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4 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s easier and more common to get below 32 here in May than Roctober 

Not here.  Low month temp in May ranges between 21 to 30, median 26.  For October it's 11 and 26, median 20.  Hilltop vs. rad pit?

Touched 19 this morning.  On 29 Octobers we've gone below twenty 14 times, though only 3 times in the most recent 11 years.  Didn't check the washtub ice until 10:30, still 1/4" thick.

17 hours ago, dendrite said:

Depends on snowpack. I rarely get much frozen ground here. Mostly areas where I clear snow. 

I maintain a cleared trail from driveway to the toolshed, about 50 feet, and when the snow goes away in April that path is 4-6" higher than the surrounding lawn.  Takes a couple months for that elevated track to (mostly) settle back.

Coldest October morning here is 11, on the 31st in 2020.  In Fort Kent we reached 7 on the 30th in 1978.  That year had our coldest readings in August (28), October and November (-12)

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

The northern part of “The County” is a very special place.   

Lots of snow when we lived there - Jan 1, 1976 thru Oct 25, 1985
                 Snow     Top depth
1975-76   *132.5"      36"           *Includes 39.0" at FK co-op Oct-Dec 1975.  Top depth is from the co-op.
1976-77     186.7"      54"
1977-78     121.8"      30"
1978-79     128.2"     33"
1979-80      81.8"      36"
1980-81     108.5"      25"
1981-82     185.8"      38"
1982-83    105.5"      24"
1983-84    171.0"       65"
1984-85    113.8"       34"

4 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Hell, even way down here in Maryland, 10 miles from the Chesapeake Bay we've had frost. Pretty early for around here. My winter home on Tug Hill seems like it had frost in September lol

At our rad pit microclimate we've had September frosts 25 of 29 years.  The others came in October.  When we lived in Fort Kent we had a frost on July 31, 1978 - wounded our pumpkins and killed the neighbor's beans.  That August we had a hard freeze at 28.

13 hours ago, powderfreak said:

1,100ft here and frozen solid nightly.

Narrow it down to like 950ft to 1,025ft .

Lasts a long time in the shade.

I'd guess that almost all NNE sites other than some tidewater places have had a frost, and most a freeze.  95% leaf drop around here.

8 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah I have a lot of oaks here locally. Strong trees but ugly regarding foliage. I do have a couple on the property that change to red which is nice.

The red oak sapling outside the window has a nice but not vibrant burgundy color but the 24"/90ft red oak 50 yards away is going toward brown.  The only bright red oaks I see in this area are the pin oak street trees in Farmington - moderately common in the mid-Atlantic but not native to Maine.  Jeff has a couple of them in his yard; haven't heard how they've colored this fall.

Other than the oaks and some dark yellow understory beech, we're in stick season.  Many of those beech leaves will turn tan and hang on until bud break in May.

22/25/27 lows the most recent 3 mornings.

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

The last accumulating snow here in October was 6 years ago….so it’s not all that normal, despite the BS. 

Even at my latitude it's uncommon - only 6 of 28 Octobers have had measurable snow, most recently in 2018.  Elsewhere in Maine - Gardiner had measurable in 2 of 12 Octobers, Fort Kent 8 of 10 but only 4 with 1"+ and none more than 4".  BGR 1973-75 had only traces, though the Maritimes had a blizzard on 10/20-21/1974.
We also had 0.7" on 10/26/1962 in NNJ.

4 hours ago, kdxken said:

I'll take the weather underground's forecast. 

 

October is the wettest month here, currently 5.39" and the only month over 5".  Thru today we've had 1.95".  After April/May/June came in a bit AN, we've gone back to dry.

Low of 23 here in the rad pit.

50 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Height of Land was pounding pretty good earlier

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No surprise there at 2,400'. 
In town (new Sharon) had a quick downpour at 11 AM, enough to make small puddles and probably some frozen but I was at the Farmington farmers' market with just windy sprinkles.

New Sweden reported 0.9" at cocorahs.  Probably more at FVE.

3 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

No, we get that.  I think we all feel that way to a point. Who doesn’t want big dog. Right .???  Big Dog anything weather related is exciting. 
 

But I have no issues with 2-4” either.  I appreciate the aspect of it falling and making everything look beautiful.   

In 2007-08 we had 33" from 2-4" events.  Of coarse, we had 23 events total 2"+ that season.

43 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I like snow on Xmas, but *unpopular opinion* one of my favorite Xmas mornings was 2015 when I watched my niece and nephews open gifts and then I sat out on the porch and had my coffee in the warm sun. 

We're not fans of brown ground at Christmas, especially when the grandkids are looking to go sledding.  In 28 Christmases here we've had 5 with no snow on the ground, also 8 with 10"+ pack.

53 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

I'm down here in Maryland. My home page is the Mid Atlantic. I'm moving up to the Tug Hill for the winter on Dec 1. I'll be just south of Barnes Corner. I'm going to be chasing blizzards and observing intense lake effect snow bands. Is their a specific group/subforum dedicated to lake effect? I'm looking forward to joining you fokes this winter. I'm ready to chase some supercharged Nino monsters this winter. 

Enjoy your 300" of fluff.

12 hours ago, codfishsnowman said:

This was the snow I heard about in Maine I guess yesterday but it was way up in the northwest I guess. Anyone get an inch?

New Sweden (just north from CAR) reported 1.0".

1 hour ago, vortex95 said:

@ineedsnowand @CoastalWx immediately rushed to see what *exactly* happened in SNE in 2000-01 winter!

Great winter here, especially the pack.  Still 47" deep on April 1.  (Not foolin' - had 19" on 3/30-31.)

Five days with rain during Oct 1-12, totaling 0.14".  Number 6 brought 1.29".  

5 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Plant trees that are appropriate for your climate.

Reliance peach is hardy to zone 5 and several friends here in the foothills grow them successfully.  Unfortunately, our rad pit microclimate is 4B; median for winter's coldest is -24.  We planted a Reliance soon after moving here in May 1998.  It would grow strongly then die back for 3 years, then 2001-02 never got colder than -12, avoiding the dieback.  That summer we had 100+ sweet peaches, then 2002-03 had a dozen mornings at -20 to -29.  The tree had died back to the ground then weakly sprouted from below the graft.  It died in August.  Tut fini.

0.06" overnight.  October has had measurable rain on 5 of the 12 days, for a grand total of 0.14".  GYX thinking about an inch by Wednesday noon.  Hope that verifies.

Lol….ya that’s only if it’s accumulating snow…flakes in the air doesn’t count. 

Estcourt Station

39 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

31F with solid frost again.

This weather on the holiday weekend, going to be a gong-show in the leaf peeping spots.

They'll be around here, too, but we're well past peak.  Some late-turning maples will still be colorful and the aspens are peaking.

Clear blue this morning, low was mid-upper 30s.

We've had measurable rain on 3 of 8 days this month, which would project 137 such days per year, only 7 days less than average (average precip is 48.83)".  Total precip is 0.06" - totaling 2.74" for the year.  No wonder the Sandy River is in the bottom 10% and Carrabassett in the bottom 5%.

The upper halves of trees here are 90% de-leafed.  Lower half about halfway.  Today's wind hasn't been grabbing much foliage so far.

3 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I'll never understand how cold could be "fake"

Car batteries know that it's real, but only in the lower levels - go up 100 yards and the temp would be significantly higher.  When we lived on sloping ground at 970' asl in the back settlement of Fort Kent, after calm clear overnights we'd see the smoke layer above the sawmill cone burner across the St. John and would know that it was 10°+ colder than our place at the riverside office.  It's a similar "fake" when growing season transpiration brings tall TDs - in each case the extreme conditions aren't the same as the overall airmass.

Temp had dropped into the upper 30s by 10 PM last night, so I expected mid-upper 20s.  Maybe the wind returned, as our low was 33.

13 hours ago, vortex95 said:

CAR 2.5" Sep 29-30, 1991 for its first measurable snow on record in Sep.  2" at Glen NH Sep 16, 1986 as a spinner occurred at the same time in Scituate MA.  @CoastalWx be like, "how can that be!?" 

When we lived in Fort Kent, we had slushy flakes during a northeast storm on Sept 14, 1977.  Places above 1,000 asl had 2"+.  Five years later when we lived near that 1,000 mark in the back settlement, we had slushy flakes on August 28.

Had some high 30s gusts 9-10 AM, still pretty windy.  About 70% leaf drop and climbing - was a great autumn for colors while it lasted.  In another topic, got a couple of deer ticks yesterday, first I've seen since June.  The horrid beasts seem to disappear in late summer here.

7 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Shouldn't have opened my fat mouth. I hate Mondays.

Murphy is alive and active.