A cold snap: a chilly morning at 46F by 9am warms up to a high of 57F. Breezy with fast-moving cloud and sunny periods. There still some patches of green hanging on amidst the yellowing and almost bare trees.
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65F by mid-afternoon. Humid with rippling cloud. Moody.
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37F at 8.30am and chilly.
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36F at 8.30am with clear skies and warm in the sun. 55F by mid-afternoon.
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55F by noon, overcast, gusty and humid. 60F by mid-afternoon.
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41F by mid-afternoon and windy with rolling cloud.
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48F by noon and overcast with high winds.
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52F by mid-afternoon with high winds and rolling clouds.
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37F by 2pm, overcast after overnight rain with fog, rain, sleet and a bracing wind. First snow of the season descends at lunchtime.
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An overcast morning, with sunshine emerging midday. 70F by mid-afternoon with rolling cloud.
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70F by mid-afternoon and overcast with lunch-time rain.
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64F at 8.30am, warm, cloudy and wet after overnight rain.
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70F by 8.30am, rising to 80F by mid-afternoon. Strong warm breeze filling the air with multi-colored confetti.
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57F at 8.30am and humid with moody skies. Update: 70F by mid-afternoon with periods of sunshine.
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61F by mid-afternoon and warm with clear skies.
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67F by mid-afternoon with mostly sunny skies.
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66F by 2pm and warm with clear skies.
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55F by 3pm with clear skies and a cool breeze.
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54F by 2pm and overcast with rippling clouds.
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50F at 8.30am, nippy with thick fog steaming out of the valleys.
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45F at noon, overcast and gloomy. Mid-afternoon rain with bone-chilling winds.
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50F by 11am, clear and sunny. 53F by noon, with long strips of passing cloud cover and warm in the sun.
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44F by 1pm, cloudy and overcast. Some scattered showers that rolled in with new cloud cover and sunny periods when the cloud cover parted. Mostly sunny by the end of the afternoon.
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48F by noon, drab and overcast with thick, rolling monochromatic cloud casting gloom over the landscape.
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65F at 9.30am, gusty, cloudy and humid, rising to 70F by noon. Rain mid-afternoon.
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59F at 8.30am, still and enigmatically overcast. 69F by 2pm, cloudy and still but for the occasional breeze wafting leaves to the ground.
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63F at 8.30am, clear skies with a hazy horizon. The Catskills are experiencing a welcome warm spell. 70F and clear by 2pm.
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58F at 9am with hazy sunshine through thin cloud like gauze and a light breeze. A glorious 71F and mostly clear skies by 1pm.
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42F at 8am, mostly clear with fine wisps of cloud, rising to 58F by 1pm. Bright, and warm in the sun.
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A relatively balmy 55F by 1pm, breezy, partly cloudy but warm in the sunshine.
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45F at 11am with hazy sunshine. 46F at 3pm with a murky veil of hazy cloud casting an ethereal glow on the landscape.
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Overnight rain had stopped by morning. 42F by 11am and overcast and blustery, rising to 45F and virtually clear skies by the afternoon.
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63F at 9am, humid and cloudy after continuous overnight rain that had started at 3pm yesterday. Gulleys running like waterfalls. More rain mid-morning, cloudy, windy and 58F by 1pm. Showers in the afternoon.
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43F at 8.30am with overnight rain continuing into morning and sodden trees waving in the gusty winds. 50F by 3pm, with misty cloud and strong winds blowing throughout the afternoon.
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35F at 9.30am, with a thin layer of frost and a chilly stillness. 53F by 2pm with hazy sunshine.
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36F at 8am with the rising sun bathing the landscape in an amber glow. Warm in the sun, rising to 50F by 2pm with cloudless skies.
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Yesterday’s late afternoon rain continued throughout the night and into the morning leaving the landscape sodden. 50F at 11.30am, cloudy and blustery.
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Halloween is a treasured time at the end of summer, a time where we all get together after having been out of touch for so long, after a hectic high season in the tourist industry that sustains the Catskills. Take a ride up Route 28 and join us for these events during the forthcoming week. The Upstate Dispatch Halloween weekend will include the following:
UPDATE: An earlier version of this post included Friday night drinks at the Phoenicia Diner Lounge, but the Lounge has closed for the season. This will make the long wait for Spring even more arduous. It’s a good thing that Mike Cioffi, owner of the Phoenica Diner is working on a new bar after buying property in Woodstock. Meanwhile, we are working on a list of great bars in the vicinity of the Lounge in a new post. Watch this space for a link to the list of places to drink on Friday night. Of course, there is also our beloved Peekamoose as detailed below. Friday night drinks at Peekamoose Tap Room are everyone’s favorite way to decompress after a hard week. The bar and restaurant is further up past Phoenicia by about ten minutes on Route 28 in the town of Big Indian.
Still only 34F at 9am with serene, satine clouds over a burnished, golden landscape and blustery winds. 42F by 1pm, but pleasantly humid. Time to crank up the woodstove for the second time this month.
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A frosty 37F at 8.30am but mostly clear and warm in the rising sun. Update: 48F by 2pm and breezy, clear and sunny.
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56F at 8.30am, warm and cloudy with another enigmatic Catskill’s sunrise. Update: a balmy 67F by 2pm with a sprinkle of rain.
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52F at 8am, with breathtaking skies ribboned with marbled cloud. 65F at 1pm and humid. A sombre dulling of the northern Catskills’ peaks.
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45F at 8am and cloudy with the breeze swirling the leaves, rising to 64F by 2pm.
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20F at 7.30am with the landscape caked in frosty snow and chilly, rising to 43F by 1pm and sunny with clear skies. Warm in the sun.
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35F at noon with morning snow and blustery with fast-moving clouds and periods of sunshine. A bitterly chilly day. Update: 38F and snowing by 3pm.
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38F at 10.30am and a flurry of sleet. Windy with furious clouds and a dash of sun. Update: 50F by mid-afternoon and a bit nippy.
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50F by 10am, cloudy and overcast interspersed with both rain and sun showers. An enigmatic day. Update: the glorious sundown through the red carpeted forest had to be captured.
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48F by 8.30am and cloudy rising to 52F.
68F at 9am with a thin streaks of cloud stretched taught across the sky, rising to 72F by noon. Cloud moved in mid-afternoon with some rain.
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60F by 8.30am, with clear skies rising to 74F by 2pm. A gorgeous fall day for apple picking and pressing.
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Another gorgeous, breezy fall day: 62F, cloudless skies and very warm in the sun by noon.
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