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37 minutes ago, GaWx said:

  This was by a good margin for that long of a period the smallest % of Octobers without a freeze since records there started. Also, the period 2016-21 had no freeze. This six year no freeze October streak is the longest there on record as it beat the old record of four set twice. Actually, 2016-21 October coldest is 35. The prior longest 35+ streak for October coldest was only three.

 In addition, all three of 2019-21 had their Oct coldest of 40+. Prior to 2019, there were a mere three Octobers back to 1903 with a coldest of 40+: 2004, 1949, and 1919! This is to me the most telling record.

 So, to those with more knowledge about KGSO, what is the most likely main reason for this highly anomalous warm streak in October? Is it GW, is it a change of the station, itself, or is it increased heat island effect? After looking at KRDU and KFAY, I think it is some combination as opposed to just from GW.

Edit: Prior to 1990, only 33 of 87 (38%) Octobers had no freeze. Since 1990, 21 of 32 (66%) had no freeze!

Fascinating stuff. Keep it coming!

2 hours ago, olafminesaw said:

Going back to 1990, 11 years had October freezes in Greensboro. Of those years, one had December snow, more than a trace (9%), (1" in 1993). 10 years out of 31 had snow more than a trace overall (32%) so years without an October freeze had snowfall 41% of the time and with a freeze 9% of the time. A rather small sample size, but an interesting inverse correlation.

Only 11 years with October freezes in that period? That’s shocking.

24 minutes ago, Rvarookie said:

So beautiful out! Love these type of fall days over the cold rainy leaves stuck to ground shit that’s ahead of us 

I look forward to the cold rainy days of November 

And then Indian Summer

And then comes Indian Summer

Frost coming to Columbia next week

Check your furnaces

Looking like first frosts and freezes coming up outside the mountains for Many areas next week 

5 hours ago, jonjon said:

Gonna get my last mow in for the season today.

I was just thinking: I really don’t need to mow anymore. Grass seems to have gone dormant since late September.