By Dan Klepal
The Cincinnati Enquirer

With a high temperature Saturday of 71, and a forecast over the next three days calling for plenty of sun and temperatures in the mid-70s, Tristaters have perhaps one last chance to soak up some rays before the threat of ... White Death.

Pleasant temperatures in Cincinnati on the first day of November really aren't anything new, of course.

Saturday marked the fourth time in five years that the Nov. 1 high was 70 or above.

The nice weather brought a lot of people downtown to enjoy the warmth.

Andrew Gastright, 17, of New Richmond, and Jacob Cook, 16, of Moscow, Ohio were playing acoustic guitars on Fountain Square.

"It's a good place to practice playing in front of people," Cook said.

Their audience included Andrew Gephardt, a 37-year-old Pierce Township father who brought 4-year-old Lily and 1-year-old Sophie to Bicentennial Commons, then had a brown-bag lunch on the square. Lily chased pigeons while Sophie splashed in the fountain.

"It's a nice scene down here," Gephardt said. "We get to see different people than we do in Pierce Township."

Today's forecast calls for a high of 73 after an overnight low in the mid-50s.

Nov. 1 temperatures

High and low temperatures on Nov. 1

Year	High	Low
2002	46	31
2001	71	52
2000	70	48
1999	77	49
1998	63	44

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