Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 31:

Days with snow cover:  033
Days with complete snow cover:  021

Total snowfall: 021 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 09 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 07º Fahrenheit (about -14º Celsius)

High temperatures remained below freezing through A.D. 2010 December 29.   Complete snow cover lasted through December 30.  However, it was pretty much gone by the end of the day on the 31st.  I found a few small patches on the morning of the 1st while I was doing some chores outside. 

Through A.D. 2011 January 01: 

Days with snow cover:  034

Days with complete snow cover:  021

Total snowfall: 021 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 09 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 07º Fahrenheit (about -14º Celsius)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 October 02:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 31

I'm sure this will be the final summer weather update of the season.  Our last day at or above 86º F. was 2010 September 24.  We still haven't had any frost.  We reached 37 one night before the temperature warmed toward morning.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 September 16:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 30

On an unrelated note, it was 42º F. when I went to bed last night and there was patchy light frost in the area this morning. (but not here)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 September 02:


Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 29

Five consecutive days at or above 30 degrees started the day I returned from a two-week trip to Utah, during which the West was experiencing record heat.  Yay.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 August 10:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 24

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 August 03:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 20

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 July 21:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 16

Nineteen consecutive days at 80º F. or warmer.  Most have been extremely humid.  Or house has not been cooler than 77º F. during that time.  Most days the indoor temperature has not gotten below 79º F.  (The nights have been warm, too.)  This summer sucks.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 July 09:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 14

The past seven days have had high temperatures at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit).  That is the longest stretch of above 30º weather since I've lived in New York.  The past seven days saw Fahrenheit temperatures of 86º, 87º, 92º, 91º, 91º, 92º, and 90º.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 July 03:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 08

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 June 20:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 05

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 June 17:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 04

It has been much cooler and very rainy for the past couple of weeks.  Quite honestly, it has been a welcome change from the very warm start to the summer.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 June 04:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 03

A LOT of days in the 80s so far this year - there were twelve in May, a month in which average high temperatures range from 63º Fahrenheit to 73º Fahrenheit.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 May 27:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 02

This season, three days have reached 85 degrees F. and the last two reached 89º and 87º respectively.

Weather Update

I guess you could call this a "Summer Weather Update." The weather has been positively summer-like the past few days. Since the second week in March it has been an extremely warm Spring. The daffodils began blooming today, and the grape hyacinths and tulips aren't far behind. Thursday's (April 1st's) high temperature was 79 degrees Fahrenheit - a cool 31 degrees F. above normal. Friday was 85 degrees Fahrenheit - nearly our first day at or above 30 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees above normal! Today's high temperature was a mild 81 degrees Fahrenheit - still 32 degrees above normal. This happened last April as well, but it was even hotter then. Amazingly, it looks like were in for at least another week of temperatures in the 60s and 70s Fahrenheit. While it feels nice, such weather can make for a horribly destructive frost down the road. We still have more than a month before the average last frost, but buds are popping everywhere.

Oh, I meant to mention the fact that last Tuesday's (March 30's) high temperature was 38 degrees Fahrenheit. It even snowed for a couple of hours that day. Friday's high temperature was 85 degrees Fahrenheit - a 47 degree swing in just four days!

Summer Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 August 23:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 08

Last week's forecast was pretty accurate: we had two days with a high temperature of 85º F. (29.5º C.) and four days with high temperatures that reached or exceeded 30º C. It is hoped that this will be the last stretch of really hot weather this summer.

Summer Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 August 17:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 07

This is our third consecutive day with a high temperature at or above 30º Celsius. It was almost our fourth consecutive day, but the temperature stopped climbing at 29º on Friday. Tomorrow is also forecast to be hot, though it may or may not reach 30º.

This past week has been the hottest of the summer despite the fact that average high temperatures are supposed to be dropping now.

Summer Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 August 12:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 04

We had our fourth day with a high temperature at or above 30º Celsius a couple of days ago. It was beginning to get very dry again until four of five days ago, when a warm (25º to 30º C.) and extremely humid pattern came into effect. We've had four or five intense thunderstorms since then, and they left about 2 inches of much-needed rain. Unfortunately, it appears that Mother Nature is going to extract a cost for the rain that includes about a week of 30º+ high temperatures. Such stretches of hot weather are not uncommon (we probably average two or three each summer), but this stretch will be the first this year.

Summer Weather Update

It's been relatively dry since that roughly-three-week stretch beginning in mid-to-late June. The grass started turning brown a couple of days ago, but then we got two tenths of an inch of rain - just enough to turn it green for a few more days. We've been flirting with 30 degrees (Celsius) for a couple of weeks, but we haven't had any. We have had three or four days that were 29.5 degrees, but, for the most part, it has been wonderfully mild. It was downright cool during the latter half of June and early July. I'm not sure that we had one day with a high temperature above 75 degrees Fahrenheit during that three-or-four-week stretch. At least a week of days had high temperatures in the 60s. It was wonderful.

Summer Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 July 06:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 03

There were two days above 30º Celsius in April. There were none in May. There was one in June. It has been a remarkably cool start to the summer, despite the extremely warm weeks in April. Unlike some in this area, I've loved it. The past couple of weeks have been absolutely wonderful. We've had more than ten days of high temperatures between 68º F. and 72º F.

Summer Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 May 25:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 02

We had two days in April with temperatures at or above 30º Celsius. The first was 88º Fahrenheit and the second was 96º Fahrenheit. The latter marked the highest temperature EVER recorded in the month of April. It was ridiculous.

We had four consecutive days at or above 80º Fahrenheit until yesterday. As far as I'm concerned that's too hot - especially for May. Http://www.weather.com/ reported that Penn Yan, New York reached 30º Celsius two of those four days, but it didn't happen here. We reached 84º Fahrenheit twice, though.

I'm sick of the heat. I need to live (1) on a lake or (2) in northern Canada. Better yet, I could live on a lake in northern Canada! Too bad Canada's gun laws are terrible... Wait! So are New York's! ...