all of the others in WA being considered more likely candidates.
One thing that is interesting about Mount Adams is that part of the state has a very rich history of volcanism besides Mount Adams itself.
That looks easily doable to overcome. Takes just a couple days of our new normal weather to adjust that. You’ve been making it sound like you were -6 or lower for the month. You’re almost average.