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As well as this: US National Weather Service Binghamton NY October 11, 2012 · The "Great Pumpkin Flood of 1903" occurred on October 9th to the 11th. This rain of 5 to 10 inches in an already wet year caused record flooding all along the Delaware River. It remains the flood of record at Hale Eddy on the West Branch, Fishs Eddy on the East Branch, and at Montague on the Delaware. Records floods were observed all the way past Trenton, NJ. More sites would of had records but only a few river gages were operating in 1903. It was named the pumpkin flood since hundreds of pumpkins grown near the river floated downstream.

Found the info below here: https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/by-year/ "October 8-9 - A stalled hurricane (that weakened to tropical storm status) and a low pressure system that formed along an approaching cold front combined to create a tremendous rainstorm that produced 11.63" over 26 hours. The deluge started late in the morning of the 8th (4.30" was measured) and continued thru mid-afternoon on the 9th (when 7.33" fell). Rain fell at a rate of an inch every two hours for a large portion of the storm; at its most intense, 2.54" fell from 9-11 AM on the 9th. At the time the rainfall on the storm's second day was New York's second greatest daily amount (behind Sept. 23, 1882's 8.28"); it's now ranked fourth."

Grabbed this from a local historian I know who posted it on Facebook. Sounds like maybe there was some sort of tropical connection based on the rainfall? Anyone know of anything in 1903 or if it was a wet year overall? @uncle W The great flood of October 15th, 1903 TOWN OF CORNWALL SWEPT BY FLOOD! ___________________________ _____ Damages Sustained by the Firth Carpet Mills, the Feed Mills, Railroads and Brick Yards. _____________________________ The Orrs Mills Bridge Gone! State Road badly damaged and Moodna Paper Mills are Heavy Losers. Above and on the following pages are the headline story for the for the Cornwall Local on October 15, 1903 The town of Cornwall and vicinity last week suffered the worst devastation by flood that it has perhaps, ever experienced. The rain of Wednesday night was followed Thursday morning by showers which settled into a steady downpour before noon. It continued through the night with increasing power and by Friday morning every brook was a raging torrent. Still the storm did not abate and not until Friday afternoon was there a cessation of the rainfall. The water continued to rise for several hours afterward, and the showers of Saturday, Sunday did not admit of the streams getting back into their proper channels entirely, even by that time. In the meantime, Moodna Creek had been converted into a raging river, and it was this stream that caused the greatest damage in different parts of the town. The Firth Caret Mills, the town’s largest employer, is damaged to the extent of $15,000 to $20,000 dollars. The large iron bridge at Orrs Mills, a part of the state road, was entirely demolished, and a gaping waste of angry waters with a broken dam above tells the story. The new State road, along the route known as the creek road to Mountainville, is so badly damaged that travel over it was hazardous for the fore part of the week. Most of the travel to and from Mountainville was by way of the hill road or Angola. Hedges brick yards are heavily damaged. All traffic on the O&W was suspended until Monday. The West Shore trestle was curved into the shape of a letter S and trains have been run only with the utmost care and very slowly. The Erie Railroad, even on most of its main lines, was running no trains until the fore part of the week, and the Short Cut is not in shape yet for use. The Garvin Paper Mills at Moodna are heavily damaged, and their dam is broken. With its breakage, came a rush of waters that ploughed through the road at the entrance to Forge Hill bridge, changed the course of the creek, and left one end of the bridge in a surging mass of waters over one hundred feet from land. Such is a brief synopsis of the work of this flood in this immediate vicinity, particulars of which are given so far as they can be ascertained, as follows: The Firth Carpet Mill A large new wagon shed lately erected at a cost of $1000 was completely demolished. A fortunate incident in connection was when the roof fell in it held the wagons firmly and thus prevented further loss while other equipment was washed away. Every barrel and cask in the color shop, of which there were three to four hundred, was washed out against the machinery and piled in heaps of every description. The roads in the mill were washed out in places to the depth of five or six feet. The bed of the creek is changed so that the water runs over the bank at the lower portion of the yards, instead of against the retaining wall, which is one satisfactory change in connection with the general wreck. One hundred and fifty men were put to work cleaning up as soon as the waters subsided. Scores of tons of gravel, mud, have been removed from the buildings. The spinning equipment started up for the first time Monday morning, also a few of the setters and weavers, and at each day thereafter, has seen more department men at work so that Superintendent Booth expects that by next Monday morning the entire plant will be in full operation again. The mills are so well built that they have withstood the flood without damage. Wm. Orr and Sons Mills Two broken dams are the principal damage sustained by the feed mills of Wm Orr & Sons. The large dam above the bridge is out on one end, and this can not be replaced until the new bridge abutment is built. The lower race dam was entire-ly washed away. That is being rebuilt now, and is thought it will be in shape to commence running the mill in about ten days. Wm. Orr & Sons estimate their loss at about $1,500. The firm will establish a temporary station at Firthcliffe, serving their customers on this side with coal and feed from there. Ontario and Western Railroad The track over a sluice near Moodna washed away and has been replaced by a bridge. Trains were run over it again the fore part of the week. The long trestle at Ors Mills remains firm. The washout was for a distance of 150 feet and was caused by a clogging of a catch basin, the outlet of which was a two foot tile pipe. The waters backed up until the embankment could hold them no longer. An engine which was stationed on the track to help hold it firm was run off just in the nick of time. The roadbed moved as a single body about four feet down before it broke away. When part way down the grade, the mass seem to divide, part going one way and part the other, which probably accounts for the houses directly in its path not being swept into the stream. WEST SHORE RAILROAD-TWO MEN KILLED The West Shore road sustained quite heavy damages at different points along its route. The long trestle just above Cornwall was moved about nine inches on its foundation and all the work and grading which has been done this past summer has been undone. A landslide occurred at Yellow Point, between Highland and Milton, which buried two men beneath tons of earth. The bodies were not yet recovered on Tuesday. J.W. Cooper, of Milton, a section Foreman, and one of his men, were the unfortunate victims. Several others escaped only by jumping into the river and swimming to the shore. The tracks were covered for quite a distance. At Haverstraw, the bridge was washed out, but was replaced in a day or two. The Erie and Susquehanna roads have been running trains over this route this past week, coming by way of Middletown, and using the West Shore tracks as far as New Durham. At the entrance to the Weehawken tunnel, a great amount of mud was washed down so that only one track was used the fore part of this week THE HEDGES BRICK YARDS Here again, was widespread damage done. The water of the Moodna, rushing down with flood debris, accumulated against the West Shore trestle and backed up over Hedges Brick Yards, ruining about a half a million bricks in the kilns, and many others in the yards themselves. It is impossible to yet for Mr. Hedges to estimate closely the loss, but it will reach several thousand dollars. Garvin Paper Mills in Cornwall received an estimated $20.000 in damages, the dam being broke in two places and the Carpenter and machine shops washed away. Arlington Paper Mill in Salisbury Mills received equal damage and several houses along the Moodna were either moved from their foundations or washed away completely. Several families barely escaped with their lives while the West Shore Railroad lost two men.

Flipping back and forth here.between light and moderate leaf drop.

30 will do it for the low here, 28 a couple miles up the road at KMGJ

30 for the low here.

37/35, it’s been calm here for about an hour now.

The colors never come through as good as they look

Way back in the day when I got the Davis Weather Monitor II I had to dial in the tipper, as I just had to do with the Vantage Pro 2. The Vantage Vue was the only one I had that was spot on out of the box.

Tis a glorious morn, enjoy! .49 in the Davis and Stratus for the event total.

36 for the low here today, so far...we’ll see if we can beat that this evening before midnight. .49 event total up here.

Do you know if the station on you block is calibrated correctly?

"I walk around in the summertime asking 'How about this heat?'"

I would image that tree is a late changer every year? Just thinking that with all of the brick around it to retain warmth.

The maples in my yard are odd this year, as there is muted yellow on some parts along with brown spots, there are parts that dropped already, and there are parts that are red this year for some reason when in past years they were orange. There are some great looking maples though in the Middletown/Goshen area now, the entire tree a bright orange/flaming red.

That's exactly what I meant by disjointed. Either way, the weather this week has certainly helped the colors around here.

What’s everyone seeing for color these days? It seems like a bit of a disjointed year and all the dead ash will have an impact for years to come but the maples have great color this year as do the oak, which turned a bit early I’d say.

I wish I had only one more mulching of the leaves, that season has just begun in my yard.

The models have been going back and forth on a deep late season tropical system, seems to happen every year. The 6z GFS takes it out to sea. It’s all in fantasy land but offers some entertainment, as is tradition.

Lock it up?

No shortage of virtual rain over the next week on the GFS, the 18z spit out 4-6”

.71 total

Just about time to tune 'em up

Its pretty clear that the pattern has changed as the fall season fully kicks in.

Agreed, those things certainly have and will happen again but what through me was a "slow deluge". October 2005 was anything but a slow deluge to me but I suppose its up for interpretation. 10/8/05-10/14/05 I had 14.81"