An unexpected 5 or 6 inches of rain filling creeks and rivers to full capacity. Springs runs are inundated. Route 28 in Arkville flooded and a State of Emergency in the Town of Hardenburgh. A high of 57F.
Category Archives: Daily Catskills
Daily Catskills: 10/25/21
A mix of sun and dappled clouds. Humid with a high of 64F.
Daily Catskills: 10/24/21
Sunny despite some cloud cover and humid. Late evening rain and a high of 55F. Garlic going in, finally, even though we’re nowhere near a frost. Herbs coming out.
Daily Catskills: 10/23/21
A dip into low temperatures, cloudy with some sun and a high of 55F. Evenings are getting chillier.
Daily Catskills: 10/22/21
Cloudy and humid with a high of 60F. Fall coming to a close.
Daily Catskills: 10/21/21
Clear morning skies forming a thin, woolly blanket of cloud by noon. Warm with a high of 66F.
Daily Catskills: 10/20/21
Sunny, warm with a gentle breeze, clear skies for most of the day and a high of 69F.
Daily Catskills: 10/19/21
Shimmering morning cloud gives way to a sunny day with clear skies, sturdy breeze and a high of 62F. Clear sunset and bright, full moon. Stubborn pockets of oak trees remain green until the first frost of fall.
Daily Catskills: 10/18/21
Dull and overcast until mid-afternoon when the sun manages to burn through cloud like thick smoke. Chilly with a high of 48F and intermittent, drizzling rain for the best part of the day.
Daily Catskills: 10/17/21
Chilly with a high of 57F. Mostly overcast with some sun and rain showers.
Daily Catskills: 10/16/21
Mostly cloudy with some sun. A little chill in the air and then a huge misty cloud brings torrential rain mid-afternoon. A high of 72F.
Daily Catskills: 10/15/21
Dull and overcast with the cloud cover filtering the sun like a lightbox. A mostly clear afternoon with a mix of sun and cloud. A high of 70F.
Daily Catskills: 10/14/21
Another beautiful dewy, foggy, warm morning – 58F at 7am – that doesn’t clear until afternoon. Humid with a high of 72F. We’re having a balmy autumn.
Daily Catskills: 10/13/21
Cool yet humid and foggy. A high of 70F for the day. Fall colors smothered by morning mist.
Daily Catskills: 10/12/21
Another glorious fall day that began with a dewy morning: thick fog rolling over mountains and into valleys. By the afternoon: sunny with ribbons of gauzy cloud but cool in the shade. A high of 75F.
Daily Catskills: 10/11/21
Mostly sunny with wispy clouds and a high of 72F. Hot in the sun, but cool in the shade with a gentle breeze.
Daily Catskills: 10/10/21
Rain and heavy fog swirling over the mountains and in valleys for most of the day. A high of 63F. Cloud cover mutes the fall colors that are at their glorious near-peak.
Daily Catskills: 10/09/21
A gorgeous fall day: sunny with a crisp chill the air and a shroud of cloud. Yellow leaves flutter in the breeze. A high of 60F.
Daily Catskills: 10/08/21
Mostly sunny with some cloud and warm with a high of 73F. The oak trees still have yet to succumb to fall.
Daily Catskills: 10/07/21
Misty morning drying up in the afternoon sun. A high of 70F and mostly sunny.
Daily Catskills: 10/06/21
Another enigmatic day: misty rain and foggy peaks. Fall colors muted in the dull light. A high of 70F. Sun emerging late afternoon.
Daily Catskills: 10/05/21
Cloud cover dulling the vivid tones of fall. A high of 68F, humid with rain showers and all-day fog.
Daily Catskills: 10/04/21
A dim and sombre Monday. Overcast, chilly with a high of 63F. Steady rain throughout the day with rolling fog.
Daily Catskills: 10/03/21
Dull, chilly and overcast. Some lunchtime sun, but rain descending mid-afternoon. A high of 67F and a dense foggy sunset.
Daily Catskills: 10/02/21
Cirrus clouds like strips of wedding veil, hot and sunny with a light breeze and a high of 70F.
Daily Catskills: 10/01/21
Sunny despite wide, shallow and low clouds. A chilly breeze and a high of 61F.
Daily Catskills: 09/30/21
Overcast and chilly with a high of 55F. Fall is in the air but the greens are still hanging on.
Daily Catskills: 09/29/21
Humid, and warm in the sun but much cooler in the shade. A high of 64F.
Daily Catskills: 09/28/21
Overcast with swirling, misty cloud. Humid with midday rain showers. A high of 64F.
Daily Catskills: 09/27/21
Humid and sunny despite dappled cloud cover. A high of 73F.
Daily Catskills: 09/26/21
Sunny with a cool breeze and neat flotillas of long cloud. A high of 64F and a new chill in the air when the sun sets.
Daily Catskills: 09/25/21
Hot and sunny with mixed clouds and a high of 70F. Dramatic cobweb clouds at sunset.
Daily Catskills: 09/24/21
Cooler but sunny, cloudless skies and a high of 66F. Post-rain waters running high.
Daily Catskills: 09/23/21
Torrential rain, dark and gloomy, muggy with a high of 72F, making for a steamy evening. A good day for seed saving.
Daily Catskills: 09/22/21 Autumnal Equinox
An enigmatic equinox: overcast with rolling, smoky cloud and rain beginning mid-morning. A high of 73F. The first day of fall.
Daily Catskills: 09/21/21 The Last Day of Summer Hay
The last day of summer: a gorgeous morning, cloudless except for the odd wisp overhead and a swathe of stretched gauze on the horizon. Overcast for a few hours late afternoon, clearing before dusk, with a light breeze and a high of 70F. The last day of haying at Lazy Crazy Acres takes place under the full harvest moon.
Daily Catskills: 09/20/21 Full Harvest Moon
Day 3 of the hay window. Hot, sunny, clear skies until thick ribbons of wispy cloud late afternoon, and a high of 75F. Full harvest moon this evening at 7.55pm.
Daily Catskills: 09/19/21
Day 2 of a hay window. Cloudless skies in the morning. A high of 80F. Splotches of red dash the landscape; a slight fading of the green.
Daily Catskills: 09/18/21
A scorcher: a high of 80F with huge clouds. The first day of a three-day hay window.
Daily Catskills: 09/17/21
More of the same as yesterday. Overcast with cloud like thick, swirling gun smoke and a high of 75F.
Daily Catskills: 09/16/21
A gloomy, overcast morning after overnight rain with clouds clearing slightly mid-afternoon to reveal slivers of blue sky. A high of 72F and humid. We’re having a muggy September.
Daily Catskills: 09/15/21
Sunny and humid with cotton candy cloud cover. A high of 76F and torrential rain beginning mid-afternoon and continuing through the night. Fall colors creeping in slowly.
Daily Catskills: 09/14/21
Ground wet with overnight rain. Morning fog clears for a fresh and breezy day, warming up to a high of 77F and humid. Bright and sunny despite thick clouds.
Daily Catskills: 09/13/21
A beautiful day, sunny with faint wisp of cloud and a high of 73F. Last day of haying.
Daily Catskills: 09/12/21
A crisp morning, warming up to a high of 79F. Overcast and humid in the afternoon with glimmering cloud.
Daily Catskills: 09/11/21
A distinct chill in the air, but sunny and warming up to a high of 70F. Warm and breezy with big clouds.
Daily Catskills: 09/10/21
A morning of thick clouds that disperse into big, woolly chunks by the afternoon. A mostly sunny afternoon with a strong, cooling breeze. A high of 66F. Second cutting of hay commences.
Daily Catskills: 09/09/21
Torrential overnight rain, a foggy morning, overcast and humid with a high of 70F.
Daily Catskills: 09/08/21
A scorcher despite an array of cloud cover: gauzy clouds that dissolved into cigarette smoke and then thickened and brought torrential rain at dusk. Tiny splashes of red dot the green landscape. A high of 80F, but felt hotter.
Daily Catskills: 09/07/21
Another beautiful day like yesterday: the odd group of fat clouds sailing through, mostly sunny with a high of 72F. Basil thriving in the heat.
Daily Catskills: 09/06/21
Sunny and mostly clear with odd isolated clouds and a high of 72F. A breezeless, baking September day.
Daily Catskills: 09/05/21
Another bleak day like the movie set of a British, 19th century novel adaptation that ends in heartbreak. A morning of rain and an afternoon that’s overcast with layers of weather like someone couldn’t decide what set to use. A high of 66F, humid and highly cinematic.
Daily Catskills: 09/04/21
Blazing sunshine and blue skies with a few stray, wispy clouds. A high of 74F.
Daily Catskills: 09/03/21
A thick carpet of oppressive, threatening cloud all day, but somehow the sun got through this occasionally for bursts of hot sunshine. A high of 67F.
Daily Catskills: 09/02/21
Another moody day with Ida retreating. Wet, cloudy and a high of 69F.