AstronomyEnjoyer

Made it down to 26.1°. Not as cold as Oct 10th, but still pretty chilly. I suppose winter is on its way.

Gonna be a chilly one tonight. Clear skies, dead calm, and already down to 28.9°.

I actually managed to stay above 32° this morning. 32.5° min.

Thanks! Yeah, I originally intended to have them fixed in place, but then I realized I could avoid adding gable vents by just having the the cupola windows open instead. I'm on the lookout for an antique bell to hang in there. My plan is to rig something up to get it to ring on the hour.

This is what I get for making stupid jokes. My power just cut for a few minutes, and I have literally no cell service at my house, as in, I can't even send SMS messages without the internet, lol.

Not to brag, but my anemometer recorded a massive gust of 20.6 mph earlier today. Massive damage too. One of my plastic Adirondack chairs tipped over.

Heating can be expensive. My parents spent around 1000$ a month in fuel oil during winter at their old house. And that was with a pellet stove too.

1.44" in the stratus this morning. Kind of in the middle of my expectations. And heat wise, was able to avoid it until the 10th of this month when it hit 25° in the morning. Fuel oil fired furnace, which kind of sucks.

I'm up to 0.27" right now. Building an ark in the basement as we speak.

It's been a while since my last barn update. Still have some trim work to finish up, and the doors have to be made (planning on a naturally stained wood in a chevron pattern), but the painters should be arriving sometime next week. Electrical will be the last problem to tackle, but I think that'll have to wait for spring.

27.5° for the low this morning. 7th day below freezing this month.

Nothing overnight, 0.21" yesterday, 0.71" for September, and 1.24" for August. Seems positively lush compared to some nearby posters. Currently, light to moderate rain under the beam, sitting in the porch, drinking coffee, and enjoying the dews while they last.

What, are you telling me that the eastern shore doesn't get its first frost at the same time as far northern Maine?

31.3 this morning in the lowlands just south of Lake Sunapee.

Millionth stunner of a day in a row today. Did the some vehicle "hiking" up Mt. Kearsarge. Passed a (European, I think???) cyclist beginning the climb up the auto-road at the park-entrance gate. By the time I was "hiking" down the little half-mile trail that takes you to the actual summit, the man had already finished the climb and was actually going up the trail wearing clipless cycling shoes. When I made it back to the parking lot near the top, I noticed he had left his gravel bike leaning against the trail information stand unlocked and unattended. Not sure I would be ballsy enough to do that with a bike worth several grand.

83.8° high off a 46.2° low this morning. Just about perfect weather really. Makes me excited to practice my new fire breathing hobby in the woods out back later this evening.

With a low of 42.4° this morning, the low 'round these parts has averaged 40.1° over the past 6 days. Over the same period (well, not including today) the average high temp was 75.5°. Awesome weather, just really unfortunate that the miasma of drought is dampening the vibe. River out back has been reduced to a trickle.

37.4° this morning. Eyeing the heat setting on the thermostat ominously.

46.0° this morning. House is delightfully cold. Hoping to make it to Saturday without turning on the AC, though it's not like a single 8000 BTU window unit can do much anyway.

45.0° for the low here. Perfect night for astronomy, so I took out the big telescope last night. Took me about 2 hours to figure out why the damn mount kept trying to point the scope at things through the Earth though, which wasn't very fun. No telescope, I can see Arcturus right there, up in the sky, it's not that patch of grass 10 ft away, ugh.

45.9° for the low here. Neighboring station around 500ft or so higher in elevation was something like 12 degrees warmer. Lots of fakeness indeed.

Barn update. Should be done by summer's end. I recommend checking for paper wasp nests before sticking your hands up underneath trim, especially when you are at the very end of a 32' extension ladder. Only the second time I've ever been stung, and I can confirm that it still hurts like a m'fer.

61.9°/60.9°. Picked up 0.50" this morning from a "thunderstorm" (gusted all the way up to 17mph!). Have missed everything in this line currently pushing through.

Even though I live in NH, I still keep a 978 area code. That way when I give people my number, they realize I'm actually from Massachusetts and am therefore better than they are.

53.6°, with misery mist. 0.16" in the gauge. Heat would be kicking in were it not for the fact I have it turned off.