We’ve had some weaker maples turning color for weeks now. One down the road is always early with vibrant color and early drop. But yeah, the swamp maples have been early here as well. There’s a swampy area in Loudon over where we pick apples that almost looks past peak.other than that the leaves seem to be on a normal pace. There’s a hint of yellow in our birches/aspen.
3 straight record low mins last September is about as close as we've come to those late 80s/early 90s Septembers lately, but the month wasn't exactly cold overall.
Man I really want to be outside trying to do yard chores and just enjoy the day overall, but it’s so difficult to do without oppressive heat, 70s dews, haze, and an onslaught of biting insects.
Oh well. Maybe next weekend will be better.
Just want to comment on this that NYC (Central Park) does not have a long record of hourly obs. June 1995 the ASOS was installed. Before that hourly obs were hit and miss. So I’m not sure what’s in the obs record for hourly precip there to begin with.