[EricS39]

No leaves on 95% of trees yet as May approaches

Leaves start falling early September and no leaves by early November

Period of mostly no leaves: 6 months

Period of partial leaves: 2 months and 3 weeks

Period of full ripe landscape: 3 months and a shortened week

Of the 3 months and a shortened week, oppressive heat days: 35

Of the remaining 58 days, 19 will be weekend/holiday

Of those, 13 will have all rain and 2 overcast no rain

Total full bloom nice weather days that can be enjoyed within a work calendar: 4 days

This is how we know Connecticut residents have a load of patience

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Csiko

I don't even remember what seasonable is anymore, so I had to check. Now I'm all kinds of sad.

LOL! Funny how we forgot. Whats more funnier is I'm working out & eating better but this weather is driving me nuts. It's like diet, pig out, diet, pig out. Like today is cold and I feel the need to eat..

Your comment made me look something up...

Using March 1 to April 28 time period... we haven't been as cold since 2007 and 2003.
2012 & 2010 were the warmest.

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I was working in Norwalk this morning and a Gas company employee marking the roads told me that the area I was in was windier then other points in the area. Interesting when you stop and look around.

We were up on a hill. So I took this picture... You can see the drops and rises of Norwalk which can create little micro climates even within the town. Won't be as drastic as northern CT obviously but I bet you it rains slightly more in one spot than another and temps couple degrees off on certain days.

[EricS39]

I think New England employers who don't offer flexible off time should pay a premium to any employee willing to work in August and early June...otherwise shorten their work day for same pay

Make up the shortfall by raising prices and know this is economically sound because a beautiful New England day will result in a very price inelastic outdoor marketplace

As for indoor store businesses away from windows, you should be able to understaff in early June and August because that's not your peak sales season to begin with...Christmas season is

And what's the business incentive? Employee morale = more dedication = better quality work per labor hour worked = higher value = more demand = more profit

[Cambium]

Lots of interesting stats lately I don't know what to check.

Last time Bridgeport, CT didn't hit 71°F+ was in 2000.

Last time Islip didn't hit 70 at least in April was in 1998. Only 3 times on record.. 1984 & 1988 the other years.

Using March 1 - April 28 time frame, only 2 years were colder than the average temp of 42.0°F this year for ISP. 1984 & 1992

[EricS39]

This is not a bad year for endangered New England crops that thrived centuries ago when climate was not as warm as recent decades

Plants such as the blues lilies cannot exist when winters are warm enough for competing plants to exist that do not allow the lily crop a chance to dominate

This is the one for Maine though

http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/featu..._leibergii.pdf

In Transcendental literature these kinds of plants were documented in naturalist works and now nobody knows they were ever around

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by EricS39

This is not a bad year for endangered New England crops that thrived centuries ago when climate was not as warm as recent decades

That's a good point with regards to getting some crops/landscapes to adapt to this. Although the ones thriving now have been used to recent warm years so they will get a shock. I guess the only way to see what has survived & strengthened is from a larger scale looking back at these years in the future.

All I know is I got veggies inside that need to go out in 3 weeks! We are struggling past 40s today. Fireplaces and jackets on like its winter.

Current temps/Radar. It's actually warmer in northern Vermont than northern Mid Atlantic.




A Very interesting Temp Departure map right now. Normally upper 50s in Nebraska but only in 30s midday! We are about 10-15 below normal here.

[mikelizard860]

WHERE IS SPRING! Oh my god, this is really awful today. Feels like late march with clouds wind and temps in the 40's. YUCK! Looks to be colder tomorrow!

[EricS39]

It means 1/3 of 2014 is over and we are into the long high sun rays of 14-hour days....but trees are not going green yet

Long daylight hours of cold temperatures ...that can only happen this time of year so take it as a special occasion

[Cambium]

Here's how it feels outside with the wind. Bundle up. April 29, 2014

[7 Wishes]

A NYC weather blog I'm signed up on said something interesting this morning:

"April 30 is one of only three days that has never had a rainfall of one inch or more (a typical day has experienced it four or five times). The other two dates are April 29 and September 9."

Bridgeport has plenty more due to the shorter record (1948 vs. 1869).

So today is almost certainly going to cut that down to 2!