GramaxRefugee

On 10/26/2025 at 9:49 AM, wxdude64 said:

Last three days highs, 60, 56 and 57 yesterday. Next 7 days the forecast highs are between 49 and 56 and lows 36-40 with at least a chance of rain 5 of those 7, yep fall is here. Probably fire up the woodstove Monday or Tuesday for the first time. 

Burned first fire Friday evening. Was so pleasant, did it again yesterday. The trees still have most of their leaves, and our house is not getting the significant solar gain we get in winter. Makes a noticeable difference in comfort on sunny days, (especially at our age).

Frost on many neighborhood roofs again this morning, but still no freeze this season.

Lately I've been looking at HDD data for overall sensible cold. By this method January 2025 was 4th coldest January of this century.

However, not the case with full year, June-July. Here's our coldest years:

These number look about right to me, and 2002-2003 is 4th coldest all time for Balto, (since 1872)

Made 36 here. Yup, coldest so far.

ETA: minor frost on the usual rooftops, up the hill. Car thermo fell to 35 on the way in. Rather surprising.

.05" overnight

0.20 overnight 

55 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

36 in the lowlands. Impressive 

Yes, my first sub-40 for this season at 37.6 . 

43

Fairly steady rain here just in time for the dog walk. Only about 0.10 in the gauge though.  

Weekend summary: 0.08" Sat, 0.09" Sun.

Add in the 0.01 overnight, and let's call it 0.18" total

Mist and drizzle this morning.

0.28" today. mostly overnight and a.m.

0.10 overnight. still drizzling. 

Sept Monthly total 3.79".

High temp 87....Low 49

Low 60 and pleasantly dry DP 52.

First day my DP has gone below 60 since Sept 22.

0.43" yesterday. Couple more hundredths overnight. 

Dark, wet, morning.

0.01 in a late afternoon shower. Quite humid, DP was 73. down to 72/70. 

16 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Have my first atmosphere and weather test today! Got to do some studying beforehand this morning, which might bring back some memories for meteorologists here.

Got a couple o dem backward sixes on there, so might be half right. (One of my professors called em that, I can't take credit. Back in the 20th century)

Only 0.11 of lt rn, dzl, mist today 

^^The only dog in VA with his own private well.

I think you should add HVAC for the little fella. It only seems fair.

1.04" dzl at obs.

4 hours ago, dailylurker said:

To my surprise (not surprised) it has rained all night here. Steady rain, sometimes heavy. I'd estimate another half inch at least. When does the dry spell start lol

Spot on. Now up to about 0.65 in my gauge. Still lightly raining

49 low here. Sun and blue sky.

0.36" overnight and still dzl. So over 0.5 for both days (so far)

0.19" by obs. Lt rn

0.59" in the t-storm.

11 hours ago, dailylurker said:

I live 5 minutes from there. I hope you enjoyed the lowlands! I hate the traffic on my local back roads from that event lol.

49 here in the lowlands this morning. 

Well it's 5 mins when not RennFest season. About once or twice we hit the perfect storm of Saturday traffic tie ups...RennFest+Navy home game+Boat show weekend. Makes a quick run to Home Depot a major expedition.

Only down to 64 now. Bit of a warm up, sorta.