October 2026 general discussion

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Low of 26° here.  

[jsw]

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Mins

Yup, in the cold spot here, 23/23 for the low, as above. Just came back from my coffee run...nice!

[SJonesWX]

got down to 27 this morning. Temp hopefully climbing as I have about 10,000,000,000 leaves to clean up

[tavwtby]

27.3...we freeze... youngest had two games yesterday evening, brutal if you weren't dressed for it or moving around... last games for the season, they both played from March to now, one more game for the big boy and we done.

[ineedsnow]

25.8 felt great! 

[Typhoon Tip]

Worcester couldn't even make freezing last night.   

26 already 35 though.   

Still air leaf fall flitting through the lateral morning sun rays... always a neat effect.  

[moneypitmike]

Bottomed out at 28.8 at Pit2.  Looks like 35.8 in Mattapoisett.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

25.9, we hard freeze. That’s a wrap on whatever stuff was left 

[scoob40]

26 at mi casa, BAF and CEF.

[OrangeCTWX]

32.7 for the low.  Colder than I thought it would get.  House is at 59F.

[CoastalWx]

22 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Bottomed out at 28.8 at Pit2.  Looks like 35.8 in Mattapoisett.

AWT

[wokeupthisam]

28.9° lowest here, looking forward to a stretch of yard-work weather, could really use some good rains though

[Damage In Tolland]

39 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Worcester couldn't even make freezing last night.   

26 already 35 though.   

Still air leaf fall flitting through the lateral morning sun rays... always a neat effect.  

Looks like here and ORH and Scooter area only ones still growing 

[Bostonseminole]

30 today back home, cold in Louisville also


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[Nikoss427]

Growing season survives in my hood, I love the microclimate we got here.

[moneypitmike]

48 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Looks like here and ORH and Scooter area only ones still growing 

Mattapoisett continues to flourish.

We're done at Pit2, and just did my law mowing.  Now to wash the boat--and that'll put a wrap on summer '26.

[Damage In Tolland]

38 minutes ago, Nikoss427 said:

Growing season survives in my hood, I love the microclimate we got here.

I forget .. where are you in town ? The lower spots were 30-31 

[ineedsnow]

12z NAM trying to bring in that coastal a bit

[ineedsnow]

[moneypitmike]

3 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

12z NAM trying to bring in that coastal a bit

If there's a "James Award", I nominate ineedsnow. 

[Nikoss427]

38 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I forget .. where are you in town ? The lower spots were 30-31 

Right next to Birch Grove, around 750ft up

[Layman]

26.8 for the low here.  First fire in the wood stove of the new season.  Let's give it a few weeks til we light it up again.

[DavisStraight]

12 minutes ago, Layman said:

26.8 for the low here.  First fire in the wood stove of the new season.  Let's give it a few weeks til we light it up again.

I turned the pellet stove on overnight,  got us up to 74 running on low.

[bristolri_wx]

To quote Glenn Frey, “The Heat is On” - 34 earlier this morning as the low.

[CoastalWx]

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

It’s a nothing burger 

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

No thanks. Today's perfect. As many as we can get please.

[CoastalWx]

Euro ai shows some light rain possibly later this week and windy on the coast, but that’s likely the extent of it. Doesn’t seem too interesting here.

[vortex95]

On 10/17/2026 at 6:59 AM, Cyclone-68 said:

Different subject but Albert annoyed the hell out of me because he always said “thundershowers” in his forecasts instead of “thunderstorms” And to this day you never see or hear anyone using that  

Yes, I do not like that term either.  "Thunderstorm" is best b/c it means w/ or w/o precip which covers it all b/c how many time do you not get a drop of rain but you get LTG/T that sends @weatherwiz and @ineedsnow bouncing off the walls!?  Or @CoastalWxgetting a jolt from his PC b/c of an isolated +CG hits very close that scares the bejesus out of him, but it is sunny out?

And when you get to desert regions, many tstms never get a drop to the ground since it is all virga, yet the LTG/T is nasty!

And when you say "thunder," that by default means convective, even when it is from CSI or embedded in a large area of synoptic precip (convective elements), so the precip is showery in nature and thus "showers" attached to thunder is redundant.

I bet @CoastalWx still uses "thunderhead" to describe a CB!   Also, "heat lightning!"  Or he may go, "why is is called a "funnel cloud" when it always does not look like a funnel!"