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About 2/3" today from the rain. Feels especially cool out there tonight with everything wet. 48 at 8pm

Had just under 2.5" in the bucket yesterday that I flip over before rain events lol

10 hours ago, mreaves said:

That’s our routine as well. We face almost directly east and have a big picture window that acts like a magnifying glass. We close all the windows and the insulated shades all day and run an AC in the bedroom. The house stays 75°-77° on the hottest days. Feels like west living in a drug house lol. Windows get flung open after the sun goes down to let cooler air in, when it’s actually cooler. 

We usually open the windows when the sun goes down too except if it's wicked muggy. We face directly south. We have one window AC for the entire downstairs and blow the air around with fans if necessary, but just having those curtains closed makes such a big difference. We got some thermal curtains this past winter and they do help.

3 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said:

For sure--low was 49.7F here, I would take those lows all summer.  I know some would not agree and need it warmer.  OK, so maybe 55F for the low and 75-80F for the high would be ideal--without dews of course. 

I'd take them too. Such a nice way to start off the day. Those dews and temperatures were killer, had the curtains closed all week. Living like vampires.

45 at 5, a welcome change to the past week

51 at 9pm

Heavy rain and thunder/lightening right now. Had about 3/4" overnight

55° at 8:30pm, feels great. Must be at or below dew point as the grass is wet

I flipped over an empty bucket outside on Saturday morning and have 3.25" in it right now, not sure how accurate that is but we did get a lot of rain

3 hours ago, mreaves said:

.26” so far. Heading up to Williston and it looks like it hasn’t rained much past Montpelier.  

I was up that way earlier myself and saw some breaks of sun, was raining quite good here when I left

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Ha I think I'm the exact opposite in the warm season.  Like I posted in the other thread last night, must be getting older or something.  I feel like a retiree yearning for Arizona who wants sunshine and dry every day during these longest daylight days of the year.  I just love the idea of being outside comfortably until like 9pm with just natural light.  You'll see people start mountain bike rides at like 7:30-8pm these days, ha.

We just get so many cloudy days in the cold season... enjoy that sun when we get it.

I understand and agree that is a cool feeling to be outside so late and still have daylight. Kind of mystical at times or something. I start my commute at 3:15 am and can see the distant glow of the sun before 4 and I think I enjoy that more than the sun being up so late, cause you can start outside work so early. I lived in Saint Louis for 6 years and the relentless heat/humidity out there just made me dread the sun eventually. I love it when we're socked in with clouds, fog and rain.

4 hours ago, mreaves said:

My wife and son are camping in your town. I don’t think they feel the same way. lol 

Lol no I doubt they would. I would not like this while camping either.

Drizzle and light rain for the last hour or two.  Looking forward to the rain and cool temperatures the next couple days. This beats the sunshine for me haha. Get sick of the sun after a while and it feels like we've had a lot of sunny hot days this past year.

The highest I saw today was 85, right now down to 71 at 8:45. Muggy as hell though.

8 hours ago, mreaves said:

My wife got me this one for Christmas.  Ambient WS-7078  It was easy to set up and seems to be pretty accurate. I like the console and the app. I've linked it to Wunderground

The only issue I've had is that there was a random 2" of rain recorded one night a few weeks ago.  I know it didn't rain that much, if at all.  It's almost like a bird or squirrel took a big leak over the rain gauge.  I've kept an eye on it and haven't noticed any other anomalies like that.

Thank you so much for the link. Exactly what I need.  That's funny about the random 2". Was there actually any liquid in the gauge in the morning? 

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

What did you end up with for a low?  41.7F down this way along the West Branch.

Felt real nice.  And yeah if you sit in a relatively lower spot (but still good elevation) that’s the best for night cooling.  A bowl/field at like 1300ft seems ideal with higher hills around.

I'm not sure the final low, I leave for work at 3am and my thermometer is back by my garden shed, so I don't walk right by it as I leave in the morning and I drive an older vehicle with no thermometer built in lol. I need to invest in a digital station for more accuracy. I have noticed I have gotten frosts before where the higher and lower elevations around me did not. I'm set-up basically like you described as a bowl, but a 3 sided bowl. West, east and north are higher up and due south is lower elevation. The trees are also cleared out around the house so that may help some.

6 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Nice dude!  Crisp evening.  49F here, but MVL is 55F.  Temperatures are all over the place on the mesonet. Calm and clear is key, the lower (relatively to background geography) spots are cooling efficiently but any breeze causes a spike.

Yes it was a nice evening. It was calm and clear here like you said. The hills directly behind my house top out around 1800 so maybe that helps with my cooling. I am about 500' lower than them.

I'm at 42° at 10:30 according to my thermometer. Can easily see your breath

13 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Yep. 53.9° there. 

Cool, I need to invest in one of those sometime soon. 

41 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Up in Island Pond camping for the weekend. Turned into a beautiful night. Blue skies as the sun sets and down to 56° already. 

Beautiful in our area as well, my thermometer is reading 48 at 9 pm. I can smell a fire outside.  Can you see your home station online? 

6 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Car said 65F driving from Topnotch Resort to home in the rain.  It's cool enough that even with high humidity, it's doable.

Rain showers around seem to be dictating temperature more than anything.

I agree that rain is cooling things. I drove in the rain from Burlington all the way home to West Topsham today, must have been right in the rain cell. Temperature was bouncing between 75 and 68 the entire way, coolest in Orange on 302. The warmest I saw was at gardeners supply in burlington before the rain came through. When the rain let up here earlier the temperature went back up but the clouds hung around rest of the day which was nice.

Down to 64 now, highest I saw here was around 80. Rain with thunder in the early afternoon dropped it from 78 to 68.

Was 33 when I left for work at 3am, will never know if I got to 32 or not lol

Down to 41

64 now at 8:30, not sure of the high. Got swarmed by black flies while weed whacking