Gales of November have arrived.

[noelH]

Storm force gust recorded.  Finally sort of feels like November. Luckily we have had moderate rainfall recently. Otherwise with our warmer Autumns the risk for forest fires would be significantly.  Hopefully snowfall before things dry out too much.

Today, we are only ~5C warmer than normal. That is the "new normal" reset in 2010. If this is global warming.  Sort of like it. Earlier Springs and longer Autumns with Summers that are still staying seasonably normal in regards to high temperatures. We have already been above the "2.5C" daily average for the past couple years. Why Lake Superior surface and deeper water temperatures have been on the rise for the past several years.  So far, only one night this Autumn where temperatures dropped down to 0C.  Still harvesting cold tolerant veggies. No need to worry about planting garlic in November. No frost in the ground. No snow covering the ground until probably December again. Gardening season is now a full month or two longer. Also, officially Zone 5.

[Riley Smith]

It's warm that's for sure. We're still getting the breath of the Caribbean flowing up out of the southeast and it is warm and humid. A bad combination, Winds are around 15 kts, and have been nudging more easterly at times, and probably will continue, until we get a hurricane or a frost. Whichever comes first I'm busy chasing water leaks in a house. I hate plumbing. I'm having to make numerous trips to the shop and S R Cat's mast is just glowing in the dim light. Maybe Thanksgiving will be more pleasant, but November has been stormy down here since day 1. We finally got rain to end the drought. A good slow rain over a couple of days and it's been misty for a week or more. The last two times I've fished it has been sprinkling. So the stage is set for cooler weather. Tornados...hurricanes....drought. It sure is nice when the sun comes and it finally cools off! It's just weather.