Yesterday we reached 71° and had .21 of an inch of rain which brings us to 3.75 inches and will be our total for the month of April. NWS Forecast Today Sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust […]
We reached 80° once again yesterday with .50 of an inch of rain which fell in the morning. We have had 3.54 inches for the month, and 7.05 inches thus far for the spring. We can expect another rainy humid day today with a bit more wind than yesterday, there is no expectation of severe […]
We have some rain moving through this morning with temperatures in the low 60s. Yesterday we had a high of 81° and a low was 55°. I opened up my small fish pond yesterday. All of the foot-long goldfish were alive and well as well as the frogs which all survived the winter. NWS Forecast […]
This is the last weekend of April and next Wednesday is the start of May so it is now time to look at some May averages and records. May is the fifth month of the year, and here in the Northern Hemisphere it is the last month of spring. Late May typically marks the start of the summer […]
We finally have a warmer and moist airmass moving in from the south to push the cold air back into Canada. Temperatures will rise to the mid-60s today with rain moving in overnight. We have 38° at 6 am, 10° warmer than yesterday morning. The Frost warnings and advisories expire at 8 am. CPC May […]
We have a heavy frost this morning. My wife and I covered the flowers and lilac bushes last night. Our lilacs were blooming already as are several flower species which bloom in May. Our dogwood and crabapple trees are also flowering so I suspect there will be some damage there also. The temperature at 6 […]
We had a lightning strike near Otsego last night which sent our dog and cats scrambling for cover. It was quite loud so I don’t blame them. We had .20 of an inch of rain with a lot of thunder and lightning mainly from two cells that passed overhead and some rain on the backside. […]
Our climate has changed a lot over the years due to agriculture and the cattle raised for our food sources. One acre of corn can release 4,000 gallons of water per day, enough to fill a residential swimming pool in less than a week. The additional moisture from corn causes higher heat indexes — a […]
We have had a lot of conversations on climate change as of late. Since the early to mid-1800s, with the industrial revolutions that were happening, predominantly in Europe and the United States, there began a severe increase in the release of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide into the planet’s atmosphere. Human activities such as […]
Yesterday we reached 47° with some sun and a gusty wind which made it feel much colder. It will be sunny and breezy today, with temperatures about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. Dry conditions will result in elevated fire danger today, especially this afternoon as the gusty winds reach their peak. In my area due […]