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50 degrees was the real temperature, both morning and afternoon.

Ya, nothing different than most every year.

I feel like we're gonna pay for this.

Impressive. But Were either of those real? I mean it wasn’t really a warm airmass, or a cold one either? Right? Maybe you just imagined it all?

90% leaves left are oaks as usual

Records: Highs: EWR: 78 (1971) NYC: 78 (1971) LGA: 77 (1946) JFK: 80 (1971) Lows: EWR: 30 (1965) NYC: 31 (1925) LGA: 33 (2011) JFK: 32 (1965) Historical: 1693: From the Royal Society of London: "There happened a most violent storm in Virginia which stopped the course of ancient channels and made some where there never were any." Known as the Accomack Storm, this event likely caused changes to the Delmarva shoreline 1917 - The temperature at Denver, CO, dipped to zero, and at Soda Butte, WY, the mercury plunged to 33 degrees below zero, a U.S. record for the month of October. (David Ludlum) 1925: The high temperature of 46 degrees today remains the coolest high temperature on record for October in Baltimore. Lowest October High temperature for Baltimore 1942 - A tornado struck the town of Berryville in northwest Arkansas killing 20 persons and causing half a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum) 1948: An historic smog event occurred in the town of Donora, Pennsylvania. The smog killed 20 people and sickened 7,000 more. 1956 - A violent tornado, or series of tornadoes, moved along a path more than 100 miles in length from south of North Platte NE into Rock County NE. It was an unusually late occurence so far north and west in the U.S. for such a storm. (The Weather Channel) 1985: Hurricane Juan, a rather large category 1 storm, meandered on near the Louisiana coast until the 31st when it finally made landfall on the Alabama coast. The slow movement of the storm resulted in excessive rains in Louisiana with many places receiving over 10 inches. Galliano, LA checked in with a storm total of 17.73 inches. Inland flooding combined with an 8 foot storm surge resulted in damage well over $500 million dollars. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1987 - Severe thunderstorms in Arizona produced wind gusts to 86 mph at the Glendale Airport near Phoenix, baseball size hail and 70 mph winds at Wickenburg, and up to an inch of rain in fifteen minutes in Yavapai County and northwest Maricopa County. Arizona Public Service alone reported 2.5 million dollars damage from the storms. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Wintry weather prevailed in the Upper Midwest. South Bend, IN, equalled their record for October with a morning low of 23 degrees. International Falls MN reported a record low of 11 degrees in the morning, then dipped down to 8 degrees above zero late in the evening. (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma and north central Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced weak tornadoes near Snyder and Davidson, and produced hail two inches in diameter at Altus. Large hail damaged 60 to 80 percent of the cotton crop in Tillman County OK. Nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 70s. For Marquette MI it marked their fifth straight day of record warmth. Arctic cold invaded the western U.S. Lows of 7 degrees at Alamosa CO and 9 degrees at Elko NV were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary) 1991: Bismarck, ND set their October snowfall record as 15.9 inches of snow fell through this date, bringing the total for the month to 23.5 inches. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) A deep upper level trough behind a frontal boundary brought record low temperatures for the date including: Chinook, MT: -24°, Havre, MT: -21°, Conrad, MT: -16°, Chester, MT: -15°, Valentine, MT: -15°, Cut Bank, MT: -14°, Stanford, MT: -11°, Butte, MT: -9°, Great Falls, MT: -5°, Sheridan, WY: -4°, Glasgow, MT: -2°, Helena, MT: -2°, Miles City, MT: -2°, Billings, MT: 1°, Rapid City, SD: 1°, Scottsbluff, NE: 3°, Valentine, NE: 5°-Tied, Burns, OR: 6° and Denver, CO: 7° with a record low maximum of 21°.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1996: A fast moving squall line producing wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph across parts of northern and central Illinois. The storms downed power lines and trees, which in turn damaged buildings that they fell on. The highest wind gusts were recorded in northeastern Illinois, with a reading of 80 mph at McHenry, 80 mph at Chicago Heights, 79 mph at Carpentersville, 68 mph on the west side of Chicago, 65 mph at Plano, 61 mph at O’Hare Airport, 60 mph at Yorkville and 60 mph at Orlan Park. Further west, a windstorm blasted parts of the Colorado Rockies. Trees and power lines were downed and glass from several windshields were blown out. Property damage ran into the millions of dollars. The highest reported gusts were: Broomfield, CO: 101 mph, Golden Gate Canyon, CO: 100 mph, Coal Creek Canyon, CO: 96 mph, Boulder, CO: 87 mph and Denver International Airport: 43 mph. Insured damage totaled $5.2 million dollars. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2005: Tropical Storm Beta reached hurricane status at 1 a.m. CDT Saturday morning as sustained winds reached 75 mph. With the hurricane status, Beta became the 13th hurricane to develop in the Atlantic Basin. This breaks the record of 12 hurricanes from the year 1969. Yet another record for the books this tropical season. Beta's Track - Weather Underground 2011 - New York City received one inch of snow, the earliest they had received that much snow since records began. It was also only the fourth times since the Civil War snow had fallen in New York City in October. The storm also left over three million people without power including 62% of the customers of Connecticut Light and Power.

To 70 today likely warmer Friday. Gorgeous stretch for late October continues.

28F to 70F today.

Hopefully payback is more weather like this.

we need the season defining big cyclone and wind event... we had an autumn like this in 1987 I recall... almost 0 wind thru all of October, then... we had a wind event near Halloween and I remember as the cold front came in there were leaves in the column from cloud base to earth. crazy

Last several years have been 75% down by now . Especially last year . It’s odd this year for sure. What you gonna do

Meh. Oaks are still loaded here too. Nothing unusual.

what a bummer. Captain Picard died

Charlottesville jackpot!

Cannot believe the amount of leaves left on the trees around here. Hopefully a ton come down in the strong wind tomorrow. I’ll be doing leaves into the New Year at this point

12Z EPS still at 100% with reversals. GEFS up to 85% Interesting that it's the euro that has latched on to this first and also remains the strongest of the runs. So I'm going to post a loop of todays 12Z EURO op. Because A - It's actually a reasonable representation of the 12Z EPS mean but with higher detail. And B - It's just really cool to see this sort of progression on any model run. You have the vortex getting unwound during this time. As the run goes on, watch the whole hemisphere 500mb pattern begin getting unwound too. With the lower heights increasingly overspreading the mid latitudes and higher heights moving north.

What a legendary run of pleasant weather.

Not too much.

Don't forget Patrick Stewart's 'Dickens: A Christmas Carol'. Maybe his best work.

He is entertaining. Rants like a pissed off fan lol. Plus he makes salient points as he does it.

What is this, Star Trek last flight week?

Well damn. Dude might play this week? Probably not but next Thursday against the Jags might be the target. The insiders were saying/suggesting a few weeks. Minter didn't say anything lol. One thing he seems to have in common with Harbaugh- keep the opposing teams guessing on injuries.