6F by 9.30am with blustery winds and sunshine arriving by lunchtime. New England got the worst of the deep freeze allegedly. Update: rising to 7F by mid-afternoon, but feels like -23F. More cabin fever…
© Erik Johanson/@halcott718 Bell by Nousaku, Japanese master metalworkers dating back to 1609.
© Lori Robin at Cheezehound Headquarters
7F at 9.30am, with yet more snow. Perfect snuggling weather.
© Erik Johanson/@halcott718
Cabin Fever! Overnight lows in the negative figures: -2F rising to 0F by morning. Some sunshine making up for the frigid temperatures. Only the brave, and dog owners, venture outside. Update to come.
© Erik Johanson/@halcott718 1pm Catskill Cuisine post by Milton Glaser. “Should you call that meeting?” poster by Wendy McNaughton.
21F and cloudy with a chance of more snow. Another snowstorm on the way… as if that needed mentioning: more snow sweeps through the Catskills mid-morning. Update: light but steady snow fell into the afternoon.
© Erik Johanson/@halcott718 8.30am
© Fernando Delgado 12.30pm
14F and bright with clouds rolling in mid- morning.
© MGP&D
16F at 8.30am with a few inches of overnight snow. Granite sky with patches of blue made for a magical morning walk. Update: 12F, partially cloudy and much brighter in the afternoon with high winds.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am
18F at 7.30am and lightly snowing with an inch or two of fresh powder. A clear but overcast afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm
5F at 8am, with a flurry of fine, icy particles glistening in the rising sun like sinking glitter. Update: 20F and bright sunshine for the rest of the day.
© J.N. Urbanski 8am
An overnight snowstorm dumped a foot of snow with two-feet drifts in some parts, burying cars, sheds and outdoor furniture. 18F at 9am with the snowstorm continuing unabated. Two feet of fluffy snow is catnip for the black lab.
© J.N. Urbanski 9am
© Robert E. Block 12.15pm
© J.N. Urbanski 9am
It’s nice to see what’s going on in the Catskills when you have cabin fever, like a whiteout on Belleayre Mountain and the view from a high window at Spillian. Snowy and 25F, clearing in the afternoon to reveal glorious light and striking colours: simply gorgeous.
© Melissa Zeligman 1.30pm
J.N. Urbanski
In February, for the sheer love of the Catskills, Upstate Dispatch is opening its Daily Catskills project to freelance photographers, and stylish amateurs with a superb eye for color and composition. The Daily Catskills Project was started on September 11th last year on Upstate Dispatch, which publishes one or more images taken on the day at 1pm in the Catskills. Please see today’s post for today’s image which was taken this afternoon.
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Grey and overcast: a monochromatic but still lustrously beautiful day at 27F by 1pm.
© Erik Johanson/@halcott718 1pm
8F at 7.30am with the rising sun clearing the clouds and a fresh dusting of powder covering the tracks.
© J.N. Urbanski 7.30am
19F mid-morning with a light but persistent flurry. Overnight snow had coated the car in a few inches, but left the branches bare. Update: The flurry turned into a whiteout with 4 inches dropped by 1.30pm.
© J.N. Urbanski 1pm
© J.N. Urbanski 1pm
14F at 8am with the Catskills bracing for a winter “blizzard”. Update: New England’s feverishly anticipated “blizzard”, named Juno, turned out to be only a few inches here in the Catskills and NYC. It was also actually a bit warmer at dusk: 20F. Last year’s snow, in which we suffered a few feet for weeks, and thereafter when it formed an icy crust, was far worse.
© J.N. Urbanski 11am
Waking up to 24F and a quiet winter morning coated with snow. Almost 3 inches have settled, as we sit patiently, enjoying the view, counting down to spring.
© MGP&D
20F mid-morning with brilliant sunshine and cloudless skies. The pepacton reservoir, with its shoreline collection of row boats, looks frozen over.
22F with half an inch of fresh powder, overcast and gloomy. 30F and just as sombre by mid-afternoon. Update: cloud cover miraculously dissipated late afternoon to reveal blue skies and sunshine.
© J.N. Urbanski 2pm
10F at 8am and bitter, overcast and grey with the sun barely burning through the haze.
© J.N. Urbanski 9am
20F at 8am with the barest of light flurries filling the air with the rising sun clearing the mountain haze. 30F, clear and brilliantly sunny all afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski 2pm
28F at 8.30am and overcast with a few inches of fresh powder and very icy roads. Very light flurries in the morning continued throughout the afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm
28F mid-morning, rising to 36F by midday with a blanket of mist. Heavy rain late morning began to turn the snow to mush. Wet, rainy and miserable for the rest of the day with rain turning to snow as the temperature dropped to 32F after dark.
© J.N. Urbanski
14F at mid-morning rising to 18F by mid-afternoon. Bright sunshine, clear and sunny with scudding clouds late afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski View from Giant Ledge 3.20pm
We’re having a warm spell…. 24F at 8.30am with a brisk wind making it feel cooler: a very bleak, overcast morning. Update: continual light flurries and down to 18F by mid-afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski Antique Trail Markers at the Catskills Center
© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am
A comparatively toasty morning at 22F with brilliant sunshine and mostly cloudless sky making up for the chill. Snow-making on hazy Belleayre Mountain.
© J.N. Urbanski 9.15am
10F at 8am rising to 14F by mid-morning and 24F mid-afternoon with wispy, fleeting cloud cover. The Black Lab is always ready whatever the weather.
© J.N. Urbanski Midday
10F at 9am: brilliant sunshine and bitterly cold, rising to a reasonable 19F by mid-afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm
A positively balmy 30F at 7am with overnight snow having laid a thick, white blanket. Rain mid-morning with temps rising to 36F. A winter wonderland.
© J.N. Urbanski 7.3am
© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am
10F at 830am, a grey, overcast, gloomy day: perfect weather for breakfast at the diner. 28F and still overcast, but much brighter by 3pm.
© J.N. Urbanski 10am
9F at 9.30am with dazzling sunshine, bitter breeze and a cloudless sky all day.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm
20F at 10am, the day began cloudy, but brightened significantly when cloud cover broke but strong, gusty winds persisted. Overnight snow drifts had coated the car on only one side and reportedly put five inches of snow on Belleayre.
© J.N. Urbanski Midday
Zero and sunny! Record temps keeping us indoors today, with lunchtime landing the mercury at 10F. Enjoying the Catskill beauty today from the inside looking out. Unless you’re enjoying the skiing on Belleayre.
© MGP&D
The deep freeze has settled on the Catskills, with 9F (feels like -8F) this morning, and temps are only going to drop dangerously lower as the day goes on…so remember: layer, layer, layer if going outside.
© MGP&D
10F at 8am, made bearable by the absence of any wind and insulating cloud cover. A light, steady dusting of snow continued throughout the morning.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.39am
Back to freezing conditions again after overnight sleet, rain and finally, a dusting of fine, icy snow by morning. 20F at 8am and strong, blustery winds moving the trees. Alternately brilliant sunshine and cotton wool cloud cover. One day I’ll pick the Sumac at the end of the road. Update: 10F at dusk and a face-peeling wind.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.40pm Frozen Sumac trees waving in the wind
50F by midday: another soggy day, with every branch sodden. Yesterday’s snow drained away so quickly, as the overnight temperatures rose, that all that remained were map-like traces of the tunnels the mice had dug under the snow the night before. Light rain at dusk as mist rolled into the valleys.
© J.N. Urbanski
Only 24F by midday, windy and snowing a light powder. An enigmatic whiteout for most of the afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski
© J.N. Urbanski
26F at 8.30am; overnight snow had transformed into a mid-morning whiteout dropping an inch or two of fluffy powder, most of which blew off the branches in the gentle afternoon breeze.
© J.N. Urbanski
Last night’s teen temps turned into a beautiful mostly sunny day at 30F. As Yuletide comes to an end, may your path this new year be clear and light-filled. Happy New Year!
© MGP&D
© Melissa Zeligman
Officially in the teens, the temperature this morning was 17F, with a 4 degree rise to 21F by lunchtime. Fast flowing water is no match for the chill, and the ice is framing even the sides of even the bigger falls.
© MGP&D – Day 7 and Final Day of The Seven Days of Waterfalls: Stratton Falls
Temperatures began at 20F this morn. By 3pm, the temp was…still 20F. Instantly, ice has begun to form in the steams, bordered by a light layer of snow that fell last night.
© Mountain Girl Photography & Design – Day 6 of the Seven Days of Waterfalls: Ice Begins to Form
A plethora of oversized fluffy flakes started falling as this shot was taken. The day started at 28F, up to 34F, and by the end of the day, the tops of the mountains will be white again. The cycle of water falling from the sky and falling over the rocks continues.
© Mountain Girl Photography & Design – Day 5: Name-less Falls Around the Bend
41F at midday and cloudy with the water still acoming. Day 4 of The Seven Days of Waterfalls to acknowledge the rushing water through the Catskills after the snow melt.
© Mountain Girl Photography & Design – Day 4: Minekill State Park, Upper Falls
© Erik Johanson/@halcott718
Beautiful day for a ride in the mountains, keep your eyes peeled for seasonal waterfalls enhanced by the melted snow. 30F this morning, with sunshine and 44F by noon.
© Mountain Girl Photography & Design – Day 3: Falls at Schoharie Creek and Creamery Rd Junction
Temperatures at freezing this morning, but not for long, as the sun decided to lend it’s light to the Catskills today, temperatures warming up to 44 by mid-afternoon.
© Mountain Girl Photography & Design – Day 2 of The Seven Days of Waterfalls: The Falls at Lower Dingle Hill
This Christmas morn dawned with an unusually warm temperature of 40F, only dropping a degree or two as the day went on. Gusty breezes blow, and tumultuous water flows due to recent rains and the snow melt from the high peaks. Merry Christmas!
© Mountain Girl Photography & Design – Day 1 of The Seven Days of Waterfalls: Cape Horn Road Falls
A misty, hazy 42F at 10am and a very soggy start to Christmas Eve with half a foot of snow and overnight rain both replenishing the aquifers and inundating dirt roads, forest areas and fields. The rain began at midday and by 4pm had turned dirt roads into soggy messes. Drive safely and Merry Christmas.
© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm
36F at 9am, melting snow dripping from high places, making the going very sodden: a silver-grey, slushy wet day.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.15pm
26F at 7am, overcast with thick, foggy cloud cover, sun just managing to break through mid-morning amidst light flurries. 36F by 12.30pm, branches dripping with melting snow.
© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm
An overnight dusting of snow had clad every branch with fresh powder. 30F at midday. The afternoon sky appears to be a hologram varying between gunmetal grey and chalky white. Today is Winter Solstice, officially the first day of winter, which is hard to believe because it started snowing in November, not including a little test run back in October. The northern hemisphere of the earth is pointed the farthest away from the sun and, tonight begins its slow return towards it until the June Solstice of 2015. The ancient tradition of Yuletide began at sundown last night and will end on January 1st, 2015.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm
28F at midday with steady snowfall for most of the morning, but faded quickly to 25F by 2pm. Mostly cloudy: the low sun managed to bleach through the hazy, foggy cloud occasionally during the afternoon to reveal the brilliant, icy blue above. Looking forward to the solstice here at Upstate Dispatch.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.38pm
24F at 9am with a steady, light flurry and the habitual grey mist hanging over the mountains. 36F at dusk and cloudy.
© J.N. Urbanski 12.55pm
26F at 8am, the slush had formed a crust from the overnight frost that left a dusting of about half an inch of powdery snow.
© J.N. Urbanski 4pm
© J.N. Urbanski 8am
A misty, soggy 36F at 7.30am, with the snow melting to slush and the trees standing sodden: a misty whiteout. 40F at 1pm: deer tracks in the snow receding into the slush. A grey day.
© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm