October 2026

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Nonsense - he is predicting 10 - 40 inches total snowfall for Zone 4 ???? Why doesn't he just say he has no idea..................plus he seems so sure the early polar vortex disruption will be a short one and December will be a mild basically snowless month. He is one of the very few reputable METS online taking that chance before the vortex disruption even started........

It’s a very solid forecast. One blockbuster is the difference between an above normal season or struggling to get to 10”. We saw this in both 82/83 and 15/16 and on the opposite side 72/73 and 97/98. It’s an eggs all in one basket situation.


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[MANDA]

Surprised no chatter on here about the chances for a soaking rain later next week.  About 6 days out but has been varying model support for a few days now.  Details to be determined but decent chances our prolonged dry and pleasant weather will be coming to an end before next week is over.  Would bring an end to the 2026 foliage season for the N&W crew as well.

Opening bid from WPC has 1.5-2.5" subform wide.

[NEG NAO]

5 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

It’s a very solid forecast. One blockbuster is the difference between an above normal season or struggling to get to 10”. We saw this in both 82/83 and 15/16 and on the opposite side 72/73 and 97/98. It’s an eggs all in one basket situation.


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trying to forecast one blockbuster snowstorm prior to winter is the same as trying to predict if you will win the million dollar lottery - did anyone predict the blockbuster snowstorms prior to last winter ?

[NEG NAO]

6 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Surprised no chatter on here about the chances for a soaking rain later next week.  About 6 days out but has been varying model support for a few days now.  Details to be determined but decent chances our prolonged dry and pleasant weather will be coming to an end before next week is over.  Would bring an end to the 2026 foliage season for the N&W crew as well.

Opening bid from WPC has 1.5-2.5" subform wide.

maybe because soaking rains are so common around here..........

[Brian5671]

9 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Surprised no chatter on here about the chances for a soaking rain later next week.  About 6 days out but has been varying model support for a few days now.  Details to be determined but decent chances our prolonged dry and pleasant weather will be coming to an end before next week is over.  Would bring an end to the 2026 foliage season for the N&W crew as well.

Opening bid from WPC has 1.5-2.5" subform wide.

If there's wind it will strip the leaves here too-right now close to peak and looks great

[Stormlover74]

10 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Surprised no chatter on here about the chances for a soaking rain later next week.  About 6 days out but has been varying model support for a few days now.  Details to be determined but decent chances our prolonged dry and pleasant weather will be coming to an end before next week is over.  Would bring an end to the 2026 foliage season for the N&W crew as well.

Opening bid from WPC has 1.5-2.5" subform wide.

I posted about it in the November thread but yeah we should start discussing it since its been consistently showing up on the euro and gfs

[Stormlover74]

25 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

It’s a very solid forecast. One blockbuster is the difference between an above normal season or struggling to get to 10”. We saw this in both 82/83 and 15/16 and on the opposite side 72/73 and 97/98. It’s an eggs all in one basket situation.


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But anyone could make that forecast and no way to know if we get that 1 big one or mostly skunked

[SACRUS]

Already to 70 but the clouds / front (dry) already sagging south into NNJ.  Winds/breezy this afternoon after low 70s.  Cooler but cotinueds dry weekend before warming up Mon - Wed, ahead of next rain chane 11/5 - 11/7.  Beyond there overall near / above normal with strong ridging to the north and troughs undercutting the ridge could spell cut off city especially in the nations center and to our west but could translate to a wetter period overall 11/5 - 11/4.

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:
 

Highs:

EWR: 82 (1946)
NYC: 82 (1961)
LGA: 81 (1946)
JFK: 79 (1961)


Lows:

EWR: 31 (1932)
NYC: 31 (1925)
LGA: 35 (2011)
JFK: 30 (1962)

 

Historical:


1844: 30 inches of snow fell during a three day storm at Buffalo Barracks, NY. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1873L Lowest minimum temperature was 26° in DC and tied 10-31-1917 record. (Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

1925 - Nashville, TN, was blanketed with an inch of snow, their earliest measurable snow of record. (The Weather Channel)

 

1925:  Richmond, Virginia had a high temperature for the day of 44 °F making it the coolest October day on record (records since 1897). (Ref. Richmond Weather Records) 

 

1925: The earliest snow greater than one inch in Washington, DC, fell on October 30, 1925, (2.2") and October 20, 1940,(1.4"). The deepest Baltimore snowstorm ever recorded in October struck on this date in 1925, killing at least one person and blinding the rail birds at Laurel Park through all seven races. The storm dropped 1 to 3 inches of snow across the region, with an official 2.5 inches in Baltimore. That remains the deepest October snowfall on record for the city. In Baltimore, the snow began falling around 1 p.m. and continued into the evening, even as surface temperatures remained above freezing.

1947 - The Donora, PA, smog disaster finally came to an end. For five days an inversion trapped impurities in the lower atmosphere over the Monongahela Valley killing 20 persons, and leaving more than 2000 others sick. (26th-30th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1949: Haines Junction recorded The Yukon Canada’s greatest daily snowfall record as 26.5 inches fell. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1987 - Severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 74 mph near the town of Gould. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the central U.S. Temperatures warmed into the 80s form Texas to the Lower Missouri Valley. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Ten cities in the Upper Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date. The morning low of 20 degrees at South Bend IND was a record for October, and lows of 18 degrees at Grand Rapids MI and 20 degrees at Fort Wayne IND equalled records for October. The low of 2 degrees at International Falls MN smashed their previous record for the date by 11 degrees. Syracuse NY received 2.9 inches of snow to establish a record for October with 5.7 inches for the month. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Temperatures soared into the 70s in the northeastern U.S. The record high of 73 degrees at Alpena MI marked their sixth straight day of record warmth. In the western U.S., Klamath Falls OR reported a record low of 19 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

 

1991: The Perfect Storm, also known as the No-Name Storm reached maximum strength on this day with a low pressure of 972 mb and sustained winds of 69 mph.

1991: After absorbing Hurricane Grace on the 29th, an intense ocean storm at 972 millibars or 28.70 inches of mercury, known as the Perfect Storm. The storm took a very unusual course and moved westward along 40°N and battered eastern New England with high winds and tides. Winds had already been gusting over 50 mph along the coast two days before. Major coastal flooding and beach erosion occurred all along the New England, New York, and New Jersey coastlines. Over 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed from tides anywhere from 4 to 7 feet above normal. North Carolina's coast was lashed with occasional winds of 35 to 45 mph for five consecutive days. Other high wind gusts included: 78 mph at the Chatham NWS, 74 mph at Thatcher Island, 68 mph at Marblehead, 64 mph at Blue Hill Observatory (all in Massachusetts) and 63 mph at Newport, RI. Waves 10 to 30 feet high were common from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. In New Jersey, the greatest tidal departures of winter storms of record occurred during this event, with tide heights exceeded only by the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944. In Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, the highest water levels were comparable to those of the nor'easter of March, 1962. A record high tide of 7.8 feet occurred at Ocean City, MD on the 30th, which eclipsed the old record of 7.5 feet recorded during the March 1962 storm. In Massachusetts, 25-foot waves reached the shoreline atop high tides already 4 feet above normal. At Boston, the tide reached 14.1 feet above mean low water or about 1 foot less than the tides associated with the "Blizzard of 1978. " One ship east of New England reported a 63 foot wave. Heavy rain continued into November 1st. Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA ended up with 5.76 inches of rain. Total damage from the storm exceeded $200 million dollars. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)


1991: A strong winter storm brought southwest Kansas its first snowfall for the year, dumping up to 14 inches in Garden City. A large storage shed collapsed due to heavy snows in Johnson, and slippery roads caused a lot of havoc and claimed the life of a child in an automobile accident. Bitter cold temperatures also accompanied the heavy snows, and wind gusts to 45 mph brought wind chills down to -20°. The frigid conditions and blowing snow claimed the lives of two men, both of exposure in separate incidents, when they left their cars after they got stuck. Both men tried to make their way back home. (Ref. The Perfect Storm ) (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 1991: Billings, MT dipped to -7 °F which set a new record low for the month of October and it was the first time the station had even been below zero in October. Other October record lows included: Sheridan, WY: -9 °F and Miles City, MT: -8 °F, Scottsbluff, NE equaled their record for the earliest below zero temperature recorded with a low of -1 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1993: Record cold and snow occurred in the central and southern U.S. Cincinnati, OH recorded 5.9 inches of snow for its greatest October monthly snowfall ever. San Antonio, TX saw flakes for the first time ever in October. Laramie, WY plunged to 18° for its coldest reading on record for October. The 12° reading at Amarillo, TX set the same record. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

2004: Exceptionally heavy rains drenched the Manoa Valley near Waikiki in Hawaii. 10 inches of rain fell at the Manoa Arboretum in just 12 hours, causing flooding that rushed through the University of Hawaii's main research library. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) (Ref. WxDoctor)

2012: Hurricane Sandy continues to loom ominously off the U.S. east coast, bringing very heavy rain and tropical storm to hurricane force winds to many millions of people well before the worst arrives. The coastal flooding is already terrible, as expected (even as far south as Miami and Fort Lauderdale!). Locations from North Carolina to Maine will continue to see incredible coastal flooding/erosion, with the worst near and north of where the center crosses land (approximately southern NJ into NYC, Long Island). Inland flooding will also be a large problem in the coastal states as well as the inland states throughout the northeast. Finally, the 50-90mph winds that many places will experience can easily damage roofs, break tree limbs, and uproot trees, bringing power lines down with them.
Superstorm Sandy. October 28-29. Category 1 Hurricane Sandy transitioned into a monstrous extratropical storm while making landfall along the New Jersey coast, resulting in one of the most intense and damaging East Coast storms of all time. Surging Atlantic waters (8-14 feet) inundated the Jersey shore and low-lying areas of NYC and Long Island, causing estimated damages of at least $60 billion. The storm caused 72 direct deaths (87 indirect) in the United States, the loss of power to 8.5 million homes and businesses, and the cancellation of more than 18,000 airline flights.

[donsutherland1]

1 hour ago, MANDA said:

Surprised no chatter on here about the chances for a soaking rain later next week.  About 6 days out but has been varying model support for a few days now.  Details to be determined but decent chances our prolonged dry and pleasant weather will be coming to an end before next week is over.  Would bring an end to the 2026 foliage season for the N&W crew as well.

Opening bid from WPC has 1.5-2.5" subform wide.

Both the ECMWF and AIFS show 1" or more precipitation across the region. Here are the average figures for Central Park (IFS-AIFS mean). The conventional ECMWF (IFS) is currently wetter than the AIFS.

[Stormlover74]

73 now

[straphanger]

Looking at today's 12z GFS run, it looks like it wants to wash out the front late next week and then keep us relatively dry until at least Veterans day.

[Brian5671]

Just now, straphanger said:

Looking at today's 12z GFS run, it looks like it wants to wash out the front late next week and then keep us relatively dry until at least Veterans day.

This is so un nino like with the dry conditions.  Reminds me of Oct/Nov 2001

73 here right now

[guinness77]

1 hour ago, straphanger said:

Looking at today's 12z GFS run, it looks like it wants to wash out the front late next week and then keep us relatively dry until at least Veterans day.

Was just looking at that. Unbelievable. Not a drop until the last few frames.

[psv88]

72 

[qg_omega]

Windy 

[uofmiami]

71 today at my stations.  Trees are really popping with color now as well.

[Brian5671]

13 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Windy 

Cold front passing through

[steve392]

Cool afternoon out there but winds are really blowing at times.  

[Stormlover74]

Down to 61 brrr

[straphanger]

4 hours ago, guinness77 said:

Was just looking at that. Unbelievable. Not a drop until the last few frames.

Looks like a fluke though, as the 18Z brings it back as an event that could last into early Saturday.  The 12z Euro also stays on the rain with a Thursday/Friday event.

It is pretty gusty outside now with the stiff wind out of the north.  Definitely doing a number on the foliage...not much fell this well but a ton fell today with the wind finally picking up.

[LibertyBell]

9 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

I posted about it in the November thread but yeah we should start discussing it since its been consistently showing up on the euro and gfs

How many days in a row without measurable rain?

 

8 hours ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:
 

Highs:

EWR: 82 (1946)
NYC: 82 (1961)
LGA: 81 (1946)
JFK: 79 (1961)


Lows:

EWR: 31 (1932)
NYC: 31 (1925)
LGA: 35 (2011)
JFK: 30 (1962)

 

Historical:


1844: 30 inches of snow fell during a three day storm at Buffalo Barracks, NY. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

1873L Lowest minimum temperature was 26° in DC and tied 10-31-1917 record. (Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

1925 - Nashville, TN, was blanketed with an inch of snow, their earliest measurable snow of record. (The Weather Channel)

 

1925:  Richmond, Virginia had a high temperature for the day of 44 °F making it the coolest October day on record (records since 1897). (Ref. Richmond Weather Records) 

 

1925: The earliest snow greater than one inch in Washington, DC, fell on October 30, 1925, (2.2") and October 20, 1940,(1.4"). The deepest Baltimore snowstorm ever recorded in October struck on this date in 1925, killing at least one person and blinding the rail birds at Laurel Park through all seven races. The storm dropped 1 to 3 inches of snow across the region, with an official 2.5 inches in Baltimore. That remains the deepest October snowfall on record for the city. In Baltimore, the snow began falling around 1 p.m. and continued into the evening, even as surface temperatures remained above freezing.

1947 - The Donora, PA, smog disaster finally came to an end. For five days an inversion trapped impurities in the lower atmosphere over the Monongahela Valley killing 20 persons, and leaving more than 2000 others sick. (26th-30th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1949: Haines Junction recorded The Yukon Canada’s greatest daily snowfall record as 26.5 inches fell. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1987 - Severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 74 mph near the town of Gould. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the central U.S. Temperatures warmed into the 80s form Texas to the Lower Missouri Valley. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Ten cities in the Upper Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date. The morning low of 20 degrees at South Bend IND was a record for October, and lows of 18 degrees at Grand Rapids MI and 20 degrees at Fort Wayne IND equalled records for October. The low of 2 degrees at International Falls MN smashed their previous record for the date by 11 degrees. Syracuse NY received 2.9 inches of snow to establish a record for October with 5.7 inches for the month. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Temperatures soared into the 70s in the northeastern U.S. The record high of 73 degrees at Alpena MI marked their sixth straight day of record warmth. In the western U.S., Klamath Falls OR reported a record low of 19 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

 

1991: The Perfect Storm, also known as the No-Name Storm reached maximum strength on this day with a low pressure of 972 mb and sustained winds of 69 mph.

1991: After absorbing Hurricane Grace on the 29th, an intense ocean storm at 972 millibars or 28.70 inches of mercury, known as the Perfect Storm. The storm took a very unusual course and moved westward along 40°N and battered eastern New England with high winds and tides. Winds had already been gusting over 50 mph along the coast two days before. Major coastal flooding and beach erosion occurred all along the New England, New York, and New Jersey coastlines. Over 1,000 homes were damaged or destroyed from tides anywhere from 4 to 7 feet above normal. North Carolina's coast was lashed with occasional winds of 35 to 45 mph for five consecutive days. Other high wind gusts included: 78 mph at the Chatham NWS, 74 mph at Thatcher Island, 68 mph at Marblehead, 64 mph at Blue Hill Observatory (all in Massachusetts) and 63 mph at Newport, RI. Waves 10 to 30 feet high were common from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. In New Jersey, the greatest tidal departures of winter storms of record occurred during this event, with tide heights exceeded only by the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944. In Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, the highest water levels were comparable to those of the nor'easter of March, 1962. A record high tide of 7.8 feet occurred at Ocean City, MD on the 30th, which eclipsed the old record of 7.5 feet recorded during the March 1962 storm. In Massachusetts, 25-foot waves reached the shoreline atop high tides already 4 feet above normal. At Boston, the tide reached 14.1 feet above mean low water or about 1 foot less than the tides associated with the "Blizzard of 1978. " One ship east of New England reported a 63 foot wave. Heavy rain continued into November 1st. Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA ended up with 5.76 inches of rain. Total damage from the storm exceeded $200 million dollars. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)


1991: A strong winter storm brought southwest Kansas its first snowfall for the year, dumping up to 14 inches in Garden City. A large storage shed collapsed due to heavy snows in Johnson, and slippery roads caused a lot of havoc and claimed the life of a child in an automobile accident. Bitter cold temperatures also accompanied the heavy snows, and wind gusts to 45 mph brought wind chills down to -20°. The frigid conditions and blowing snow claimed the lives of two men, both of exposure in separate incidents, when they left their cars after they got stuck. Both men tried to make their way back home. (Ref. The Perfect Storm ) (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 1991: Billings, MT dipped to -7 °F which set a new record low for the month of October and it was the first time the station had even been below zero in October. Other October record lows included: Sheridan, WY: -9 °F and Miles City, MT: -8 °F, Scottsbluff, NE equaled their record for the earliest below zero temperature recorded with a low of -1 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1993: Record cold and snow occurred in the central and southern U.S. Cincinnati, OH recorded 5.9 inches of snow for its greatest October monthly snowfall ever. San Antonio, TX saw flakes for the first time ever in October. Laramie, WY plunged to 18° for its coldest reading on record for October. The 12° reading at Amarillo, TX set the same record. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History)

2004: Exceptionally heavy rains drenched the Manoa Valley near Waikiki in Hawaii. 10 inches of rain fell at the Manoa Arboretum in just 12 hours, causing flooding that rushed through the University of Hawaii's main research library. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) (Ref. WxDoctor)

2012: Hurricane Sandy continues to loom ominously off the U.S. east coast, bringing very heavy rain and tropical storm to hurricane force winds to many millions of people well before the worst arrives. The coastal flooding is already terrible, as expected (even as far south as Miami and Fort Lauderdale!). Locations from North Carolina to Maine will continue to see incredible coastal flooding/erosion, with the worst near and north of where the center crosses land (approximately southern NJ into NYC, Long Island). Inland flooding will also be a large problem in the coastal states as well as the inland states throughout the northeast. Finally, the 50-90mph winds that many places will experience can easily damage roofs, break tree limbs, and uproot trees, bringing power lines down with them.
Superstorm Sandy. October 28-29. Category 1 Hurricane Sandy transitioned into a monstrous extratropical storm while making landfall along the New Jersey coast, resulting in one of the most intense and damaging East Coast storms of all time. Surging Atlantic waters (8-14 feet) inundated the Jersey shore and low-lying areas of NYC and Long Island, causing estimated damages of at least $60 billion. The storm caused 72 direct deaths (87 indirect) in the United States, the loss of power to 8.5 million homes and businesses, and the cancellation of more than 18,000 airline flights.

This is such an eventful time of year for weather.  1925, 1940, 1991, 2011, 2012. October 1925 was the Octoblizzard for the DC area. I noticed you mentioned the record NJ tides during the Perfect Storm weren't these exceeded in the December 1992 super noreaster?

 

7 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

This is so un nino like with the dry conditions.  Reminds me of Oct/Nov 2001

73 here right now

And October 2024.

Which is why those are two of my analogs. 

 

7 hours ago, straphanger said:

Looking at today's 12z GFS run, it looks like it wants to wash out the front late next week and then keep us relatively dry until at least Veterans day.

I wish lol.

 

6 hours ago, guinness77 said:

Was just looking at that. Unbelievable. Not a drop until the last few frames.

Absolutely Awesome. 

 

13 hours ago, lee59 said:

Yes remember having no power as the snowstorm came. Not to many places have a hurricane and then a snowstorm a week later.

Yes and an earthquake lol.

 

13 hours ago, bluewave said:

Our area got the warm and dry San Diego weather this month while they got all the rain with the historic super El Niño.

 

October 2001 and October 2024 should be analogs.

 

21 hours ago, jm1220 said:

The Oct 2011 snow was a lot of white rain east of the city that stuck in spots when it came down heavier but what happened a year later was obviously beyond any compare here. 

The early November snow after Sandy would've been awe inspiring on its own since there was up to 8" even on the coast. That it happened a week after devastation was practically apocalyptic, and seeing the heavy snow piled on people's flooded out belongings and wreckage of homes. Some places started to get power again only for it to go off again for several more days, and of course those with no power/heat were in worse straits. For a week after Sandy my mother and I hung out near a stove for heat in a part of Long Beach that didn't flood, heating tap water we couldn't drink. We had to walk to City Hall every day for printed updates and listen to a radio for news. Hard to even describe how bad it was. And anyone with a working car had to wait on line for hours for gas. 

8.5 inches here and up to 14 inches on the Jersey shore. That was a blown forecast.

 

On 10/29/2026 at 6:46 PM, Stormlover74 said:

Yep in about a week. Though still mild

It's fine at that point.  After the beginning of November I'm in indoor mode until the middle of March. Except when I'm cleaning up the leaf drop.

 

On 10/29/2026 at 7:26 PM, MANDA said:

Still nothing going on around here so anyone have memories of this one:

Power outages in my area of NNJ were brutal.  Lasted about a week in most spots and it was COLD.

https://x.com/Danbury_WX/status/2115785053150089670

 

Is there a way to see a county by county version of this map? The local news station said that up to a foot of snow fell here but I think with elevation it could have been twice as much.

 

[forkyfork]

cold fronts should be illegal 

[SACRUS]

Today's Highs:


ACY: 76
JFK: 75
EWR: 74
New Brnswck: 74
PHL: 74
BLM: 74
TEB: 73
ISP: 73
TTN: 73
LGA: 70
NYC: 70

[SI Mailman]

12 hours ago, NEG NAO said:

trying to forecast one blockbuster snowstorm prior to winter is the same as trying to predict if you will win the million dollar lottery - did anyone predict the blockbuster snowstorms prior to last winter ?

15/16 was the only winter forecast I ever nailed.  I said warm winter with one big storm after MLK day.  I said this on Veterans Day 2015.

[bluewave]

The 75° at JFK was the 3rd warmest for October 30th.

Data for October 30 - JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

1961-10-30	79	54	0.10	0.0	0
1950-10-30	77	55	M	M	M
2026-10-30	75	52	0.00	M	M
2024-10-30	73	56	0.00	0.0	0
2016-10-30	73	56	0.15	0.0	0
1971-10-30	72	52	0.00	0.0	0
1994-10-30	70	51	0.00	0.0	0

[psv88]

38.6 this morning. Colder spot in the area. 

[MANDA]

October rainfall: 2.39".  Take out the Isaias related event and would have been only .55".  Today is day #14 with no rainfall.  The last two weeks have made for a great fall foliage season out this way.  Peak color and with no rain and minimal wind the leaves have stayed on the trees.  Good amount of leaves were flying late yesterday once the front moved through and the winds kicked up.  Still a beautiful view out in the yard with lots of gold and red colored leaves in the morning sun.  Two maples across the street are deep orange.

Some trees are now almost bare but still lots of color.  I give foliage an "A" this year out this way.

[Stormlover74]

30 minutes ago, MANDA said:

October rainfall: 2.39".  Take out the Isaias related event and would have been only .55".  Today is day #14 with no rainfall.  The last two weeks have made for a great fall foliage season out this way.  Peak color and with no rain and minimal wind the leaves have stayed on the trees.  Good amount of leaves were flying late yesterday once the front moved through and the winds kicked up.  Still a beautiful view out in the yard with lots of gold and red colored leaves in the morning sun.  Two maples across the street are deep orange.

Some trees are now almost bare but still lots of color.  I give foliage an "A" this year out this way.

Yeah driving around yesterday colors were really popping especially in the late afternoon sun

[SACRUS]

58 / 34 great stretch continues.  Upper 50s - low 60s for most today and a great day for the kids.  A touch warmer tomorrow and 4:50 PM sunset for the standard time non and enthusiasts.  Back to the 70s in the warm spots Mon - Fri but Thu / Fri / Sat may see the first rain in almost 20 days that point with large trough west cut off of our area.  Overall near - above normal beyond there but the dry / nice streak looks to reverse.