BrianW

Bolton Farms at 750ft still farming...

Everything is still growing on the shoreline. Spring bulbs are coming up. I haven't even come remotely come close to a freeze yet. The maples are just starting to change here. Everyone is still mowing around here and leaf cleanup is weeks away.

Some low 20s on Long Island while its mid 40s on the north shore.

Looks like Eversource is raising electricity supply rates 64% in Connecticut due to record high natural gas prices. On top of record high heating costs its going to be a rough winter for many when the cold comes. https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Eversource-UI-customers-will-pay-more-in-16595228.php?src=rdctpdensecp

Yep. Looking forward to my 60's all next week.

39 for the low. The palms are just starting to show some colors.

HVN's not on here but they were +6.5.

Yeah. From Don in the NYC thread. Numerous locations in the region saw their warmest monthly minimum temperature on record for October. Those locations included: Atlantic City: 41° (old record: 40°, 2004) Bangor: 35° (old record: 34°, 1968 and 1989) Bridgeport: 43° (old record: 41°, 2004) Harrisburg: 43° (tied record set in 1984) Islip: 42° (old record: 40°, 1971 and 2017) Mount Pocono, PA: 35° (old record: 34°, 1920) New Haven: 42° (old record: 39°, 2014) New York City-JFK: 47° (old record: 46°, 1971) New York City-LGA: 49° (old record: 47°, 1971) New York City-NYC: 47° (old record: 45°, 1946 and 1971) Newark: 45° (tied record set in 1971) Philadelphia: 46° (old record: 45°, 1882, 1927 and 1931) Providence: 41° (old record: 39°, 1971) Scranton: 38° (old record: 36°, 1971) Sterling, VA: 39° (old record: 37°, 1971) Syracuse: 36° (tied record set in 1971) Washington, DC: 47° (old record: 46°, 1971 and 1984) Wilmington, DE: 43° (old record: 41°, 1971)

How does one get the data for warmest autumn? HVN and BDR are certainly having one of their warmest autumns on record. HVN was +6.5 and BDR +4.7 for Oct.

Look at the field. Those cows are so fat from all that lush grass they can't even stand. Lol

+6.5 here. Whats more impressive is the CDD/HDD (cooling/heating degree days). 18 CDD compared with a normal of 10. 127 HDD with a normal of 331. 2021 shattered a record at KHVN for highest CDD and lowest HDD.

Hydrangeas blooming while putting the pumpkins out?

I have lived on the CT shoreline for 40 years. Every year it gets warmer and warmer. I don't think people realize how insanely warm its been here the last decade. Cactus are flowering here...

A nice warm start to November here with another almost +20 departure on the overnight low...

Its unreal down here on the shoreline. Its like spring with plants flowering again. My neighbor said her tulips were coming up. A friend who owns a landscaping company said they are still mowing. My low for October has only been 46. Leaf cleanups will be around Thanksgiving here.

Took this picture this morning at sunrise when I let the dog out. I'm still mowing every 3-4 days here and the maples just started changing... My overnight low was 58 and my low for the month is 46. My garden is still going strong. Best year ever for my cannabis as well.

To those looking for a generator spend the extra and get an inverter. A regular generator runs at a fixed speed of 3600 rpms and guzzles down gas. A large 7500 watt can suck down its 5 gallon tank in hours. Inverters can adjust the engine speed to the load down to a few hundred rpms. The fuels savings is insane. Your gas will last like 4 to 5 times longer. Inverters also deliver extremely clean electricty and are way better for electronics. I have the 2000 watt $500 HB inverter. It holds like a gallon of gas and can power low loads like your fridge, microwave, window ac, chargers etc all day. Its nuts how long a gallon of gas lasts. Also great for camping and tailgating.

83% of Plymouth County out of power.

I volunteer for the local land trust doing trail maintenance and was working on this shoreline property yesterday. I was talking to a local 83 year old retired Yale professor of plant biology. He said he has never seen anything like this. We were in a swamp and he said it looked like spring. Skunk cabbage and all other species of plants that normally sprout early spring were sprouting again. Everything is still pretty much green here.

Do you already have ductwork? If you do a whole house system like the bosch is definitely the way to go. The other upside of heat pumps is electricity is extremely stable in price as its regulated by the state. In CT the rates are changed on July 1st and Jan 1st. They are often increased or lowered by just 5-10%. I just watched a billboard for heating oil go from $2.29 to over $3 in a few weeks.

What an absolute torch of a month here on the shore. KHVN put up a +24 low departure last night with a 67.

If you have solar then a heat pump is a no brainer. There is no cheaper or cleaner source of heat then using 450% efficient heat pumps powered from the sun. Since my 6 year old panels reached their ROI my heat is essentially free. My Eversource bill is $9 month year round. There are huge rebates in CT for heat pumps. CT along with most of the New England states are leading the nation and pouring big money into converting people to heat pumps. My friend just got a $10k heat pump system that only cost him $4k after the state incentives and federal rebate. At current oil and gas prices and even with CT's high electric rates a heat pump would save you more than 50% over oil even if you bought the electricity. https://energizect.com/your-home/rebates-and-incentives

Run the heat pump as much as you can. It will save you a ton of money on oil. I think I recall you had a Mitsubishi Hyper Heat installed? Maines electricity is 79% renewable and the cheapest in New England. That's why the state is aggressively deploying heat pumps. Here is a fuel cost comparison for Maine using the EIA statewide averages. Your cost may actually be lower as Maine has some areas that have real cheap electricity. Cost per million btu. Fuel oil at $3.10 a gallon with 85% efficiency. $26.04 Mitsubishi Hyper Heat with COP of 4.5 powered from Maines .14 kwh electricity. $9.33

KBG sod came out beautiful. Lawn is growing the best it has all year. Been mowing every 3-4 days.