NorthShoreWx

30.0⁰ low here this morning. AoB 32⁰ for 4 hours. That's usually not enough to kill much, but I haven't checked the garden yet.

It seems like we have more deer than people here. I literally saw dozens today, mostly at Sunken Meadow, but a couple in my back yard. A new arrival here over the past 2 or 3 years has been skunks. Coyotes are next.

I've been a total deadbeat on the snow maps. Hopefully I'll get back on that project soon. I don't have my stuff right in front of me, but the 30-year average here is between 36 and 37". I think BNL is similar. Their 78-year average is 32": https://www.bnl.gov/weather/4cast/monthlysnowfall.htm

My final pseudo-official total here was 2.28". The Ambient Weather WS-2902 measured 2.68". It's often a little high, but usually not by this much.

It seemed like it got dark very early tonight. This weekend's time change is going to be very noticeable. Remembering dark cloudy December days when the street lights kick in at 3pm. Hopefully some frozen from those clouds. Not complaining; I like those kinds of days in December. They do start to lose their appeal towards spring.

Still raining moderately here. Up to 2.57" on my automated gage, but it usually runs slightly high. I'll trust the 4" gage when I check it in the morning. We had just about an inch after the remnants of the initial heavy batch that flooded Brooklyn passed through, but have been making up for lost time since

I believe it. In some places, open areas aren't part of the background landscape.

That trend line looks wrong. I'm sure the calculation to create it was mathematically sound, but the trend line in the first graph clearly doesn't match the data points for the last 15 years. These kinds of graphs are useful, but only to a point. While I don't doubt that the shade in central park has an effect, there's no certainty that prior to that period there weren't other local effects or inadequate shielding making some of the sunny day readings too high. I'll bet the weather service describes both periods the same: properly sited, properly shielded and properly calibrated.

Don't knock it till you've tried it.

I was disappointed seeing only 0.10" in the gage this morning, but reading some of the other reports I'm glad we got that much. My fault, I turned the sprinklers off (I'd hoped for the season) yesterday. I'll let y'all know if I buy a snowblower.

Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown Friday afternoon

Blydenburgh was beautiful Friday afternoon. It's wild watching how fast the brush has taken over the lake bed.

2.04" here. If it had been all snow it would have melted down to 2.04"

Got to 87° here yesterday. Hovered between 85 and 87 for a solid 90 minutes before falling off starting around 3 pm. It was down to 70 by sunset. Up to 75 now after overnight low of 57.

2007 wasn't a heatwave, but it was a pretty warm run for early October. Just missed 6 (arguably 7) consecutive 80° days. Very warm nights too. This is from Central Park: Day Max Min Rain 2007 10 01 69 59 0 2007 10 02 75 58 0 2007 10 03 78 65 0.03 2007 10 04 84 69 0 2007 10 05 83 67 0 2007 10 06 83 66 0 2007 10 07 82 67 0 2007 10 08 87 67 0 2007 10 09 79 60 0.52