Weather

This morning was was 29*F. I am in Minnesota.

>1 mnleona:

That's what we had over the weekend in Toronto. Today it's seasonal.

What we didn't get this year is a heatwave in mid-September; that's unusual.

>2 librorumamans: Last week it was 88*.

I would say today is the change of season for Kentucky. My air conditioner has been off for a couple of months, but I’ve had open windows and a fan upstairs coping with the under eaves heat build-up.
Today there was a very cool breeze flowing down the stairs from the open window at the top. Closed everything up.
It’s 60° here and overcast with welcome showers.

Showers? I had one this morning. What I'd do for even a drizzle! The total amount of rain in my part of central Texas since the beginning of September, so, over 5 weeks is officially 0.00". My yard has turned to dust. Temps range between low 70s at night to high 90s. Low humidity.

>5 WholeHouseLibrary:

That was lawns around here during July and August. Now the grass is growing like it's early May.

Yeah, the bulk of our summer was very dry after a very wet spring.

I’m glad I thought to add a wool blanket over top of my quilt last night. It got down to mid 40s outside.

It was a pleasant fall like day. It was a bit windy though.

It's been so hot and dry in SW Missouri the weather guy has started calling the days of this week "September 42nd" and "September 43rd."

I am in Central Minnesota and days are in the 50s and 60s and night in the 30s. Today, I decided to get my gloves and hat close to the door.

Cloudy & cool in the San Francisco Bay Area this morning.

Strong winds yesterday in Minnesota and leaves are falling fast. In the 40s F. degrees for a high past few days.

Sunny, 72 F, in the North Carolina Research Triangle area.

24* F this morning.

Our official low was 34° last night, but we’ve got frost.

Left a quite cold Brighton on England's south coast this morning where the temperature was in single figures and the wind was blustery, and I'm now sitting outdoors on the terrace of a café at Sevilla Santa Justa railway station in southern Spain where it's a pleasantly warm thirty.

Enjoying the cooler temperatures.

Brisbane. At 8 am, it's already 24℃ with predicted high 28℃. Daily temperatures are 3℃ to 5℃ above average for October.

Hoar frost this morning, my neighbour's flag is limp. The frost will burn off when the sun hits it.

Minneapolis/ St. Paul hit a record yesterday of 56* F for the date. It broke a 120 year old record. I live about an hour north of the Cities. .

Back home in Kenya now where drought is the big problem. Crops are shrivelling and livestock is dying. We normally buy five litres of raw milk from our neighbour's smallholding every few days but they're struggling to provide even two litres at the moment as the cattle don't have enough water to drink. The drought is also attracting snakes to households in search of water. One of our friends stepped on a puff adder outside her kitchen the other evening, but fortunately it didn't bite her.

>21 John5918:

Yikes!! I'm happy to live in the frozen north.

How often, John, do people lose livestock or pets to snakes?

>23 librorumamans:

Difficult to find statistics and it is almost certainly under-reported. It's estimated that there are twenty to thirty thousand human fatalities per annum from snakebite in sub-Saharan Africa, but I can't find any statistics for domestic livestock except that a high proportion of animals which are bitten die.

Our own personal experience is limited. We've had one dog die after being bitten by an Egyptian cobra, while a second survived after treatment. In return our dogs have killed six cobras. Over the years I've encountered dozens of snakes, and in my younger less-enlightened days I killed quite a few, but I've never personally felt threated by one - their natural instinct is to escape rather than bite something which is obviously too big to eat. I believe a new antivenom is being developed which will be effective against the venom of many common African snakes, but who knows when or if that will ever find its way to poorer rural areas.

>24 John5918: In West Texas we have rattlesnakes. Stay safe.

Winter storm warning now for Minnesota. Rain to snow and it will be -2* F on Sunday for a low. Schools have already closed in Northern Minnesota. It will be the first real snow this winter. I went to the dentist this morning and got gas even though I will stay home. One nice thing about being retired is I can stay home. l live about an hour north of Mnneapolis/St.Paul.

We got the snow in Minnesota. It is still dark at 6:30 AM. Looks like I got 3"-4"of snow so far.

It was -7* F. at 5:00 AM and at 7:30 AM it was -10* F.. Got up to 12* F. at 3:30 PM. Lake is totally frozen and snow on the ground.

Lake effect snow in southern Ontario and headed to -16°C locally overnight.

I see that the cold has moved ton the East. Stay warm. This morning at 5 AM it was 19* F.

>30 mnleona: This morning at 5 AM it was 19* F.

Are you boasting?? ;-)

>31 librorumamans: Yes.Yesterday was -10 *F,

It was so cold here this morning that when you spoke your words just froze in the air and dropped to the ground. In order to find out what anyone was saying we had to shovel the words up, take them inside, and thaw them out by the fireplace. I tripped bringing in one load of conversation and the words got jumbled up. When that shovel full thawed out the incomprehensible cacophony was unbelievable.

>33 alco261:

I love it! Much the same here today and tonight. Tomorrow is predicted to be warmer: -3°C Tuesday night.

>33 alco261: Thanks for the laugh.

I have one for you. I was raised in West Texas and heard the saying "it is so hot, you can fry an egg on the sidewalk". Well, I was 9 or 10 and my sister and I tried to fry an egg one very hot day but it did not work.

There is a winter storm warning for my area today.

We dipped into single digits last night. Our homeless shelter is mobilized early (normal season is January -March) and my daughter’s kitchen pipes froze.

After months of drought, and in the middle of what should be the dry season, we got 29 mm of rain yesterday. Very welcome, but not enough to make a difference.

The overnight low here was -16°C. Fortunately, at least just now, there is no wind.

By Wednesday and Thursday, it's predicted to be above freezing with rain. That will make a huge mess of slush.

My town had its first dusting of snow early this morning. Finally!

Woke up to several inches of snow this morning.

Ha. Here it was 26℃ (78.8℉) here at 0730 this morning.

>37 2wonderY: I hope all will be OK. I keep my doors open under my kitchen sink because I have had that problem.
It was -16* F again at 8 AM. They are predicting 42* F on Tuesday.

After seeing the temperature most of you have I shouldn't complain with low 30, upper twenty lows. Still I am staying inside with the wood burning stove. I hope everyone will be alright.

12*F this morning and predicted 42*F on Tuesday.

>44 GrammyTammyM: Low 30s is still cold. I have a propane fireplace now and love it. I do miss the wood fireplace we had.

-16°C overnight. Overcast right now with light snow and -7°C, dropping to -12.

Guess the temperature based on the sound of the snow being walked on

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>46 mnleona: We love ours.

This article from Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper yesterday sums up the weather in the county where I live.

Hundreds of herders relocate in search of pasture, water as drought bites

>50 John5918: That was a hard article to read. I hope things change and can get the much needed rain. Is any in the forecast?

Yesterday was in the 40s F and today in the 30s F but more cold next week. It is Minnesota and December so expected.

It’s low 40s here this morning, but I reflexively dressed in fleece under layers and wool. This aging body wants to be sure of warmth.

On another note, I attended a RITI planning meeting last evening, as I’m in charge of scheduling van drivers. We’ve switched to using a church van and they don’t allow drivers 70 or older. That counts me out. Afterward, one of the board members remarked to me she had estimated my age to be 60s or late 50s. I had been curious as to the perception of my age.

>53 2wonderY:

That counts for something, surely?

Here in southern Ontario, we're into the gloomy times when most days are heavily overcast. With occasional breaks, this will probably continue until February.

>54 librorumamans: It does. I count it as a gift.

>53 2wonderY: Nice compliment.

We keep getting snow. This morning with 6*F and feels like-3 F. It is supposed to be warmer this coming week. I have rabbits living under my deck and I see their tracks.

No rabbit tracks here. We had rain on top of snow, quickly followed by a drop to -16°C. Although I haven't tried, I suspect the snow would support me now.

Our weather has been fog, freezing rain, and snow.

Yesterday in the afternoon we had sunshine and a high of 36*F. It was nice. My daughter did remind me it is still January and we are in Minnesota.
Have a good day.

Partly sunny, 69F/21C
at noon in North Carolina.

Windows open; listening to the birds and the breeze.

>62 nrmay: Wonderful. Sounds like Spring for you.
We are going to have below zero again. It is Minnesota so expected.

-13°C with a howling north wind, fine snow expected to reach 30 cm by afternoon.

What a wonderful day to be retired!!

>64 librorumamans: *Every* day is a wonderful day to be retired! Doesn't matter if the weather's terrible, gusty, sleety and harsh and there's a new book, hot chocolate and nice fire going in the fireplace or if the weather's fantastic, warm, sunny, light breeze and the birds are singing and the fish are biting - it's good to have the opportunity to enjoy it, just as it is. Yay retirement!

>65 TempleCat:

Absolutely!

But on a day like today, if you're nasty, you get to gloat even more than usual.

11.16 am, Friday, Brisbane (Australia):

30ºC (86ºF), relative humidity 61% (it says here). I don't believe it — feels more like 100%. Send a thunderstorm please.

>66 librorumamans: 😈 Yes, yes you do! Yet another benefit of retirement 😏

-25°C (-13°F) when I got up this morning with a cloudless sky, which is usually the case when it's this cold. Fortunately, there's no wind just now.

It's encouraging that by 8:30 there's bright sunshine now. It won't set today until 5:16!

We got just a couple of inches of powder snow yesterday and into the night. But at 30° this morning, the ice is now coming down and clinging to everything.
One of my gutters has come down and some of the others are not operating adequately.

My outside HVAC unit is pretty well protected from weather systems, but it has a layer of ice on it and when the fan runs, I can hear interior ice being broken up. So, not a lot of info out there, but I rigged a tent-like structure to shield it.

Here’s hoping the power lines don’t come down. It’s supposed to remain in the teens this week.

We’ve got 80 homeless guests put up at local motels and arranging food deliveries there.

Here in the sunny South (Arkanas) we have 8 inches of snow/sleet mix. I see the temperature for tonight has been moved from a few degrees below 0 to 5. Daytime temp will be above freezing Tuesday but we have a full day of sun tomorrow so that will help the melt. The problem here is that we have steep hills that can be a big problem. I have one a block east of me and one a couple of blocks west of me. I worked 35 years without missing a day for weather so I've tackled the hills with snow and ice before but I'm retired now and I just wait for the melt these days!

It was -19*F here last night and now is 1* F so got warmer. Tonight another -20*F and the rest of the week it will be below zero but not as low. No fresh snow but I have plenty on the ground. Not too many ice fishing today; I live on a lake.
Stay safe in the icy areas. I am in Minnesota.

It is cold outside!

>73 GrammyTammyM:

It sure is! (Although our ideas of what counts as cold likely vary a lot.)

Very cold here but getting warmer it is up to 7*F. Last night was only -2*F instead of the -20*F we had a couple of nights.
For those with all the snow and those with no power, I am sending hugs and prayers. Stay safe.

It is 13* F above zero and supposed to be warmer this week.
Thinking of those out East. Stay safe.

The high here today was -14°C. There's a stunning full moon, which means we'll drop to -20° by morning.

I noticed when I was driving earlier that I can'
t make a right turn on a red light because I can't see over the banks of snow.

This morning at 5:45 AM it was 36*F and got cooler all day. Tonight a low of 2*F.

It still in the teens here, but the forecast for Tuesday is 60°. I can’t wait! I finally got my vehicle unstuck from the ice, but have to park around the corner because of the ice wall along the curb. I have a steep driveway and a carport and I’m glad I parked at the bottom of the hill. I’d been walking to class until this week - mostly in the road because sidewalks are still hazards.

-20°C right now with sun and a moderate breeze, leading to wind chill of -30°

Oh Boy! It's going to reach a balmy -12°C tomorrow. It'll be shorts and T-shirts all around!

>81 librorumamans: Thanks for the laugh. I know how your feel.

Our local weatherman said the other day it was 44*F in Minneapolis/St. Paul but it s not Spring. More snow and cold to come next week.

I got a dusting of snow but my son in Minneapolis got 7". I live about an hour north.

We got sporadic torrential rains this afternoon. It put a damp on running errands.
We were forecast to be on tornado watch tonight, but the weather system shifted and we seem to be in the clear.

Back to 8*F and cold again. Thinking of those Out East. Stay safe

Sunny, 62F in Fernandina Beach, FL.
But there’s a high wind advisory and freeze watch here tonight on the edge of the current mid-Atlantic storm.

Snow flurries here in Kentucky. It was supposed to be brief and no accumulation. Both of those descriptors are proving false.

I'm peering through the one small patch of the only window in my place in Boston that isn't blocked by snow and the 100 yards or so that I can see are beautiful! Everything - the sky, the trees, the ground, the rooftops - all are white. I don't know how much has fallen, actually, probably only a foot or two, but I'm not going to venture out while the blizzard continues to blow. But it sure is nice watching it from a warm living room with a big cuppa tea within reach and a new book only on chapter nine in my lap! Purrrrrr.

>89 TempleCat: There has been a lot of snow out East this year. Stay safe and enjoy the cuppa.

Beautiful Day now it is time to wash my car and get some flowers planted.

I missed planting garlic last fall, so that’s next. I’ve already planted pea seeds and I’ve picked up gladiola corms. ‘Plum Tart’ is a new variety for me.

Yesterday I saw a pair of geese next to my shoreline walking on the ice and then they flew north. There is water on the ice but I am not seeing any open water yet. Now it is 42* F so getting warmer.

>92 2wonderY:

We've just had some rain after another period of drought so we're also planting, especially maize, beans, spinach and kale. I've also just planted some sage - at the moment our herb patch only has rosemary and parsley. All I'll need next is some thyme and I'll have a whole folk song!

All this planting sounds good.
The lake is opening along the shoreline and what little snow we are getting is melting right away. This morning I have about 1/2" so far.

We got 3" of snow overnight and beginning at 7 PM tomorrow we are in winter weather advisory.
Sending prayers to all in the tornado areas.

We had tornados dance around us in Western Arkansas last night but no damamge where I live. I looked out the patio door at midnight and had a patio covered in ice, meaning hail. It's 58 at this time but the "feel like" factor is 45 due to strong winds.

I saw the tornadoes on TV and so sad. I am home today with about 7" of snow so far and still snowing. The wind is supposed to be strong this afternoon which is why we are in a blizzard warning.

It's a huge system: here on Lake Ontario it's snow, strong gusts, later on becoming freezing rain. "Travel will likely be difficult," the warning says.

Noted.

Yesterday (March 21) we had a record 74*F and now at 11 AM it s 34*F. We had light snow overnight.

Sunny, 81 F.
in central North Carolina.

Icy mix today. Winter is not over for us in Minnesota. My neighbor put his dock into the lake on Monday. My small lake is now free of ice and geese have returned.

We have adult lightning bugs flitting in the trees in southern Kentucky!

🌞 Sunny, 78F/26C at noon

in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

❄️ Snow this morning, ☔️ nasty cold rain right now (mid-afternoon). I'm glad I'm retired and don't have to go out. Looking forward to warmth.

Boston, Massachusetts

Here it looks like snow, but when you go outside you realize that it fell as wet snow, froze, and now is white, rough ice.

And yet, I'm making appointments now in May. There's hope, perhaps?

Though my yard has many gardens, I’ve accumulated a herd of potted plants as well. They live on the porch and deck and around the yard in season; and in the basement under gro-light in the winter.
With temps in the 70s and slightly more, I thought it safe to bring them up for some real sunshine.
Well, we dipped back down into the 30s this week; so they are huddled in the spare bedroom (adjacent to the deck) till the end of the week.
Last week, my nose sunburnt while working in the yard.
Sigh. The season seems to be rushing by, despite the fluctuations in the thermometer.

I'm really hoping the storms predicted for tomorrow don't hit. Already had a derecho wipe out one house - don't need any tornados popping up and taking out another.

>108 Hope_H:

And I thought it was March that was supposed to go out like a lion.

Today a hot 91 degrees tomorrow is supposed to be high in the 70's. Sigh it is hot too early. I am not sure what is normal anymore.

Sunny and 74F/23C
Mid-morning in North Carolina

We had a 90% chance of rain predicted for today. I was counting on getting plants into the ground without needing to water. Today that forecast has disappeared! Pfffisss! Nothing now till Tuesday they say.
I feel very cheated. It’s been entirely too dry this month.