e: ... a few days ago i was out in the pasture feeding the dogie norman just before 7 ... when suddenly a fog rolled in from nowhere ... i couldn't see anything ...
... then yesterday, i was standing outside in the early morning coolness with a cup of coffee ... and i realized that it didn't feel like a summer morning ... it felt like a fall morning ...
... this morning's low was 49F ... first time down in the 40's since june ...
... the neighbor says the catepillars are out early ... he says that that could mean an early and long, wet winter ... yesterday it felt like it started this way ...
... looking at the ranch records for the past year ... average morning lows are:
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jan 0's
feb 10's
mar 10's
apr 20's
may 30's
jun 40's
jul 50's
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aug 40's
sep 30's
oct 30's
nov 20's
dec 0's
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(updated)
ranch precipitation record 2013
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mar 8 trace rain
9 trace snow
apr 18 0.25" snow
may 6 0.1 rain
10 0.2 "
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jul 3 0.35 "
4 0.2 "
5 0.25 "
7 0.2 "
11 1.25 "
12 0.5 "
15 0.3 "
16 0.1 "
21 0.1 "
24 0.2 "
25 0.4 "
26 0.1 "
27 0.2 "
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29 trace "
aug 1 trace "
2 0.1 "
3 0.25 "
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5 0.4 "
6 0.3 "
9 trace "
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e: ... i cannot believe that i have to start thinking about firewood already ...
... it seems like just yesterday that i was praying for an early spring ...
... also, my ranch precipitation record keeping must have begun in march, and is thus not completely accurate ... because there is snow mentioned on feb 24 in the groundhog post below that is not written on the calendar ... (or included in the records above).
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see also:
rooting for the groundhog (early spring)
http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2013/02/rooting-for-groundhog-early-spring.html
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