Dry February
AS SEEN ON TV!
Ryan Hall, digital meteorologist, did one of his well-attended livestreams during the Great Blizzard of 2026 and featured a picture I had submitted of his “Y’All-O-Meter 2.0″ showing 15 inches of snow in the field before the blizzard arrived in Contoocook. I was disappointed that we got wind and nearly no accumulation from the storm, while grateful we didn’t get the 33” reported around Providence, Rhode Island.
It really was “as seen on TV,” as I stream YouTube through the Roku to the TV. Okay, so not *broadcast* *television* but it was still cool to get a shoutout.
New temperature sensors
On the intranet weather report, we’ve added two new temperature/humidity sensors (WN31) to monitor the garage and the three-season porch. While the porch is enclosed for the cold season(s), temperatures are often the hottest in the house! The garage has become more important as LLL grew tomatoes this year, on a rolling cart and a totable bucket, and we would bring them in during inclement, especially extra-cold weather. On November 1, we’re still harvesting tomatoes, in New Hampshire!
Offline yesterday
Alert weather watchers observed the websites (https://wx.iayft.com, https://contoocook.org and https://contoocook.org/cell.php) were offline Sunday morning, July 27th. My internet hosting provider (Linode/Akamai) had a long-term site power outage and troubled recovery of their HVAC systems resulting in a long, slow, manual restoration. The were good about keeping their users informed. I expect many lessons were learned and I’m looking forward to the follow-up to the incident. No data was lost, and the sites are back up and running now. If anyone notices anomalies, let me know using the “Contact” form linked above.
How ’bout now?
Yesterday, June 23rd had a high temperature of 97.9°F, a record for the day, a heat index of 116.0°F and a dew point of 81.0°F! Today is expected to be similar. making an early New England heat wave, 3 days over 90°F.
Hot Enuf for ya?
97°F on the mercury and 115.5°F on the heat index
WeatherRadio presentation
The Partners in Emergency Preparedness (https://piepc.org/) host a monthly seminar on relavant topics, and this month hosted Bruce Jones, a meteorologist and spokesperson for Midland Radio, to talk about the history of public alert systems and the work that they are doing now. Bruce is a long-time broadcaster and put on an entertaining, organized and informative show! I encourage everyone with an interest to watch and keep an eye on PIEPC.org for future shows!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Z1xtIaAoM
Contoocook reaches 100℉ !
Okay, it’s not boiling hot in Tooky on the Eve of Christmas Eve. As of this morning 6:45am, it was -5.4℉ in Tooky. But that means, combined with the high temperature of 95.2℉ on June 20th, Contoocook saw a range of over 100℉ over the year.
That’s a tad warmer than usual, but nowhere near a record for low temperatures. It’s been -17℉ in previous years during this week, and in the past 33 years, I once saw -33℉ and, boy, that’s cold weather for a dog walk! Stay warm and enjoy the holiday season!
New Hampshire Ski Season Begins!
Bretton Woods is the first area to report 2 of 98 trails open, lifts open. To keep up to date, tune in here: https://www.skinh.com/conditions
Tsunami Warning? No, only a test
Recently browsing the web site, I saw that warnings had been posted for the Portsmouth and Rockingham areas and clicked for more details. The most unbelievable warning popped up — Tsunami Warning! Really? Immediately, the HUGE list of affected areas, starting with “Laguna Madre From the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado” had me suspect someone accidentally spilled coffee on the Big Red Button or something. Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling finally got to the actual text, which started out: THIS_MESSAGE_IS_FOR_TEST_PURPOSES_ONLY. Whew! You coulda lead with that…
The alert was gone a moment later.
