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Temps are starting to cool off in TN. I haven’t noticed a huge change in the tree colors yet, but think it will be earlier than last year. After our super hot summer, I’m ready for cooler temps. I do wish the trees would hold off full color change until the end of the month. Company retreat to Gatlinburg on 10/29 and best part is seeing all the fall colors.
I’m in the Mid-Atlantic as well and I REALLY hope we have a good winter. Last year stunk with the only real snow right before Halloween. Seriously. How lame was that? We’ve had a lot of nuts in our yard which is weird because we don’t have the trees that produce those nuts :o I guess the birds are bringing them? We are, at the moment, having a decent fall. The trees really haven’t started changing yet. Just a couple here and there. Soon…
Our temps are cooling in Cleveland, OH and leaves are already falling. Weatherman said it looks like it will be a nasty winter with a LOT of snow! Yuck! :snowguy:
We had a pretty mild summer here in FL, but lots and lots of rain. Hubby says we are in for a rough winter. Sigh.
Stock up!!!
Ugh! I’m one of those people that didn’t mind the mild winter last year. In fact, I LOVED the mild winter last year!
I haven’t really heard any predictions for us – coastal NC – but so far, things have been pretty normal. Our leaves don’t start to change (if at all) until November. Most years, we end up raking leaves up over Thanksgiving weekend.
I will say, a few cold days would be great because we have a lot of debris in the woods that needs cleaned up and it’d be nice if the poison ivy and snakes were gone. But other than a few cold days, I’d be just fine with mild temps.
Well, you can’t really go by the leaves turning – with that, having it early (and perhaps even brighter colors) is all a sign of the ridiculously hot summers most of us had. And that doesn’t give any clue as to what is going to come for winter. Almanacs and predictions aside, we all just have to wait and see.
Though I do figure if we get another Halloween weekend snow storm, watch for another warm winter. ;)
Lois
Please let it be a mild winter, I’ve had it with shoveling snow for hours and days and the cold…let it be mild!
I’m in the PNW ~ Oregon and it’s BEAUTIFUL! Summer started late (July 4th :flag: ) and it’s been the BEST
since then. The leaves are beginning to turn, mornings are crisp, days are warm (just right) and the evenings cool late. I LOVE THE FALL :batteeyes:
Here in the PNW, we’ve been having a great summer (although, a little on the warmish side) and I’ve been telling people that that means we’ll have a harsh winter (typically, we go from one extreme to the other). We haven’t had a lot of rain, which is also bad. Our district didn’t ‘build in’ any snow days, so that’s also another sign of a tough winter. Finally, people at our bus stop have been telling me that a lot of bugs have been dying (I guess that’s another sign that it’s going to be a harsh winter). I don’t really mind the rain, so I am not too stressed out. I am just hoping that the snow is not going to be a two week long snow storm like we had four years ago.
since I’m in your neck of the woods, it’s looking the same for me. I left New England for a reason, people. :hissyfit:
It’s pretty similar here in NE weather wise. The leaves are all turning and the chestnut trees are going nuts…lol! I have had several near misses in the past week walking under them. I am worried about this winter. The cold, cold weather and I are not even close to being friends. I am gonna freeze!
Take care and happy wedding planning, Les!
Peace and love,
Paula R.
I lived in Va during that horrible winter and spent several days snowed in at the hospital where I worked. Now I live in SC and last year I had to turn the AC on tobake holiday cookies. Literally there were three days where it was cool. I would love to have a cooler winter this year, but hope that the mid-atlantic doesn’t get hit again. :snowguy:
Here in Philadelphia the weather has been crazy! Tomorrow and the next day we’re supposed to hit 80 degrees. But I have also heard we’re in for a snowy winter. We’ll just have to wait and see!
We had such an early spring that it threw everything off. My farmer brother claims that our weather evens out over the course of the year–therefore after the HOT DRY summer we had in Indiana, we should have a very cold snowy winter. Not looking forward to it!
Thanks for the warning! I’ll have to stock the freezer & pantry. Of course heavy snow is a great time to get some reading done.
:snowguy:
Send some of that cooler weather to Vegas, normally it is starting to cool down by now but nope we were close to 100 again today :praying: Hoping we see signs of winter soon.
Still in 90′s in Reno. Weird weather this year. It took forever for Summer to arrive and my Spring flowers didn’t start blooming until June. My fall flowers came out in August instead of September. The Farmers Alamanac says we are suppose to have a mild winter. But Indian folk lore around here says we should have a wet winter. It will interesting to see who will be right with their predictions.
Here in the Pacific NW, autumn seems to have settled in. The days are still warm but finally turned the heat on tonight. Unlike much of the country, we were blessed with a beautiful summer but we have set a record for the least amount of rain in Aug/Sept (July 22 – Sept 10) We had a bumper crop of fruit (my yellow plum tree produced nearly 40 lbs!) and I have spent nearly 3 weeks canning so the larder is full of summer taste for the short days of winter. And the days are getting noticeably shorter. While it’s sad to summer go, it is nice to look forward to cozy nights at home with family or curled up with a book. But like the rest of the country, we are wondering what this strange year will bring for our winter.
BTW, I wish I could get some of those wonderful black walnuts. I haven’t had any since I used to visit my great-aunt in Kansas and they were the very best!
I’m in your neck of the woods as well and I’ve noticed the same thing. A tree up the street is a beautiful dark red on top and a little green on the bottom. That turned fast! I live in a neighborhood called Oak Forest and it is a mess. Acorns all over the road getting crushed leaving a crunching brown mess. Plus all of them in the yard. There are too many!!
Get ready Leslie. Hagerstown Almanac predicted 5 major storms and they’ve never been wrong. That’s what I’ve heard. :snowguy:
:snowguy: Here in Downeast Maine (on the Canadian border) the trees aren’t even turning yet… although the poison oak is pretty. Last winter was very mild, and if the leaves are any indication, this one will be the same (I hope). But I’m right on the coast (within just feet) where we get severe wind storms, but the temps are always milder. Hope your daughter’s wedding turns out beautifully!
I read it was supposed to be mild through December. Fingers crossed.
Here in Northern California we are at the last of a heat wave! There are many signs of fall but not full glorious color yet. That may never happen as each year is different. Last year the leaves were just beautiful, especially in the vineyards. Yesterday I escaped to the coast, it was hot there! Hot for the coast as it was in the mid 70′s. I was hiking a trail that has no shade, most of it runs with a constant view of the ocean, just lovely. However, it is very, very dry. The mid 70′s is too hot for me for a hike! That said it was still a beautiful day that I enjoyed. Coming home I barely got inland a bit before feeling real heat. One of the small towns inland that I came through has a temperature sign on one of the banks, it was 105!!! Eek! :bigeyes: Fog is suppose to move back in tonight which is A OK in my book!!
I’ve heard it is going to be an El Nino year which means lots & lots of rain. :rainman: We do need it. Last year was below normal.