August 2025 Summer Thread

[Damage In Tolland]

16 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Back in the pool this afternoon temp dropped fron 82 to 63

You were just at the beach 

[Ginx snewx]

24 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You were just at the beach 

6am to 8am 

[kdxken]

Amazing how much the bugs have died down from the cool spell. Sitting out on my patio and there's hardly a mosquito. Excluding yellow jackets unfortunately.

[Go Kart Mozart]

5 hours ago, forkyfork said:

i'm sure cracker barrel rebranded because of woke and not because marketers and focus groups determined it would be more profitable to expand beyond the centrum silver crowd

Yes, they hired the firm that advised InBev on Bud Light's glorious campaign.

[CoastalWx]

4 hours ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Shall we say overperformer today? 85-86F

Your neighbor thermo Is *

[CoastalWx]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Amazing how much the bugs have died down from the cool spell. Sitting out on my patio and there's hardly a mosquito. Excluding yellow jackets unfortunately.

Tons here still 

[CoastalWx]

3 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Back in the pool this afternoon temp dropped fron 82 to 63

How?

[Ginx snewx]

7 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

How?

High 82 during HHH low 63 during low dews now 68. It's called evaporative cooling. 

[weatherwiz]

Just had a big spider race across the bed…came out from under the blankets. That sucker was flying. Now I’m all freaked out there might be another. Not even sure what kind it was…didn’t have my glasses on. Hoping it wasn’t a wolf spider 

[Hoth]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Amazing how much the bugs have died down from the cool spell. Sitting out on my patio and there's hardly a mosquito. Excluding yellow jackets unfortunately.

Yellow jackets have been insane this year.

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, Hoth said:

Yellow jackets have been insane this year.

I have not seen many yellow jackets over the last few years. Went to Red Robin for dinner and sat outside and had one fly around our food but that legit may have been the first I saw this year 

[Hoth]

1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

I have not seen many yellow jackets over the last few years. Went to Red Robin for dinner and sat outside and had one fly around our food but that legit may have been the first I saw this year 

I have hundreds flying around my yard today with no nests I can find. Same deal at work. I've been getting complaints from my restauranteur clients about them constantly pestering diners.

[mreaves]

6 hours ago, dendrite said:

You’ll never guess what the internet consensus is for the male equivalent of Karen.

I do and based on available evidence, it seems appropriate. 

[kdxken]

Summerish morning 60/54.

[dendrite]

53.0°

 

[512high]

60 for the low.

[tamarack]

11 hours ago, kdxken said:

Amazing how much the bugs have died down from the cool spell. Sitting out on my patio and there's hardly a mosquito. Excluding yellow jackets unfortunately.

Same here, but I think it's drought rather than coolness.

[CoastalWx]

Another summer day.

[Damage In Tolland]

Septorcher coming it seems 

[CoastalWx]

6 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Septorcher coming it seems 

We pray 

[dendrite]

Hope so, but I think we’re in for more of the same. Hopefully there’s no early freeze up here this September.

[kdxken]

40 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Another summer day.

Looks like we may finally get AOA normal today. Ready for it.

[kdxken]

Just now, dendrite said:

Hope so, but I think we’re in for more of the same. Hopefully there’s no early freeze up here this September.

Yeah we don't need any early cold. So much fun stuff to do in the fall I'd rather have it warm and dry.

[kdxken]

 

[tunafish]

Making a run at futility here with only 0.06" for August.  Doesn't look like much more, if any, the rest of the month.

 

[Torch Tiger]

12 hours ago, Hoth said:

I have hundreds flying around my yard today with no nests I can find. Same deal at work. I've been getting complaints from my restauranteur clients about them constantly pestering diners.

I saw that yesterday around 9am in Marlborough, MA yesterday; hundreds were aimlessly zooming around a fresh-paved work zone of rt. 20/Boston Post Road. I wondered if a nest were disrupted, or they were attracted to the heat and/or smell of morning asphalt 

It's easy to see with the shadowy morning sun angle

[CoastalWx]

12 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Making a run at futility here with only 0.06" for August.  Doesn't look like much more, if any, the rest of the month.

 

Wow

[dendrite]

45 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Making a run at futility here with only 0.06" for August.  Doesn't look like much more, if any, the rest of the month.

 

Yup

CON still sits at 0.20”…going for the 3rd driest summer month on record.

The forsythia and chestnut out front have shriveling leaves.

[kdxken]

51 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

I saw that yesterday around 9am in Marlborough, MA yesterday; hundreds were aimlessly zooming around a fresh-paved work zone of rt. 20/Boston Post Road. I wondered if a nest were disrupted, or they were attracted to the heat and/or smell of morning asphalt 

It's easy to see with the shadowy morning sun angle

They're going crazy today. Not the day to eat outside.