For GON and HVN to rank in the top 10 for CDD I would call that a warm summer.
Both HVN and GON have put up positive temperature departures every month ytd as well.
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You should see the amount of electricity/energy being used in the south central region. AC's running 24/7 and its still in the 80's inside is a common theme there.
I read in TX the average kwh consumption for some has been like 2500-3000 kwh a month this summer. The US average is around 750 kwh/month.
That area has also consumed a record amount of natural gas reserves and the south central gas reserve is close to the lowest on record.
Nice to see another old ash being saved. Any idea on the age?
I've been treating my 125+ year old green ash since the borer arrived around 8-10 years ago. It might be even older than that. It shows up on the 1934 Fairchild aerial survey of Connecticut as a good sized tree. I also used my neighbors ash tree that was smaller and removed and I counted 119 rings to try and compare to get a rough age.
This picture was from the spring when it first leafed out.