Posted by: me

The early-turning trees around our village are showing their first colour.

So, this is really ramping up. The word around our county is that the colour-changing has begun early this year. I heard a lady quipping at the pool the other day that the trees are fed up with the hot, dry summer (as are we), and decided to revolt.

Often our colour peak is nicely past Canadian Thanksgiving (second weekend in October); other times it lands right on Thanksgiving. This year we are wondering if it may even be just before.

We have a family trip coming up over Thanksgiving weekend in the beautiful Québec Laurentian mountains, and, I tell ya', the colour peak there is beautiful beyond words (see photo below - not mine). We have been to Vermont a number of times, and the views are stunningly similar.  ♥

The temps warm up here a bit mid-week to the mid-20s Celsius / 77F, but thankfully they don't stay there long. Back down to late teens or 20C by the week's end. And nighttime temperatures will be ranging from 5-12C / 41-53F, really lovely for sleeping!

We have a bit of rain in the forecast for tomorrow, but then nothing for the next week, which is concerning, as we are still far behind what we should have had. Thankfully any 'heat waves' are now in the past, so at least we are not dealing with high heat and humidity as well. 

This is a sample of what we have to look forward to ...  

Looks lovely! I really do admire a good Autumnal landscape! 😀 

Well here in my part of England it has been raining almost non-stop today. As soon as the month changed to September, so did the temperature, by quite a bit.

Apparently some more rain is coming to my area this week, but overall we're enjoying a lot of spring sunshine and a lot of canola fields are basking in the sunshine.  

Rain is also expected in our area beginning tomorrow. That's good since it's been dry recently.

It's mid-September and autumn is in the air. The days are shortening very fast (we're losing over three minutes of daylight every day) and some leaves are beginning to change color.

The problem is that the rest of the weather hasn't received the memo. We've had over a week of extremely warm, near-record temperatures and high humidity. Today's high will be 90F/32C - really unusual this late in the season. And with dew points also high, it's "air you can wear" out there. I just might hide in the air conditioning until the snow flies. 😉

Since my last post a couple of weeks ago, we've had an incredible stretch of really nice weather - crystal clear blue skies, low humidity, no wildfire smoke, and temperatures ranging from around 55F/13C at night and around 75F/24C by day. It will get a little warmer this upcoming week.

The leaves are starting to change, especially north of here. Our peak color will be in the next 10 days or so.

Local meteorologists are running out of superlatives to describe this nice weather - probably the nicest of the entire year so far (earlier this summer we had similar weather but intense smoke to go with it kept people indoors).

It's been great, enjoying the night sky with few mosquitoes and otherwise ideal conditions.

@stargazer our weather also seems unsure of 'what to put on' . This week gave us two of the warm, windy days that are followed by a cold change with rain. So I've managed to get all my laundry done and dry on the washing line, and still enjoyed snuggling into my woolly jerseys. I'm relishing any days I can have bare arms, and get some Vitamin D (and colour in my freckles), as I'll be the northern hemisphere in a month, where it'll be autumn. 

So far, I've found the Spring weather to be mild, the hottest day peaking at 34 Celsius. And when I am shivering a bit of a morning, I'm wondering why some of our family find the weather to be hot. What will they do once the above average temperatures we have been promised, to arrive, when it isn't even summer yet? 

Posted by: @waggawerewolf27

So far, I've found the Spring weather to be mild, the hottest day peaking at 34 Celsius. And when I am shivering a bit of a morning, I'm wondering why some of our family find the weather to be hot.

My word, you're definitely not from southern Victoria (let alone England!!)... or are you just being ironic when you describe 34°C as "mild"??? That is INCREDIBLY hot for mid-October where I come from (Melbourne area) — it's more like December weather at the earliest. Or is it quite normal for this time of year in NSW?  

@courtenay   Or is it quite normal for this time of year in NSW?

We generally have at least a few days in summer when by 3 pm it is likely to be about 39-40C. Some years are worse than others, such as on 4th January, 2020, when Penrith was the hottest city in the world that day, at 48.9 C, but this was exceptional during the Black Summer Bushfires with smoke haze and glowing skies, like an inferno. Since then, mostly the temperatures haven't been so bad, with rainy years more frequent than not. This year, however, we have threatened thunderstorms which don't eventuate, a worrying sign for drought, but it is still cool of a morning and evening breezes help. One of the delights of Sydney Harbour is to be out on a breezy evening coming in over the harbour foreshores, like a caress. 

We are at 18th October, however. Some years it is already mid-thirties by the Long Weekend, 1st Monday in October. It is usually in November before it heats up significantly. Yes, we do have an idea that Melbourne might be more bearable in summer, but I remember an elderly relative who spent most of her life in Mackay, in Queensland, saying how cold Launceston was to live in after she went down to Tasmania to live for a while. And today, though it is currently as low as 15C, at 7.00 am, the day's maximum is expected to go as high as 37C. 

Whew! All this talk about heat is in sharp contrast to today's weather here. 🙂  Our current temperature is 45F/7C, but with winds gusting to 40mph/65kph, it feels like 37F/3C. The fall colors have really come into their own the past few days, but this wind is blowing a lot of the leaves off the trees.

This autumn has had a variety of weather, much of it pleasant. My city has not had a frost or freeze yet, and those usually come by mid-October. Snow has hardly been mentioned even in northern Minnesota, which is unusual for this late in the season.

Our meteorologists have reminded us that this year is not typical. Five years ago yesterday, the high temperature was 0C and we received 7.9 inches (200mm) of snow.

Meanwhile in the North West of England, the weather doesn't quite seem to know what it's doing... it's coldish but not freezing, just nowhere near warm either, and it's been raining a lot. Which is pretty typical.  

@stargazer Our current temperature is 45F/7C, but with winds gusting to 40mph/65kph, it feels like 37F/3C

Quite the heatwave, eh? Well, compared to the 0C temperatures you had 5 years ago, that is.   🥶🥶

And Courtenay's UK report sounds typical for England, as well. 

I wonder how @pete is doing down in Victoria?  They really are in drought there, from what I heard on the radio, this morning. Half the usual rain so far near Wagga, they said. 

This morning, they said we'd have 39C today, but maybe not....