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all that excess water vapor is nasty, we could really put it to use by converting it to drinking water, there are devices already available that can do this

1947-48 was our snowiest season on record for many decades.

Maybe he appreciates lower heating costs or it could also be that we're coming to the realization that we've already experienced the coldest and snowiest winters we are likely to ever experience in our entire lives and anything from this point on is gravy. For me it's both 1 and 2, but I will say I still get really upset when a big snowstorm busts, a la March 2001 or January 2008. It's much easier to handle a mild winter with no snowfall threats at all than a mediocre winter with predicted snowstorms that don't pan out.

what year was that one?

Today's the best weather we have had in a long time. No more of that smoke haze crap either. I hope September is like today was, with a rain event maybe once or twice a week at most.

I love that-- just in November lol.

it seems like it was even worse than that tropical system that also brought down a lot of trees that had winds of 80 mph in our area. That one was more widespread though

wow what happened? incidentally this is also the anniversary of Hurricane Andrew making landfall in south Florida

Have to get away from the light pollution for the Milky Way. Tonight will probably be the best night for stargazing of the entire month though.

cold falls suck, last year's fall was ideal.

But because of the omission of PD2, it doesn't work out to 5 years, especially with many of the other storms you listed being far inferior to PD2. In my own experience we get HECS once every 10 years. My definition of HECS: 20 inch snowstorm at either NYC or JFK.

it's possible, although the tendency seems to be for the heat to dump in the West. With our bad luck, this means we'll get a mild winter when the pattern reverses lol

Don I was thinking this is a lot like a summer leading into an el nino, recall 1994 when we had extreme heat in June too, July was also quite hot, and it got cooler by August. 2002, another el nino lead up, had quite a different summer.... Don, was 2013-14 also an el nino winter? That was the last time JFK had their final 90 degree day in July (ironic because that was such a hot summer up until then with a long heatwave and our last 100 degree high prior to this June.)

it's also close to a new moon which is adding to the high tides

you were so close to number 1 though your area really does not get many 90 degree days, I consider 15 to be about average for here.

as long as I don't have to turn on my heat, it's fine. If it's not cold enough to snow, cold falls are absolutely useless.

That was my favorite October-Mid November period of all time. Saved a ton on heating.

These are the bluest skies I have seen in a long time. I would love to see this kind of sky more often instead of the hazy crap we usually get.

How come the Pacific Northwest has been seeing most of the extreme heat the last few summers, Don? I feel like they are having what we had between 2010-2013?

wow from 2014 to 2019 every year had the last 90 degree day in September or even later (October in 2019). In 2013 we didn't have any after 7/20 which is interesting since that was such a hot summer with a long heatwave in July to boot! That was our last 100 degree day before this June. If JFK does not see any more 90 degree days would this be a match for 2013 since there have been no 90 degree days this year in August at the airport either? The last 90 degree day is going to be in July-- which has to be rare? When is the average last 90 degree day?

you can be a snow and cold enthusiast and also enjoy hot summers. I don't understand why ANYONE likes rain in the summer, even farmers I have talked to on Long Island prefer hot and dry summers.

Those areas are warming much faster than we are (in the summer anyway.) Is there a reason why summers are much hotter there than they are here, Don?

But heat increase is measured by rising temperatures, not dew points.

summer is over Don

No more 90 degrees, summer is over it's hard to have a hot day in September when it's been so cool in August (after that one heatwave I mean)