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70 for most. Easy.

Love it when the temp is still climbing past 5pm. Up to 61 now. Great afternoon.

Stuck at 47. Can't wait for these clouds to burn off/move out. Hopefully by 2pm we'll be off to the races. Will be on vacation all week so great that Monday and Tuesday are going to perfect weather.

Nice April showers this evening. Looking forward to the eventual warm up in May.

Correct, haven't turned on my TV in at least 2 years. Watch most things on my computer monitor, or just listen to music via YouTube playlists while working. I read all of my news since there are zero sources of video news that are delivered in a non-breathless hype manner.

60 and sunny. Another beaut of a spring day.

Possibly just dry air for you. I expect we'll get at least little bit of precip down here. Good for the weeds.

I know this wasn't directed at me, but, yes. Haven't had cable or any subscription TV service for over a decade. Don't listen to any radio stations either. Ad-free YouTube music, physical dvds/blu-rays for movies/shows. Cancelled amazon prime because they started showing ads. Fuck all that noise.

63 and bluebird sky. Beautiful day!

At least those mid-60's are coming for us tomorrow, but yeah, today is in the shitter.

Nice couple of hours of rain down here. Still a bit of drizzle. Grass/weeds are happy.

Morch and the torch definitely sped things up this year.

Some of my Sugar Maples are lagging (still just flowers), but yes, surprised that the Oaks already have tiny leaves.

LOL. Ticks will survive the coming nuclear/AI holocaust. Mosquitos fortunately haven't hatched yet, but the black flies are definitely out already. I always notice if we have a mid-April freeze down here that the black fly population is significantly less the rest of the year.

Perfect for killing the black flies: Freeze Warning URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 218 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 CTZ005>008-NJZ105>108-NYZ067-068-200230- /O.UPG.KOKX.FZ.A.0002.260421T0400Z-260421T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.FZ.W.0002.260421T0400Z-260421T1300Z/ Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-Northern New London-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-Putnam- 218 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from the mid 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...In Connecticut, Northern Fairfield, Northern Middlesex, Northern New Haven, and Northern New London Counties. In New Jersey, Essex, and Union Counties. In New York, Orange and Putnam Counties. * WHEN...From midnight Monday Night to 9 AM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Fast movers. First line that moved up just missed me to the east. Some pretty strong gusts in the past 20 minutes. Roaring in the treetops.

Interesting heat island effect around NYC as the mank tries to push west. Very cool watching it in motion. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-New_Jersey-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Hoping we do get 3 or 4 hours below freezing Tuesday AM to kill of some of the black flies that are already buzzing around. Seems like the years that we do get a nice Mid-April freeze after the first hatchings, we then have significantly fewer black flies for the rest of the season.

5 minutes obs, so how to know if they squeaked in between:

89.6 a little while ago.

"There's more than anecdotal evidence..." Then proceeds to provide only an anecdote.

83 earlier, dropped back to 79 now. Summah!!

Same. Want to drop fert and lime and overseed, but the Stein is strong.

FYP.