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At the airport station this October so far the range has been only about 14°C from highest 16.8°C to lowest 2.2°C.
The downtown station produced even less range than that.
Seems that we've hit our peak for fall colors in Denver. Though there are some trees still green, but with snow on our forecast Wednesday (a high of 34°F and low of 15°F), the leaves won't have a chance.
Seems that we've hit our peak for fall colors in Denver. Though there are some trees still green, but with snow on our forecast Wednesday (a high of 34°F and low of 15°F), the leaves won't have a chance.
25 C high one day then 0 C high a couple days later? Is this sort of thing common in the US at this time of year?
In the North American Heartland, where there is little between the North Pole and the Rio Grande but a few strands of barbed wire, that sort of thing is not too uncommon. Such wide temperature swings occur more frequently in late fall, winter and early spring than the rest of the year.
It wasn't too long ago (can't remember the year and I'm too lazy to look it up) that a "Blue Norther" roared through Oklahoma City and took an afternoon high of 80 degrees (26.5 or so) down to 30 (-1) by next morning. That was the high for the day that saw the thermometer bottom out in the teens. A near 70 degree temperature drop in 24 hours.
That sort of <stuff> isn't confined to Oklahoma city either...Browning, Montana has the unenviable distinction of having the world's greatest daily temperature range. On Janyary 23-24, 1916 they saw the temperature crash from 44 (~ 6.5) to -56 (-48.9) in a little less than 18 hours for a 100 degree F nosedive !
Another beautiful mild autumn day today, sunny from about 11am onwards with a high of 18.7C, because of the strong wind rather than in spite of it that is. It felt warm even though we've got to the stage when the sun has barely any noticeable strength in it. I went for a bike ride in the countryside north of London to see the foliage, which is variable depending on tree species, but I think generally a bit late, which makes sense. Some of the ground is still cracked from the dry weather, which I have certainly never seen before at this time of year. Some photos:
25 C high one day then 0 C high a couple days later? Is this sort of thing common in the US at this time of year?
Not here.
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