October 2026 general discussion

[Torch Tiger]

that looks a little like 10/16/09

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

There it is ... the new climate normal for snow in October

The last accumulating snow here in October was 6 years ago….so it’s not all that normal, despite the BS. 

[tamarack]

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

The last accumulating snow here in October was 6 years ago….so it’s not all that normal, despite the BS. 

Even at my latitude it's uncommon - only 6 of 28 Octobers have had measurable snow, most recently in 2018.  Elsewhere in Maine - Gardiner had measurable in 2 of 12 Octobers, Fort Kent 8 of 10 but only 4 with 1"+ and none more than 4".  BGR 1973-75 had only traces, though the Maritimes had a blizzard on 10/20-21/1974.
We also had 0.7" on 10/26/1962 in NNJ.

[CT Valley Snowman]

Foliage seems to have dulled a bit locally after wind, rain, and a couple of freezes.  

[Brewbeer]

the freeze two nights ago dropped most of the leaves off a couple of maples in my yard

[powderfreak]

These are special days.

Very hard freeze last night, lawn so white it looked like it snowed, with a low of 26F.

Then pop a 70-burger this afternoon, driving around in shorts and a T-shirt with windows down.

44-degree swing from hard freeze to sliders and windows open.

Even shorts weather up at 3,000ft right now.

[Damage In Tolland]

Peak color here this week but pretty meh overall . Not the best year 

[mreaves]

4 hours ago, Cyclone-68 said:

I’m currently on a train heading north to the Grand Canyon. But even better than that is there a possibility of severe weather after tomorrow! Now THATS a vacation! 

I've taken that train from Williams.  It's pretty cool to go through the different climate zones.  Higher elevation in Willams with the Ponderosa pines, down through desert and back up to the South Rim.  I loved that area.  After that we drove down to Sedona.  It was a beautiful drive.

[WxWatcher007]

39 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

These are special days.

Very hard freeze last night, lawn so white it looked like it snowed, with a low of 26F.

Then pop a 70-burger this afternoon, driving around in shorts and a T-shirt with windows down.

44-degree swing from hard freeze to sliders and windows open.

Even shorts weather up at 3,000ft right now.

Awesome days. Football and hockey in full swing…baseball playoffs…basketball gearing up. It’s a wonderful time of year.

39 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Peak color here this week but pretty meh overall . Not the best year 

Color has been excellent from what I’ve seen but in spots. Dull in others. Not like the NNE region imo where it seemed to be generational everywhere at peak. 

[wokeupthisam]

46 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Peak color here this week but pretty meh overall . Not the best year 

Different here for sure 

 

[kdxken]

10 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Awesome days. Football and hockey in full swing…baseball playoffs…basketball gearing up. It’s a wonderful time of year.

Color has been excellent from what I’ve seen but in spots. Dull in others. Not like the NNE region imo where it seemed to be generational everywhere at peak. 

In my woodsa great many leaves have fallen  Spectacular though near reservoirs in waterways still. 

 

[powderfreak]

17 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Awesome days. Football and hockey in full swing…baseball playoffs…basketball gearing up. It’s a wonderful time of year.

Color has been excellent from what I’ve seen but in spots. Dull in others. Not like the NNE region imo where it seemed to be generational everywhere at peak. 

Yeah these dry air masses with no vegetation left growing and leaves falling off trees… temps just swing up and down so easily.

Lost 20 degrees in just over 90 minutes with the sun going down.  68F at 4:55pm to 48F at 6:35pm.

[WinterWolf]

Great color here. Yesterday drove down to Old Saybrook…RT 9 was just spectacular. Great year.

[Damage In Tolland]

25 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Awesome days. Football and hockey in full swing…baseball playoffs…basketball gearing up. It’s a wonderful time of year.

Color has been excellent from what I’ve seen but in spots. Dull in others. Not like the NNE region imo where it seemed to be generational everywhere at peak. 

Yeah NNe had a banner year . Down here there was good color on maples a few weeks ago but most stuff now no . 

[ineedsnow]

3 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

The last accumulating snow here in October was 6 years ago….so it’s not all that normal, despite the BS. 

We had some here last year.. just flakes and didn't stick really though

[ineedsnow]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Peak color here this week but pretty meh overall . Not the best year 

Its been awesome here.. but definitely past peak now

[WinterWolf]

19 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yeah NNe had a banner year . Down here there was good color on maples a few weeks ago but most stuff now no . 

We go through this every year.  The foliage on the drive from central CT down to the CT shoreline was just spectacular.  Maybe up by the Mass/CT border it wasn’t as good?  But that’s not the case here, and on the drive yesterday down to the south in CT, yet again. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Peak color here this week but pretty meh overall . Not the best year 

Interesting.  Around here it has actually been stunning. Best in a long time.  Fading now but it has been incredible 

[Damage In Tolland]

3 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

We go through this every year.  The foliage on the drive from central CT down to the CT shoreline was just spectacular.  Maybe up by the Mass/CT border it wasn’t as good?  But that’s not the case here, and on the drive yesterday down to the south in CT, yet again. 

You always make it out better than it is and that’s ok . There hasn’t been spectacular color this season and the posters here backing that.  Enjoy the blinding colors there I guess and wear appropriate eye protection 

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Interesting.  Around here it has actually been stunning. Best in a long time.  Fading now but it has been incredible 

It was very good 2 weeks ago on some species agreed. But it went to hell in a hand basket in CT over the last week or so other than patches here and there 

[Cyclone-68]

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

I've taken that train from Williams.  It's pretty cool to go through the different climate zones.  Higher elevation in Willams with the Ponderosa pines, down through desert and back up to the South Rim.  I loved that area.  After that we drove down to Sedona.  It was a beautiful drive.

Sedona is where we are based. And I’m headed back to Williams on that same train  now (the Maria something) Enjoying watching a thunderstorm way off in the distance. Love it. And can’t agree more regarding the climate zones. 

[Cyclone-68]

Just now, Cyclone-68 said:

Sedona is where we are based. And I’m headed back to Williams on that same train  now (the Maria something) Enjoying watching a thunderstorm way off in the distance. Love it. And can’t agree more regarding the climate zones. 

 

[Torch Tiger]

Yeah pretty mid foliage overall. Better than last year, but nothing jaw dropping

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

Great color here. Yesterday drove down to Old Saybrook…RT 9 was just spectacular. Great year.

I thought the foliage season around the Pioneer Valley has been better than average this year. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

59 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Interesting.  Around here it has actually been stunning. Best in a long time.  Fading now but it has been incredible 

I noticed last week it’s spectacular from Greenfield to your area and then starts to tail off in brightness once you got beyond Fitchburg.

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Sedona is where we are based. And I’m headed back to Williams on that same train  now (the Maria something) Enjoying watching a thunderstorm way off in the distance. Love it. And can’t agree more regarding the climate zones. 

SPOILER ALERT!

 

 

 

 

 

Have you been stopped by the train robbers yet?

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, Cyclone-68 said:

 

I thought you were in Arizona, not Tolland, CT?

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You always make it out better than it is and that’s ok . There hasn’t been spectacular color this season and the posters here backing that.  Enjoy the blinding colors there I guess and wear appropriate eye protection 

I don’t make anything out…I say what I see.  And why would anybody say it’s beautiful, if it wasn’t?  I certainly wouldn’t.  
 

Now I guess one can say maybe I live in an area with alot of maples that provide good color.  But as I said…drove down the shore yesterday, and it was stunning all the way down.  
 

Last year it ended up excellent too.  I think more posters agree with me on this, than you. You live where there are alot of oaks…so color is duller where you are, so maybe that’s why you say it’s dull every year.  No matter who you ask….they’re gonna tell you the color this year has been fabulous, because it has. 

[WinterWolf]

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yeah NNe had a banner year . Down here there was good color on maples a few weeks ago but most stuff now no . 

Lmao…good color on maples a few weeks ago…? A few weeks ago they were f’n green.  
 

Big time Beer tonight? 

[kdxken]

2 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Interesting.  Around here it has actually been stunning. Best in a long time.  Fading now but it has been incredible 

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