My favorite type of weather came in September, daytime warmth,
nighttime cool and hardly any rain. That was this September. It made
weather watching and recording easy and it made wrapping up the garden
easy.
I know we can use some rain. Just look at the photo of how low the
Housatonic river is near the Cottage Street Bridge in Great
Barrington. Back in June, the rocks were completely submerged by a
very fast-moving river. I recorded above average rains the first six
months of the year, but as the summer rolled on precipitation
diminished. La Nina starting to come into play? Possibly.
Since the turn of this century, only 2015 had warmer days. And the
month featured 27 days of no rain, thanks to a huge dome of high
pressure pushing the storms away.
So, warmer and much dryer the month was. Now the question is: will
it continue into much of October?
Stay tuned.
September 2023 weather statistics
DATE | HI TEMP | LO TEMP | SKY | RAIN | MELT | COMMENTS | ||||||
9/1/24 | 85 | 67 | CHANGING | MCLDY EARLY AM. BECOMING PCLDY. HUMID (DP74), LESS HUMID EVENING. | ||||||||
9/2/24 | 74 | 54 | FAIR | WINDY DAY (NW25) CALM EVENING | ||||||||
9/3/24 | 72 | 43 | FAIR | BREEZY (NW 13) | ||||||||
9/4/24 | 80 | 44 | FAIR | LIGHT WINDS | ||||||||
9/5/24 | 79 | 49 | FAIR | LIGHT WINDS | ||||||||
9/6/24 | 80 | 49 | CHANGING | BECOMING MCLDY EARLY AM. PCLDY AT 10A. BRCOMINH MCLDY MIDNIGHT | ||||||||
9/7/24 | 71 | 51 | CHANGING | 0.76 | MCLDY . RAIN 4:30P TIL 7P & 8P TIL ABOUT 9P. THEN CLEARING. FAIR LATE PM. | |||||||
9/8/24 | 68 | 47 | FAIR | FAIR BREEZY DAY. CLEAR CALM EVENING | ||||||||
9/9/24 | 74 | 43 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. BECOMING MCLDY 4P. | ||||||||
9/10/24 | 73 | 50 | CHANGING | MCLDY EARLY AM. PCLDY SUNRISE. THEN CLEAR DAY EVENING | ||||||||
9/11/24 | 79 | 43 | FAIR | LIGHT WINDS | ||||||||
9/12/24 | 82 | 46 | FAIR | LIGHT WINDS | ||||||||
9/13/24 | 83 | 52 | FAIR | DENSE FOG SUNRISE. FAIR LIGHT WINDS. DP65 | ||||||||
9/14/24 | 85 | 54 | FAR | LIGHT WINDS, M,ORE HUMID DP70 | ||||||||
9/15/24 | 83 | 54 | FAIR | PCLDY HAZY. DP69 | ||||||||
9/16/24 | 83 | 49 | FAIR | BREEZY AFTERNOON. | ||||||||
9/17/24 | 84 | 49 | FAIR | HAZY SKYS DP65 | ||||||||
9/18/24 | 79 | 49 | CHANGING | PCLDY SUNRISE. MCLDY AFT & EARLY EVEING.CLEAR LATE PM. | ||||||||
9/19/24 | 83 | 50 | FAIR | , HAZY BEEZY AFTENOON. DP 68 | ||||||||
9/20/24 | 75 | 54 | CHANGING | MCLDY EARLY AM. BECOMING PCLDY. DP 60 | ||||||||
9/21/24 | 74 | 54 | FAIR | PCLDY SUNRISE. PCLDY DAY & EVENING | ||||||||
9/22/24 | 70 | 48 | FAIR | FAIR AM. BECOMING MCLDY BREEZY MID DAY. BECOMING FAIR EVENING | ||||||||
9/23/24 | 66 | 46 | CHANGING | CLOUDING UP EARLY AM. NO RAIN | ||||||||
9/24/24 | 66 | 46 | CHANGING | HAZY, VCLDY | ||||||||
9/25/24 | 62 | 55 | CLOUDY | 0.26 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN. | |||||||
9/26/24 | 69 | 57 | CLOUDY | 0.36 | LIGHRT RAIN & DRIZZLE TIL 11P | |||||||
9/27/24 | 75 | 59 | CHANGING | MCLDY SUNRISE. PCLDY MIDDAY. BECOMING MCLDY 3P | ||||||||
9/28/24 | 77 | 57 | CHANGING | MCLDY SUNRISE. PCLDY MIDDAY. BECOMING MCLDY 3P | ||||||||
9/29/24 | 69 | 54 | CHANGING | MCLDY . DIM SUNSHINE MID DAY, OTHERWISE MCLDY | ||||||||
9/30/24 | 76 | 52 | CHANGING | MCLDY SUNRISE. PCLDY 9A, THEN FAIR. | ||||||||
TOTAL | 76 | 51 | Mean:63.5 | 1.38 | ||||||||
since 2000 | 74 | 50 | Mean: 62 | 4.58 |