What's your weather like right now?

[pepperhead212]

Today was the 29th day in a row with no rain -tied the record for the area from sometime in the late 1800s. And no rain in the forecast, until Wednesday, and that's only 20% likelihood, which has been fizzling out. 2 or 3 degrees cooler than average, but starting to rise after tonight, back up to 81° by Halloween. Crazy weather...

[rdback]

...frost on the garage roof this AM, but not on the grass. It'll be interesting to see if the garden got frosted.

[Laura_in_FL]

Good luck to your gardens!

[pepperhead212]

Got down to 38° last night - coldest night this fall, but no frost, due to the low humidity. Even the basil hasn't been bothered, and it's usually the first thing to go, before frost, but when it gets dewy in the low 40s - there just hasn't been any moisture! Supposed to be a few degrees above average today, and a few degrees higher every day, until the 81° Halloween.

[paulf]

Very warm for the end of October and vey windy resulting in extreme fire danger. The entire State is in extreme drought conditions. We are to be cooler with a chance of rain later this week. At the rate of drought we need about ten feet of snow this winter to recharge the water supplies. Have I ever told you how much I hate snow? Well, let it snow!

[octave1]

Really warm and dry here too. The next frost is predicted for maybe Nov. 8th.
If this trend continues in the future, I'll have to reconsider my willingness to garden, because I do not think I can bring myself to work out there 9 months out of a year, with most of the time spent watering and setting up watering systems due to lack of rain. Either I drastically reduce the number of beds, or I come up with an ingenious way to water them. Easier said than done.

[paulf]

Now that has to help...almost two inches of rain and it all soaked into the parched earth. For the next several days the highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. Still no killing frost in sight. Doesn't really matter since everything but a couple of peppers and two tomato plants with big tomatoes are still standing. All the flowers both annual and perennial have been trimmed back. I will let the downtown flower boxes go until frost...some look good some not so.

[pepperhead212]

It rained here this morning, too; though not enough to register on the rain gauge, it was damp out, and there were drops on my car - first time in over a month. And the humidity was 72%, and I can't remember the last time it was out of the 30s. The temperature didn't drop below 66° overnight, but it's not supposed to get as warm as the record 82° yesterday, but still 78° - well above average - before it cools off to low 60s the next two days (still above average), before going up again. Supposed to be very windy, so a bunch more leaves will come down for me.

[september]

We got down to near 25F on a couple of nights this week, so most everything froze. I still have a few small broccoli side shoots that may be pickable. I cut my parsley, and pulled up some small dill plants by the roots, now are bagged in my little fridge, but will get to freezing them later.
We had some rain a couple of days ago, but not a downpour, so didn't help much for the drought. They got snow in the southern part of the state yesterday, but we were dry up here.

Picked some of the mature full pods of Fortex beans and brought them in the house to dry for bean seed. Very few were dried pods, most still leathery, damp and yellow. I hope they don't rot before they dry properly.

[octave1]

Nov 1, 2024 10:53:37 GMT -5 september said:

Picked some of the mature full pods of Fortex beans and brought them in the house to dry for bean seed. Very few were dried pods, most still leathery, damp and yellow. I hope they don't rot before they dry properly.

september, when picked my beans like that they always got moldy. Maybe shell them and let the bean seed dry on some paper towel?

[pepperhead212]

It still got to 80° today. I would have waited until tomorrow, to do those pickles, since it is going to be much cooler, but the wind was very gusty today - up to the 45 mph in gusts, and what I was going to do was leaf blowing, which would have been a losing battle! Next two days much cooler, almost down to average, and less wind, so I'll be outside then.

[september]

Nov 1, 2024 12:21:04 GMT -5 octave1 said:

Nov 1, 2024 10:53:37 GMT -5 september said:

Picked some of the mature full pods of Fortex beans and brought them in the house to dry for bean seed. Very few were dried pods, most still leathery, damp and yellow. I hope they don't rot before they dry properly.

september , when picked my beans like that they always got moldy. Maybe shell them and let the bean seed dry on some paper towel?

Yes, I can do that. But it seems like when I take the beans out before the pods dry on their own, they never get the dark glossy color they are supposed to be.  They look grey and unfinished. Maybe they would germinate anyway, it sure seems like when they are full sized and the pods are leathery that there is no more nutrition or growth possible, so they ought to be mature and fertile.   Or will they eventually turn darker and glossy even if they dry outside the pod?  I have only saved beans a few years for seed, not for dry bean use, so really have not had much experience in what to expect.

[pepperhead212]

Only got to 63° today, and much less windy, but enough wind to blow most of that dust away, from the leaf blowing. Supposed to be a little cooler tomorrow, but about the same, and no rain.

[paulf]

Fifties and rain all day with rain forecast for the next several days. Great way to break the extreme drought. Not sure the water table will recharge but at least the wildfire threat is taken out of the picture. No frost in sight, so garden clean up is put off for now.

[pepperhead212]

Glad to hear you got some relief from that draught, paulf. Up to 40 days here, with fires in the pine barrens, but nothing as bad as California!

I might have to turn on my AC again today, just to get the humidity out of the air - it is disgusting! It was 92% outside this morning, at only 67°, and it got to 75% inside, while it's dropping outside. "Only" supposed to get to 77° today (60 average high for this date), and another day it is supposed to break records all over the area. The humidity is supposed to keep dropping, so maybe I can hold off on the AC. And tonight, the low is supposed to be in the low to mid 40s again, then looking like the fall, for the weekend.

[pepperhead212]

I'm actually getting rain!! Broke e 42 day draught, but very little, so far; I'll be pleasantly surprised if we get a half inch of more. I actually heard it hitting the windows briefly, a while ago. It's supposed to rain a little harder, up to 3 am, then slow down, and stop at 6 or 7 am.

It's going to get warmer overnight, up to 70° tomorrow, but then drop quickly, and soon I might be getting my first freeze, so I'll have to drain my pipes, and remove that last timer, plus the rain gauge - things that I normally would have removed long ago! I'll still need to add some water to those greens, before I harvest them, but the cold weather won't last long.

[pepperhead212]

I got only .21" here overnight - not much, but something, at least, to wet the surface.

[Laura_in_FL]

We've had highs into the mid-80s, mid to upper 60s lows, off and on clouds, and muggy (ick) conditions all week, but no significant rain.

Today we've had a bit of drizzle and off and on very light rain, accumulating only 0.06" so far. We're expecting a little more rain this afternoon. I hope we end up getting a couple of tenths, at least. We need it!

There's more rain coming Thursday - supposedly - and after that temperatures will cool down a bit. Friday and weekend highs will be in the mid to upper 70s with 50s nighttime lows. That's still a little warmer than it "should" be, but much closer to average for this time of year.

[amanda]

I'm in Australia so opposite season and temperatures are in Celcius. Today was the first warmer day in awhile, warm night set ahead too, no lower than about 21, then a change tomorrow to bring rain and a major temperature drop.

Melbourne, known for four seasons in a day.

[rdback]

Recieved about an 1" of rain over the last couple days. 29F this morning, with a heavy frost. The forecasted high today is 60F. Late Fall/early Winter is here.

[Laura_in_FL]

The weather is finally about to change back to more seasonable fall conditions! We are FINALLY expecting a good solid rain tomorrow, hopefully over 2". Then a cold front will blow through and Thursday through Saturday we're forecast to get highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s with lots of sun. Sounds great to me!

[paulf]

Rainy couple of days, maybe another inch, to be followed by more typical November weather. Dry, windy and cool with hard frost in two or three days. I am down to one living tomato plant with about ten large greenies (Papa Kerns). Next week I will be working on the year end review.

[pepperhead212]

It was 57° out there at 11:30, and supposed to get to the low 60s, and slightly higher tomorrow, but a front coming through later on, bringing over 3/4" of rain. As usual, I'm apprehensive about it, when they predict rain, but they seem pretty sure about it this time. And it's quickly getting cooler, after that, one day staying in the 40s, before returning to around normal, of 55°.

[Laura_in_FL]

We FINALLY got a good soaking rain yesterday, 2.75" here and hopefully a similar amount at the property. There are still clouds this morning, but later today will be sunny and warm, with a high in the upper 70s. But it will cool down into the mid-40s tonight and we'll have a few days of mid-60s highs and mid-40s lows so it will feel like proper fall weather again.

[brownrexx]

No significant rain here yet, just a drizzle so far but it is supposed to drop into the 40's on Friday. Laura_in_FL, do you think that my tomato plants will be OK uncovered?

[september]

First snow of the season came overnight, and it stayed cloudy with light occasional flurries all day, so none of it melted except on the blacktop. About an inch total. Highs around 30F or a little above the next few days, if the sun comes out at all, the snow will all melt.

[pepperhead212]

OMG, I'm hearing rain!! And I just heard thunder, as well! I'll find out in the morning how much decided to come down.