Today:
Sunny, with a high near 78. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
Temperatures are expected to drop back into the lower 70s over the course of the week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
1540 Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado begins his unsuccessful search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold in the American Southwest.
1778 Baron von Steuben joins the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
1836 The Alamo is besieged by Santa Anna.
1846 The Liberty Bell tolls for the last time, to mark George Washington’s birthday.