wxdude64

Yep, first day of freedom was August 19th.

As long as I am not on a roadtrip somewhere I have all the time now

BWI: 29.9 DCA: 26.4 IAD: 36.3 RIC: 18.5 Tiebreaker LYN: 28.3 MBY: 48.9

I'll GLADLY take a '86-'87 winter repeat, especially Jan and Feb.

Did some digging, the CO-OPs that were around then from this area reported 14-18 inches, and lows in the single digits to near 0.

My numbers for the month of October 2023. Total rainfall was 1.40 inches vs a normal of 2.70 inches, a -1.30 inches below normal. Greatest rainfall was on the 21st with 0.56 falling. There were 8 days with measurable, 2 days with a 'T' and 21 dry days. There was zero snowfall for the month vs a 0.1 inch average, a -0.1 below normal. The averaged high temp was 68.3 degrees vs a normal of 66.9 degrees, a + 1.4 degrees above normal. The warmest temp recorded was 80.0 degrees on the 30th. The averaged low temp was 43.6 degrees vs a normal of 41.5 degrees, a +2.1 degrees above normal. The coldest temp recorded was 32.3 degrees on the 24th. The overall averaged temp was 55.9 degrees vs a normal of 54.2 degrees, a + 1.7 degrees above normal. The greatest wind recorded was 38 mph on the 22nd. No new records to report. Overall, a warm and dry month. Records date to Oct 1979.

Gonna update this, there are RECORDS!! lol The high of 38.8 degrees breaks the old mark of 40 degrees from 1993, and the low of 18.8 also breaks the record from 1993 of 20 degrees. The 17.9 degree reading at 7:50 am has already set a new minimum for tomorrow, breaking 1991's 22 degree reading.

I saw a '2' there earlier. It was 18.8 here at 7 am report time, dropped a bit more and bottomed out at 17.9 at 7:50 am. Now up to a 'warm' 30.2 degrees. Looks like Canaan and 'Shoe are getting ready for the season with all the guns running!

First official freeze AND flakes of the season here. Currently 29.8/13.2 and cloudy. Had flurries between 4:00 and 4:30 am, yes, I was up lol.

LOL, that would give Snowshoe and Canaan a good start...

I'm sitting at 1.40 for the month, only because I got lucky on the 21st with a small training line of showers that day that dropped 0.56. No where NEAR records though, Oct of 2000 was my driest month ever at only 0.02 inches, for the entire month. 2nd place goes to Sept of 1985 with 0.10 and 3rd is Nov of 2001 with 0.31 inches.

Gonna throw this in JUST in case things get crazy. DCA: -1.5 NYC: -1.8 BOS: -2.1 ORD: -1.3 ATL: -0.6 IAH: -0.4 DEN: +0.3 PHX: +2.2 SEA: +0.7

Warmer this morning at 42 degrees, yesterday I was outside working in the yard and had a shadow go by me, looked up and TWO bald eagles were circling around looking/hunting. One was down low, maybe 50-75 foot off the ground, other was up higher, maybe 200-300 foot. Watched them for 10-15 minutes head off slowly to the NE in slow circles. First time I've seen bald eagles here on the property in all the years I've been here.

Low of 32.3 here, currently 34.2. Agree with above ^^ funny seeing the airport at 3700 foot level currently at 53 degrees....

No freeze, but close. 32.5 degrees was low about 5 am, then the wind picked up and temp rose to 33.7 at 7 am ob time. Currently 41.1 at 10 am.

0.56" fell here. Currently cloudy with still a bit of light drizzle/mist. 49.2/43.2, breezy!

About 0.35 in gauge now here, had a rumble or two of thunder about an hour ago even stuck down at 50 degrees.

Was 52.5 at 7 am ob, rain has moved in and currently 49.7/47.8. About 0.15 in gauge so far eyeballing it from the house.

Feels like a prelude to winter today, just 20 degrees to warm. High was 53.9 about an hour ago, currently 52.5/40.1 with clouds and sprinkles and a NW wind 7 gusting to 13 mph. Mostly cloudy day with sprinkles and light showers, then maybe a 5 minute hint of sun then repeat. Looks like maybe .02 or .03 in the gauge. No record for a 'cool max' though, that belongs to 2009 at 50.5 degrees.

Pretty decent thundershower rolled thru here about an hour ago, top gust 29 mph from W. About 0.13 in gauge after a 0.03 at 7 am this morning.

Yep, that event is where my record keeping started, amazing here, close to 10 inches fell. We had no power for 3 days due to all the trees broken off and uprooted across power lines. I think most of the lower (southern) Shenandoah Vally got 4-8 inches with the mountains getting a bit more. Bonus, there was PLENTY of firewood for the next several seasons.

Man this is gonna be a harsh winter!!

Currently 38.5/36.9 after a 37.5 low here, but no frost. Do have the fog AGAIN though.

Happy 44th anniversary to those that remember what happened that overnight/morning. It's what got me started keeping weather records

Currently 40.4 degrees, temps rose after bottoming out at 37.6 degrees around 3 am. Foggy!! Picked up .14 from the rain yesterday.