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Tied for 3rd longest streak since 1883 of temperatures above 60 degrees at BTV:

Oh wow, that heavy rain streak goes all the way back past Northampton. Good swath of 1-4” there.

There’s gotta be some decent rainfall totals like halfway between Worcester and Leominster. Is that 495 there on radar? Seems to be training over that same area. North of Rutland, Mass too...been steady high DBZ.

Everyone is outdoors playing and outdoor transmission rates are non-existent. Hotels are still pretty light with occupancy per state guidelines but lots of camping, cabins and private vacation rentals are way up (families and people know they can sort of isolate themselves that way without staying in hotels). You can travel and have very little interaction with others right now... stay in a cabin or condo, go hiking/swimming/biking by day, maybe get some take out food or cook and chill at home with the family. Most importantly though is likely the fact the Northeast as a whole has flattened the curve... there aren’t outbreaks where folks travel from or to, there’s just not much to spread right now.

Tourism here is way up in the past couple weeks. In our townhome cluster, any unit without a full time resident has been rented out each week. All restaurants seem packed to whatever capacity they can with every outdoor table filled each night. Car traffic is getting worse on Mountain Road and trail heads for hiking are overrun. I’m all for outdoor recreation all day long so I think it’s good to see all the interest in hiking/biking/swimming. I think summer tourism season is in full swing at this point. August is town’s busiest month of the year so we are getting there.

I bet that’s similar to a lot of rural NNE areas though I would’ve guessed 50s/60s... when textile mills and manufacturing were big along with timber, mining/quarries, and other stuff like that. Once that stuff closed up there was nothing. You have to make your money elsewhere and bring it in like Phin. But Phin probably wont be counted in any population count anyway up there. That’s always talked about here in Stowe, the actual census population is like half of the actual number of folks here on any given weekend as the second home owners are counted in their primary state residence.

Yeah I think most of NNE has declined in the past decade. I'm pretty sure Vermont has a slight downward trend in the past 10 years. The number of older folks dying (NNE is known to have a relatively high average age) and others moving away are not out-pacing those moving in on a year over year basis.

Agreed. Facebook especially has become a complete cesspool. It is 100% argumentative and abrasive. People used to share photos of their family and pets and fun stuff, now it is literally political 100% of the time and everyone is just shouting at each other. If we judge society by Facebook then we should just blow up this whole civilization thing and start over. News and comments sections are just absolutely brutal across the board. I've gone mostly to Instagram for now as you can still just look at stuff that is appealing to you without reading all negative stuff. It's so much more "up-lifting" to scroll through. Your advice is correct, just stay off FB and enjoy the summer.

Everyone can be outside too... I've never seen the hiking trails this busy and same with mtn biking and water spots. It's all good as that's what we should be doing.... getting outside recreation is healthy for numerous reasons. NNE summer is outdoor recreation on water, mountains, beach, etc. And the weather has cooperated.

Yeah, comfortable but still warm so you know it's summer. Temperature dropped fast too with the sun. 71/57 to 63/58 in one hour.... you know it's a Chamber quality air mass when it drops 8F at sunset and with very little movement in the dew point.

What an evening. Chamber of Commerce returned today. Air was finally cleared of the haze and visibility on our evening dog walk up Spruce Peak was the best in the past week it appeared. 71/57 down in the valley, it was a nice 63F at top of Spruce around 7pm.

What an evening. Chamber of Commerce returned today. Air was finally cleared of the haze and visibility on our evening dog walk up Spruce Peak was the best in the past week. 71/57 down in the valley right now, it was a nice 63F at top of Spruce around 7pm.

No I don't either necessarily, just saying that one senior center hit in Vermont right now would really jack up the COVID rates in a state with such a low population.

The cases per 100,000 people ratio though can also get out of hand pretty quickly with “relatively” small outbreaks. One senior living center outbreak in VT could send it through the roof. But yeah, rural areas are going to have a lot less “touch” points for transmission.

Ha, nice. I posted a few shots my parents sent a few days ago. Winter in Woodstock.

75/61 This feels like a more normal heat progression... SNE getting an extra day or so of heat as NNE cools down, ha.

Today's date back in 2013 was the best severe storm T-Storm I've ever seen locally. This was all around my place and within easy walking distance. Whiteout wind speeds with rain. The Mansfield summit was something like 60G80 in a very short period of time... only a 5-min ob, between light wind speeds. I bet we saw a solid 50-60mph... maybe a higher gust peak (?).... that does more damage to interior (non-coastal) full-foliage forests than most people think during the summer season. It doesn't have to be 80-100mph. Sorry for the pics, but strong storms are hard to come by.

Lots of those beetles here too Are these the big heavy guys throwing themselves against my screen doors at night going towards the light? Slow but heavy.

Well then, I stand corrected and inserted my foot fully into my mouth, ha. That's incredible. They must have very low variance. Like BDL and ORH are +3.0 or a bit above... PVD is a full degree below that or more. June was +1.9 and July is +1.6 so far. If that is top 10, maybe its a short period of record? Or do they really not have that much variance from summer to summer?

Why wouldn't it? Even the mountain summits around that level have normal diurnal max/mins that can vary up to 15-20 degrees F in stable air masses (ie no strong advection processes) when the valleys several thousand feet below are doing 40 degree swings. Most days that level seems good for at least 10 degrees in diurnal heating/cooling with the solar cycle.

Vermont has had only 2 COVID related deaths since May 15th.... and is the only state in the Nation with 0 deaths in the past 30 days. The only two deaths in the past two months were on May 24th and June 15th.

There's no way that PVD is top 10 hot. They are only like +1.8 for the summer so far since June 1st.

Runs in my family... my father has had several cancerous skin growths removed. My sister is following in his footsteps. I've been good since that one wake up call. The sun means business.

Ha, I feel like in college we'd wake up on Saturday morning and say "never again"... only to be like at 5pm that evening like well, maybe a little bit to take the edge off and then next thing you know it's 2am in downtown Burlington again. 79/58 on yet another summer evening. It does feel noticeably less humid, though still summer.

One of those come to Jesus moments where you vow never ever to let that happen again as long as you live.