Four months after the summer solstice, two months before winter’s official onset, Friday seemed a day of transition, frequently displaying a sky of wintry gray, while lavishing adequate autumnal warmth upon Washington.

Friday seemed almost symbolic of a month that may so far have slid with little fanfare into our meteorological memory.

It was another of the 70-degree days that have dominated the month and that seem to cause little complaint in any season.

Even if the autumn sun smiled only fitfully upon us, the high temperature of 71 degrees came in at four degrees above average.

The morning’s low of 61 prevented us from receiving premature previews of winter’s chill. It was 11 above average.

Many trees seemed to remain fully dressed in green and leafy garb, although curbside trash bags bulged with the fallen brown leaves of willow oaks.