October 2026 general discussion

[powderfreak]

Just now, dendrite said:

ORH hasn’t had a freeze before November since 2020.

That’s kind of wild.

FROPA through here, some decent NW gusts.

[Damage In Tolland]

11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

ORH hasn’t had a freeze before November since 2020.

That’s probably longer here . I recall a HFD marathon I ran in mid 2010’s and left here at about 5:00 AM and it was 28 degrees.  That’s always run 2nd weekend of Octorcher . Only Oct in last 15 I can remember a freeze that early here 

[powderfreak]

17 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

That’s probably longer here . I recall a HFD marathon I ran in mid 2010’s and left here at about 5:00 AM and it was 28 degrees.  That’s always run 2nd weekend of Octorcher . Only Oct in last 15 I can remember a freeze that early here 

Had you hit 32F or lower in 2011 before the Rocktober snowstorm?

[Damage In Tolland]

3 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Had you hit 32F or lower in 2011 before the Rocktober snowstorm?

I really don’t know . That was a hot month , so I would heavily lean no. That morning for the last 2-3 hours of the storm dropped into upper 20’s after 31. 5 paste all night . The last inch or two was powdery 

[powderfreak]

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I really don’t know . That was a hot month , so I would heavily lean no. That morning for the last 2-3 hours of the storm dropped into upper 20’s after 31. 5 paste all night . The last inch or two was powdery 

I’ll say I’ve been fringed in a lot of SNE storms but that’s the only one I’m still jealous of.  We got 1.5” lol.  What a remarkable event.

[Damage In Tolland]

14 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I’ll say I’ve been fringed in a lot of SNE storms but that’s the only one I’m still jealous of.  We got 1.5” lol.  What a remarkable event.

Since moving here in 2005, far and away most favorite wx event. Only thing that will top it will be a direct strong cane strike up the CTRV or a TOR thru backyard 

[VivaManchVegas]

9 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Since moving here in 2005, far and away most favorite wx event. Only thing that will top it will be a direct strong cane strike up the CTRV or a TOR thru backyard 

First time I saw thunder snow.   We were on a generator for 4 days.  Local DPW left a giant pile of mess at the end of my driveway because someone had never plowed snow before but i digress.  

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

That’s kind of wild.

FROPA through here, some decent NW gusts.

ASOS era

[Torch Tiger]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

I’ll say I’ve been fringed in a lot of SNE storms but that’s the only one I’m still jealous of.  We got 1.5” lol.  What a remarkable event.

Wife and I had a new 4wd vehicle at the time were doing a weenie tour of damage that next day.  I did a  drive up Mt. Uncannonuc in Goffstown - it was 32" on the level settled depth at 1250' the next morning.  I know Dendy probably knows of the access road and trails   Not sure if there were any higher event totals.  21" settled depth in Bedford around 5 miles away but obv. lower.

[Hoth]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Since moving here in 2005, far and away most favorite wx event. Only thing that will top it will be a direct strong cane strike up the CTRV or a TOR thru backyard 

I'm so bored I've been perusing the Octobomb and Sandy threads. Halcyon days those were.

[WxWatcher007]

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

I’ll say I’ve been fringed in a lot of SNE storms but that’s the only one I’m still jealous of.  We got 1.5” lol.  What a remarkable event.

 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Since moving here in 2005, far and away most favorite wx event. Only thing that will top it will be a direct strong cane strike up the CTRV or a TOR thru backyard 

An all-timer. Easily the most impactful winter wx event, but I think 2013 was my favorite.

As I repeatedly say, the Mount Rushmore of CT winter wx events are 1888, 1978, 2011, and 2013.

[vortex95]

6 hours ago, SJonesWX said:

they beer. it most certainly has not been windy and blustery. I mean, I suppose maybe at Logan airport, but definately not up here

Scrapping for the bottom of the barrel for wx content.  This is what happens when the wx is quiet.  They have to still have wx stories b/c wx gets the ratings, and you end up with minutia articles like this w/ loaded questions "what's driving all this bluster wx?" even if this is nothing specific or obvious or as if you can always pin down the reason, yet they ask the question anyways for tease. 

BOS avg wind speed so far this Oct is 10.2 mph.  Normal is 9.5-10.5, so noting out of the ordinary.  Peak wind gust for the month so far 42 mph.  MEH in terms of sig.  Sep was windier than w/ 11.1 mph (8.5-9.5), but that was due to the one big extended nor'easter Sep 22-28.  One event does not make a windy season overall!  That's like saying on big CONUS HU landfall means it was an active HU season.

I mean really, 16 years windiest fall?  Slicing and dicing that down to this level?  That's another thing, you have virtually endless ways to slice and dice things down to certain periods (week, months, season, etc) along w/ any given wx parameters or phenomena and historical context, and voila, content!  The thing is not all is impactful, recognizable, or significant, so why report on it?  Once again, CONTENT, doesn't matter the subject or significant.

And a sub-headline "BOS continues to clock is most blustery year yet".  Ok, so which is it -- "windy" or "blustery"?  For the fall season or for the entire year so far?  Just confusing statements.

And for those here, what is your definition of "blustery?"  I always think of cold wx w/ wind chills.  No one ever says "blustery" when it is warm out or in the summer!

[Torch Tiger]

Hopefully we are free of any significant wx events for a while; let's San Diego!!   New norm 

[H2Otown_WX]

Was tonight supposed to be rad cooling or CAA? BDL still 53, doesnt seem like they'll come close to the forecast low of 41. 

[vortex95]

Hailstone record CT 7/4/26   @weatherwiz PT?
https://x.com/ryanhanrahan/status/2110020388004462779

One thing though, it is not a complete even radius circular stone, like many giant hailstones are.  Looks more a fused conglomerate rather than a mass that goes up and down in the supercooled layer getting more even layer coating each time.

SCEC PDF report attached.

It also noted the baseball hail event from 6/20/1995 from supercells dropping from the due N.  Radar attached.  Was @weatherwiz aware of this event?  I bet @CoastalWx was not!  The anvil canopy spread NE from this storm w/ CBMAM over BOS area.
 

20261013-Connecticut-Hailstone.pdf

[Modfan2]

1 hour ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Was tonight supposed to be rad cooling or CAA? BDL still 53, doesnt seem like they'll come close to the forecast low of 41. 

I guess no, temp here is 46F, almost 20 degrees warmer than the last few days

[Brewbeer]

45/36 this morning, no frost today

[weatherwiz]

4 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Hailstone record CT 7/4/26   @weatherwiz PT?
https://x.com/ryanhanrahan/status/2110020388004462779

One thing though, it is not a complete even radius circular stone, like many giant hailstones are.  Looks more a fused conglomerate rather than a mass that goes up and down in the supercooled layer getting more even layer coating each time.

SCEC PDF report attached.

It also noted the baseball hail event from 6/20/1995 from supercells dropping from the due N.  Radar attached.  Was @weatherwiz aware of this event?  I bet @CoastalWx was not!  The anvil canopy spread NE from this storm w/ CBMAM over BOS area.
 

20261013-Connecticut-Hailstone.pdf 6.89 MB · 1 download

I don't recall memories of this day (but I do remember 5/29/95 and 7/15/95) but being made aware of this some years later, pretty impressive storm which formed along a backdoor front. 

[CoastalWx]

It’s also hard for my hood to get to below 32 before 11/1. Might be similar to ORH although I think I hit it once. Since 2020. I did get to 23 on 10/31/20 with 5” OTG lol.

[weatherwiz]

5 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Was tonight supposed to be rad cooling or CAA? BDL still 53, doesnt seem like they'll come close to the forecast low of 41. 

Was outside with the dog around 8:00 or so last night and was surprised how mild it still was. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

10 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

Hopefully we are free of any significant wx events for a while; let's San Diego!!   New norm 

Boredom until 2027 severe season? 

[WinterWolf]

11 hours ago, Hoth said:

I'm so bored I've been perusing the Octobomb and Sandy threads. Halcyon days those were.

Isn’t it supposed to be calm this time of year? Doesn’t October have the most sunny days on average? Or am I thinking of another month?  The action will come…it always does.  And to be honest…I’m digging the clear beautiful weather at the moment. We’ve had enough rain all summer and fall up to two weeks ago. 

[Brian5671]

3 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Isn’t it supposed to be calm this time of year? Doesn’t October have the most sunny days on average? Or am I thinking of another month?  The action will come…it always does.  And to be honest…I’m digging the clear beautiful weather at the moment. We’ve had enough rain all summer and fall up to two weeks ago. 

September is the sunniest month.  I too have been enjoying this stretch.   We'll have our share of storms and wind this winter

[Torch Tiger]

6 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Hailstone record CT 7/4/26   @weatherwiz PT?
https://x.com/ryanhanrahan/status/2110020388004462779

One thing though, it is not a complete even radius circular stone, like many giant hailstones are.  Looks more a fused conglomerate rather than a mass that goes up and down in the supercooled layer getting more even layer coating each time.

SCEC PDF report attached.

It also noted the baseball hail event from 6/20/1995 from supercells dropping from the due N.  Radar attached.  Was @weatherwiz aware of this event?  I bet @CoastalWx was not!  The anvil canopy spread NE from this storm w/ CBMAM over BOS area.
 

20261013-Connecticut-Hailstone.pdf 6.89 MB · 1 download

Everyone remembers 6/95...besides 8/10/00 the most lightning in sne

[H2Otown_WX]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Was outside with the dog around 8:00 or so last night and was surprised how mild it still was. 

They ended up getting to 43 through cold advection I guess. The wind was from the north at like 7 kts early this morning.

[H2Otown_WX]

47 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

September is the sunniest month.  I too have been enjoying this stretch.   We'll have our share of storms and wind this winter

Not this year, September (especially on Sunday) sucked lol

[tamarack]

14 hours ago, powderfreak said:

I’ll say I’ve been fringed in a lot of SNE storms but that’s the only one I’m still jealous of.  We got 1.5” lol.  What a remarkable event.

Forecast for us was 10-16, got 4.5" of slop with a brief power outage.  Two days later the forest inventory contractor and I were checking field crew accuracy at Rangeley Bald Mountain, and the melting snow pelted us with icewater for the 8 hours we were out there.  I've had nicer days.

We actually had some clouds yesterday, an uncommon phenomenon lately.

[Prismshine Productions]

It got up to 72.5 yesterday and going to be in the 50s today

[HIPPYVALLEY]

GFS is the only model showing any meaningful precipitation next week.  
Tossed?