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Yep, you can narrow it down to the spine then. Wisp thru Davis and Canaan down to the 'Shoe. Not a lot of 'populated' places thru there either. But enough close to make it work. And trust me, I KNOW about the 'pricey', son lives in Breck area.

Well, I was proven wrong! Another March in May day to savor before inferno gets cranking over the weekend. Just back from up there again, 33 degrees and heavy clouds and 20-30 mph winds. Walked Bear Loop trail. Not another soul around. About as good as it can get in my book. I read somewhere this morning that someone (CAPE maybe?) was looking for a place that doesn't hit 90 and has snow basically year round? Not a cheap place, but I can throw out Summit county CO from a personal experience. SLIGHTLY cheaper is going just south into Park county. It was 43 this morning here at the house, climbed to 46 about 1pm and now has been falling last 2 hours. Currently 44.8 degrees.

JUST missed a record low again this morning, 30.7 degrees was low past 24 hours, record is 30 degrees from 1983. Socked in the clouds and 43.7 degrees this am, may not get a lot warmer going by the forecast. We did hit 65 yesterday afternoon, but the 15-25 mph winds made it not an enjoyable time.

Same here, valley floors leafed out and look springish, the ridge tops still bare. Transition zone is 2000-3500, above there nada. 24 degrees should have put a dent in anything out, to say the least lol!

Third record to fall this am. Yesterday's 30.5 broke 1980's 31 mark, the high then was 50.8, shattering the 55 degree cool max mark set in 1989. The low this am was 29.4, beating 1983's 30 degree reading.

Yep, I just got in. OUTSTANDING day. Walked around our local lake (6-7 miles) then drove up to the airport (3700 ft el) and just enjoyed the mid 30's and 30 mph wind for probably the last time until October. UNLESS I make it out to son's place in Colorado that is.......

So, I set new records (see above). But now that I've had a nap (working 11-7 shift) and looking around at local CO-Ops, seeing the newer, less than 50 year old locations set records too, but the older stations did not. 1917, 1906 and 1968 were VERY cold! The records there are 3-8 degrees colder than what I and newer stations set yesterday/today.

33.6 degrees with scattered frost around this morning. New record low, old was 35 degrees from 1990. AND the 53.8 degree high was a new record 'cool max' for the date, breaking 1992's 56 degree reading.

Yep, looks about the same in Highland county above 4000 foot. Amazing....

Yep, the lower leagues (ECHL, SPHL, etc) have already called their seasons. Wishing AHL and NHL luck to figure out a way, since I am a HUGE hockey fan, but it isn't looking great.

Nope, stayed below 50 degrees all day and night with a chilly E to SE wind. Then the wind swung around to the west about 3 am and I warmed to 51.5 degrees. Still a 2nd place for coolest max for the date. Currently 49.4/44.3 and cloudy again after seeing a few peaks of sun earlier with a WNW wind 6/17.

BINGO!! Thanks

I vaguely remember a late storm down in NC mountains but I'd have to go record searching.

May 7th 1989 in western VA and WV, from a trace to 2.5 inches reported.

If we stay in this type of a pattern, it likely will!!

It's been a long time since I've seen/heard rain and snow showers specifically mentioned in our TWC forecast in May........

Well, the rain has stopped, just windy, damp and 46.3 degrees now. I'll have to take a look at records to see if I am in line for a 'cool max' temp. High was the 7 am reading of 49.8, been falling since. EDIT- well if it doesn't go up then I will, but barely. Current 'cool max' was set in 2016 at 50.2 degrees, that broke 2003's 52.0. We shall see......

Thanks Mrs J! I want to see this too!

I wonder if they have 'leafed out' there. The peaks here 3500 and up are still pretty bare....

upper 40's and rain, SLIGHT change from the previous 2 days......

In grabbing a bite to eat, been power washing on the house this morning and should finish up in about 2/3 more hours. Absolutely beautiful day out there, 65 and full sun. THIS is a spring day.

NWS just added snow showers at 2pm update for Friday night forecast here above 2500 foot.......lol!

That is still a long way from record breaking for me back here 'in the hills'. May 23rd is last freeze and I had back to back 33's on May31st/June 1st 1984.

UGH! I have a lot of decking, back deck is weirdly shaped 6x12 angling out to 12x22 with a set of steps off the side (deck is 10 foot above ground level). Then the front covered deck is 6x12 with a staircase and side is 8x12 with another set of stairs! When I power wash/stain that it is a month adventure lol! I had to take a 2nd look at the avatar, thought I had something on the screen. Good deal on going composite on the deck boards, I likely will once I get to the point of needing to replace.

My numbers for the month of April, 2020 Averaged high was 61.7 degrees vs a normal of 66.5 degrees, a -4.8 below normal and the 4th coldest on record. The warmest day was the 8th with a 75.3 degree reading. Averaged low was 37.5 degrees vs a normal of 38.4 degrees, a -0.9 degrees below normal. The coolest reading was 28.8 degrees on the 20th. Overall average temp was 49.6 degrees vs a normal of 52.5 degrees, a -2.9 degrees below normal and 4th coolest behind 1997's 47.9, 1987's 49.1 and 2018's 49.2 degree averages. Total rainfall for the month was 7.04 inches vs a normal of 3.30, a + 3.74 above average and falls into 2nd wettest April recorded, with only 2011's 7.12 inches beating it. Wettest day was the last (30th) with 2.19 inches falling. There were 21 days with measurable, 2 days with a 'T' and 7 dry days. Total snowfall for month was 0.2 inches vs a normal of 0.3 inches, a -0.1 below the normal. Biggest (and only measurable) was on the 11th with 0.2 inches. There was one day with measurable, 4 with a 'T' and 25 with no snow. Highest wind recorded for the month was 44 mph on the 22nd. A record filled month, besides the above mentioned 4th coolest average high, the 4th overall averaged temp and the 2nd wettest April ever, the 2.19 inches of rain set a daily (30th) record, a new daily rainfall record set on 13th with 1.84 inches, the 0.2 inches of snow on the 11th set a record, as I had never recorded snowfall on that date since keeping records. 2 of the 'T' for snowfall were actually hail falling on consecutive days (8th and 9th), first time I'd ever recorded back to back hail days. Although not a kept record, I recorded 20 days with winds above 25 mph, and two of those topped 40 mph. Overall a cool, wet and windy April! Records kept since October 1979.