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Old 10-19-2010, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Yes, and lightning bugs, too - saw them twinkling in the back yard last night.

After my first year in Austin, when I went walking in the snow one weekend, and hiking up Barton Creek the next and it was in the high 80's/low 90's (this was January), I don't worry about unusual weather, because here, that IS usual weather!
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Old 10-19-2010, 08:42 PM
 
Location: God's Country
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Yes, and lightning bugs, too - saw them twinkling in the back yard last night.

After my first year in Austin, when I went walking in the snow one weekend, and hiking up Barton Creek the next and it was in the high 80's/low 90's (this was January), I don't worry about unusual weather, because here, that IS usual weather!
Wow I haven't lightning bugs in YEARS!!!
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Old 10-19-2010, 10:17 PM
 
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The weather has been unusually boring for October. Usually it seems like there are fronts that can bring in heavy rains, sometimes severe. Plus in SA I think the afternoon high temps haven't been much below 80 when sunny since last spring. The lows have been in the 40's and low 50's at times, but by 1 pm it's about 75 when that happens. By 4 or 5, it's 82-84. The cause is of course La Nina, but it gets old. The mosquitoes seem to like it, though.
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Old 10-19-2010, 10:52 PM
 
Location: America
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The cause is of course La Nina, but it gets old.
so i guess that means that we're in for a dry, warm winter
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Old 10-19-2010, 11:01 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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This is par for the course in Texas. I remember Octobers like this growing up down there. Even in November it can stay in the 70s up until Mid-November. Then around that same Mid-November, there is a huge dramatic dive in temperatures and by December, you can have highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s.

I'm up here in Chicago and it's been in the 70s or 60s for highs. Our average is upper 50s so I am not pleased. It needs to hurry up and get cold.
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Old 10-20-2010, 12:01 AM
 
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This is par for the course in Texas. I remember Octobers like this growing up down there. Even in November it can stay in the 70s up until Mid-November. Then around that same Mid-November, there is a huge dramatic dive in temperatures and by December, you can have highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s.

I'm up here in Chicago and it's been in the 70s or 60s for highs. Our average is upper 50s so I am not pleased. It needs to hurry up and get cold.
you're like me: black man who loves the cold lol. people look at us like .
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Old 10-20-2010, 12:52 AM
 
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Just saw that areas just S. of Ft. Worth are in a severe T-storm warning. At least there's some semblance of normalcy here.

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so i guess that means that we're in for a dry, warm winter
That's what the forecasters are saying. Hopefully there's at least one hard freeze (around 25 or lower) that makes it to the Coastal Bend and south of Galveston, since mosquitoes and other pests tend to die off in those things, at least for a while.
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Old 10-20-2010, 03:59 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Up until a few days ago the lows were in the 40s. Now it's mid 60s and mid 80s for highs. The temps aren't so bad but the humidity is really nasty and making it not so comfortable (DFW).
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Old 10-20-2010, 05:30 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Up until a few days ago the lows were in the 40s. Now it's mid 60s and mid 80s for highs. The temps aren't so bad but the humidity is really nasty and making it not so comfortable (DFW).
Actually, the temperature hasn't dipped below 50 yet this year at DFW. I think some of the northern suburbs might have gone lower, but it hasn't been in the 40s yet here in the city. Looks like the trend is going to continue for the next week or so at least.
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Old 10-20-2010, 06:09 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Actually, the temperature hasn't dipped below 50 yet this year at DFW. I think some of the northern suburbs might have gone lower, but it hasn't been in the 40s yet here in the city. Looks like the trend is going to continue for the next week or so at least.
You're probably correct. The official low has hit 50 at DFW, but where I live it's been in the mid 40s for sure. I'm not in an outlying suburb, but am not in the very middle of the cities.
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