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Still some pretty trees here and there, but wow saw quite a few bare trees in between Bristol and Hartford and lots and lots of brown.

81 degrees here. Ugh. There were many days in the peak of summer that were a lot nicer than this.

Some decent colors in Bristol and Southington, CT as of late, but sadly lots of brown as well. (apologies for the glare in the first shot, this was shot in a car - and no I wasn't driving!) https://imgur.com/nooLywd

80s in late October? No thanks. Take it back! If I wanted that I'd go back down south. And I don't. Guess I'll have to move up further north?? (my dad joked with me about this when I ranted about this to him earlier... but nah. I chose CT.)

No freezes here. I'm in those portions of northern CT that have no warnings or advisories or anything. No fun. How can it be that my hometown in the south had a Frost Advisory before here? (that's a rhetorical question, BTW)

This is like peak autumn weather, though - Cloudy, foggy, misty, upper 40s! It's a beautiful day to go see the leaves as the sun isn't washing their color out. I don't have SAD, though, so I cannot relate to the hit to one's mood. Sunny weather does not help my mood, in fact it makes my mood worse. I become more irritable. *sigh* While I'm glad I don't have SAD, I sure do hate always feeling like the odd-one-out in terms of this. Everyone else in my family loves the sun and I believe they have SAD.

I was just up in northern NH, not too far from Stowe, VT. Yet it was really warm when I was there. I missed out on the fun. D: The nights are getting cooler, perhaps even chilly down here in CT. I'm loving sleeping under the covers. No chance of flakes here anytime soon, though.

Awww. I'm to the Southeast of this in CT. (Is this what snowstorms in the NE look like now, too? ) However, I've seen forecasts for where I'm at with lows in the mid 30s, which could cause frost here?

Woke up in the morning to wet conditions, but not rainy, just misty. This evening we've finally got some rain. For the very first time in forever. Kinda a gross, high humidity day. Just glad it wasn't sunny.

I'm enjoying today. Mostly cloudy with a nice breeze. Very early autumn-like. Can we get some rain here, though? It's been dry for quite some time. Less torch, more rain. I saw there are some chances in the forecast, hopefully they play out unlike the past system.

Well, hopes on either side do nothing, we just have to see how it plays out.

It feels better today than it has the past many days. So glad we're finally seeing a bit of a cooldown.

I'm looking into the Kanc Highway area, yeah. I'd love to go to Vermont, too! But the trip is several hours away and money is tight, so I can only see going up and seeing NH one day, staying one night and going one way or the other to see Maine or Vermont. Vermont is certainly high on my list to see, but Maine is a place I've wanted to see (and live in lol) since I was a teen, so I have to pick Maine first.

Patches of yellow appearing down here in CT. Nothing impressive yet. NH members please keep us updated, I want to travel up to NH during or at least near peak! I never know when that'll be because every website I appear is all over the place on when that'll be. I'm assuming first week of October is good? I want to time this good because we might stay a night in NH, since it's a several hour drive up there to begin with, and then the next day maybe visit Maine as well.

I don't see any day much if at all cooler than this in any forecast in my location, so yes it looks like it's going to last. Enjoy your "torch". As for me, I'm waiting for a cooldown.

Ran into a large branch on the road today after the storm line went by. I didn't think that the storms had the kind of wind or anything that would cause that? That makes no sense to me. A very weak tree, I guess.

What, you mean to tell me it hasn't already been fall for the majority of August? So many days in the 70s and some in the 60s. I'm loving it. I'm going to hate Summer so much less up here.

Was up just north of Hartford most of the day. It was pretty nasty. Maybe not blazing hot, but ugh. Oh well, looks like that might be it for upper 80s and 90s for the season. Hopefully.

This sucks. I've never been an outdoor person, but I was kinda becoming more of an outdoor person after moving up here this summer. I've been enjoying the beaches. To think that late last week I was very close to going up to near Plymouth, but chose a beach in Rhode Island instead. I'm vulnerable (yay for arthritis at a young age) so I have to be extremely careful with things like this. I haven't seen many mosquitoes since coming up here and don't think I've been bitten by one, but this is very scary. I want to keep on enjoying beaches in the future.

What little tolerance for heat I have been able to build up this summer seems to already be gone. I walk outside in this sunny weather in the 80s and hate it. It would help if there was wind at least, it's just so darn stale out there.

I noticed some trees (don't know what type) getting some leaves turning yellow, but I'm new up here so I don't know if they're actually changing or just distressed for some reason. It seems very early for it to happen in August, even in CT and even given some of the cooler days. It's not like it's been chilly or anything, just cool.

Low 70s here today, partly cloudy and still breezy. Still feels remarkably nice for this time of the year, but the last couple of days in the 60s has got me yearning for that crisp cool autumn air in the 50s. It makes me so happy. I'm so ready.

It was in the mid 50s when I went to bed and I imagine it went down to 50 but I don't know as I slept in too late. lol I got to sleep under all of my covers, including my comforter! Truly amazing that can happen in summer up here. I love it!

Another gorgeous cool, gusty and cloudy autumn day... in August. God, New England is awesome.

Blasphemy! Cloudy, misty days in the 40s and low 50s only!