In the spirit of cold climate one-upmanship, let me direct your attention to the Snowfall Averages compiled by the National Climatic Data Center. (Sorry, I don't have Canadian data handy.) Unless your yearly snowfall is in the triple digits, you might as well give up on bragging rights. But you can get a good idea [...]
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First Snow of 2009-2010
October 16, 2009 – Posted in: WeatherLast night it snowed. That, in itself, is not unusual for the second half of October. But normally we get flurries mixed with rain, and no accumulation. Yesterday a weather record for snow accumulation was broken. The official new record is 1.2 inches accumulation. The old record was "trace." And unofficial reports coming in tell [...]
Snow? Noooo!
October 12, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, WeatherYikes! Snow predicted for Friday! This is happening too fast for me. Just had first hard frost (26F) last night.
Does this look like spring to you?
April 17, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThis was the view out my kitchen door yesterday morning. We had rain which changed to snow as the day progressed. Because everything was wet, the heavy snow stuck to everything. When the wind picked up, the snow didn't blow off the branches but added weight to the force of the wind. Consequently branches were [...]
Blooming in March
March 15, 2007 – Posted in: Weather, What's up/bloomingI took this photo yesterday, a day ahead of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. I knew that rain was predicted for Wednesday afternoon and throughout today, but late yesterday morning it was merely overcast and quite mild, and I thought, "Go looking for flowers now, or forget about it." So I went galomphing about in the [...]
Spring is just around the corner
March 6, 2007 – Posted in: Meditations, Mud SeasonThe trouble with that platitude is that Spring is so erratic around here that we often don't recognize it when it comes. For the next eight weeks or so, every time we hit a spell of bad weather, we will repeat to ourselves, and each other, "Well, spring is right around the corner." But we're [...]
Snow Days of Winter
February 17, 2007 – Posted in: WeatherNot the Valentines Day love-in I was expecting, this was a storm for the record books. Under a state of emergency all day and through the night, my county was closed down and everyone was told to stay off the roads. When it was over the snow totals came in. My little, almost unknown, town [...]
Valentine’s Day Snowstorm
February 14, 2007 – Posted in: WeatherThe Trials of March
March 11, 2005 – Posted in: WeatherThe proverbial (and over used) saying is that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. In truth March is a fickle beast and comes in as it wishes and goes out as it wishes. Some years you might have the bliss of March both coming and going like a lamb [...]
Mud Season is here
March 1, 2004 – Posted in: Mud Season, WeatherI can tell by the dirty footprints leading from the front door to the bathroom. All the compacted snow is off our driveway, which used to be a gravel driveway but is now a dirt driveway, due to all the snow shoveling over the years, which throws both snow and gravel onto the lawn. (You [...]
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