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Looks like a pretty big difference between Syracuse and you on that map...lol. You want that cool air to come down a *little bit more.*
74 and 66 at the moment - they're calling for 96 again today. Heat is getting old. I mean, 90 is bad enough, but take it up another 6 degrees - talk about rubbing salt on the wound. :/
August is such a torturous month. Not necessarily because it's the hottest month (that award goes to July for most areas) but because it's been hot for so long and you're sick of it, you're waiting for it to cool down but there are no signs of any cool down for a while.
Looks like a pretty big difference between Syracuse and you on that map...lol. You want that cool air to come down a *little bit more.*
74 and 66 at the moment - they're calling for 96 again today. Heat is getting old. I mean, 90 is bad enough, but take it up another 6 degrees - talk about rubbing salt on the wound. :/
Here's the difference between me and Syracuse. Average temperature is about the same but the diurnal range is greater (warmer days, cooler nights). Guessing it's because Syracuse is slightly affected by Lake Ontario.
Here's the difference between me and Syracuse. Average temperature is about the same but the diurnal range is greater (warmer days, cooler nights). Guessing it's because Syracuse is slightly affected by Lake Ontario.
Notice how Syracuse has less winter precipitiation and winter daily maxes only a couple degrees cooler but much more snow
That's what got me interested in Syracuse in the first place - all that snow. If winter's gonna be cold, I want snow.
I'm disappointed in the snow depth averages, though - Syracuse is no better than Amherst in that department. Syracuse probably gets a lot of above-freezing days that cut into the snow cover, I imagine.
I'm disappointed in the snow depth averages, though - Syracuse is no better than Amherst in that department. Syracuse probably gets a lot of above-freezing days that cut into the snow cover, I imagine.
That's puzzling, we get more rain cutting into our snowpack and slightly warmer winter days. Only guess is that Syracuse's snow tends to be very light and fluffy from lake effect so compacts fast while snow here tends to be wetter as its from Atlantic storms. With your frequent snowfalls, your snow will stay fresh looking and white, unlike the crusty old snow that often happens here (particularly when rain and sleet mix in; cold rain often isn't enough to melt it). Another difference is that we don't get much early winter snow — Atlantic is too warm. While in Syracuse, the relatively mild lake temperatures but cold air above in early winter is perfect for lots of lake effect snow — so the snow season there is longer.
Of course I slept through the best thunderstorm in years here, hail and winds in excess of 80mph just a few miles away. It didn't get that bad here, but it was still severe enough to uproot some plants.
98 degrees at the moment. Dewpoint a bone-dry 57. Still feels like a blast furnace out there. Grass is really browning up (where it's not being watered.)
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98 degrees at the moment. Dewpoint a bone-dry 57. Still feels like a blast furnace out there. Grass is really browning up (where it's not being watered.)
15 more days...
Same here lol.
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If winter's gonna be cold, I want snow. 
