It's Another Yankee Forecast Today
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!
Concord broke an all-time record for this date by an enormous margin of 5°F:
We have received around one-sixth of an inch of rain in the first 19 days of September and temperatures have been pretty consistently peaking in the 80s. My area in New Hampshire averages around 4 inches a month every month of the year and the climate depends on it. Three weeks without rain is far from a disaster, but it puts a strain on the fall season. Lawns go brown and dormant when they should be growing in a cool, wet season. Fall foliage is turning brown and falling a little earlier than usual.
Fortunately, the forecast predicts we won’t see another day in the 80s this month, and we should see some rain next week. Hopefully, the foliage will recover and give us a good year, and a little rain will get the lawns back in shape.