Sun! A high of 37F with brilliant sunshine through ribbons of passing cloud. The nor’easter has moved on.
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Daily Catskills: 03/15/18
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Daily Catskills: 03/10/18
A high of 40F with continual flurries of snow and overcast with a shimmering cloud.
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Daily Catskills: 03/04/18
A high of 36F, overcast with a glimmering cloud and gloomy. Snow hangs heavily in the pine trees, cracking off branches and breaking trunks in half.
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Daily Catskills: 02/22/18
A high of 34F with crunchy snow underfoot and an afternoon snow storm that dumped several inches of powder. Yesterday laundry day. Today not so much.
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Daily Catskills: 01/30/18
A high of 21F, overcast with a bitter, driving wind and icy snow. Frigid.
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Daily Catskills: 12/16/17
A high of 26F with continual, light snow.
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Daily Catskills: 12/13/17
A morning temperature of 10F with blistering, face-numbing, phone-freezing winds, rising to 17F by mid-afternoon with brief flashes of sun. Bitterly frigid.
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Daily Catskills: 12/10/17
A high of 29F and gloomy with rippled, moody clouds and a bitter chill. Late afternoon flurries cover iced ponds.
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Daily Catskills: 12/09/17
A high of 30F and cold with afternoon snow beginning as a light sprinkles at lunchtime and continuing well into the evening. Cars over-shooting their turns, sliding gracefully off roads and into ditches, just before dusk ahead of the snow ploughs. Winter has finally arrived.
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Daily Catskills: 03/31/17
34F by mid-afternoon with hale settling like snow on the dust-colored landscape. After a week of thawing, in which a few feet of snow disappeared, the buds are now back in their icy prison. Gusty winds.
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Daily Catskills: 03/21/17
45F at 8.30am and 51F by mid-afternoon, humid, with large piles of snow trickling into rivers, ditches and gullies.
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Daily Catskills: 03/19/17
46F by mid-afternoon, brilliant sunshine, two feet of soft snow acts as a giant pillow for lounging in the sun.
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Daily Catskills: 03/16/17
19F at 8.30am with bracing winds, swirling powder, sun shining through a sky of gauze, huge piles of snow.
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Daily Catskills: 03/15/17
18F at 11am with the sun breaking through a blue sky stuffed with cotton wool and up to three feet of powdery snow. Digging out continues.
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Daily Catskills: 03/14/17
20F at 8am, a relentless blizzard of fluffy overnight snow continues into a gloomy, bleak morning.
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Daily Catskills: 03/11/17
11F on the ridge at 9.30am and not much warmer for the rest of the day. Face-freezing, tree cracking, fresh powder swirling in roaring winds. Evening repair to cozy bar.
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Daily Catskills: 02/12/17
29F by mid-afternoon with snow all day. Whiteout.
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Daily Catskills: 02/09/17
18F by 1pm with a foot-deep blanket of overnight snow and high winds kicking up the powder into a misty spray.
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Daily Catskills: 02/04/17
28F by mid-afternoon and bright and sunny with rolling clouds. Toe-numbing coldness until the afternoon.
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Daily Catskills: 01/28/17
29F at 10am, snow flurries, turbulent sky, with flashes of blue.
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Daily Catskills: 01/25/17
31F at 9am, light breeze, milky sky, six inches of overnight snow.
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Daily Catskills: 01/08/17
9F at 9am, calm and quiet with the sun straining though a sky like gauze. 15F by mid-afternoon with light, glittering snowfall.
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Daily Catskills: 02/29/16
47F at 8.30am, overcast, raining and breezy.
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Daily Catskills: 02/27/16
19F at 8.30am rising to 34F by late afternoon. Clear and sunny.
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Daily Catskills: 01/15/16
30F by 10am and partly cloudy and sunny, rising to 38F and overcast by 4.30pm.
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Daily Catskills: 1/10/16
45F by noon with fog, mist and rain. Continual rain with a brief gap in the clouds at 2pm and then Winter Storm Hera at about 2.30pm.
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Daily Catskills: 04/24/15
28F at 8.30am with overnight snow lingering in the scantiest of flurries. Overcast and gloomy. RIP Crocus.
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Daily Catskills: 04/23/15
38F by 9am. A sprinkling of overnight snow lay dissolving into puddles. Update: Continual flurries for the rest of the day with 30F by 7pm.
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Daily Catskills: 04/11/15
40F at 9am and windy. The sun fighting through the grey rolling cloud cover. Stunning cloud cover all afternoon culminating in a gorgeous sunset.
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Daily Catskills: 04/10/15
44F at 10am. Gloomy, wet and overcast. More rain. Update: 59F and a glimmer of sunshine at 2pm.
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Daily Catskills: 04/09/15
Jack Frost has cut his expert swathe across the mountains. A frozen, overcast landscape, 31F at 7am and every single bud, blade and branch coated in a thick, icy mantle. Icy granola stuck fast to the entire deck and sides of the house. Overnight thunder, lightning and hail set Spring back again. Update: 36F mid-afternoon with the ice being noisily blown off the branches by the wind.
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Daily Catskills: 04/07/15
44F at 9am and overcast with light, misty cloud rolling over the mountains. Snow receding into the drying landscape. Rain at 1pm, giving the landscape a good soaking.
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Daily Catskills: 04/06/15 Before & After
We’re having extraordinary weather. This morning was like a Christmas Winter Wonderland and this afternoon snowmelt gushes down the mountains while the thermometer hit 60F at 4.30pm. Here are the before and after shots from today. The first picture taken at 7.45am and the second taken at 3.15pm in exactly the same place.
© J.N. Urbanski 7.45m
© J.N. Urbanski 3.15pm
Daily Catskills: 04/05/15
Alas, we seem to have taken turn for the worse… 36F at snowing at 10am this morning. If it doesn’t warm up, we’ll have snow all day. The only saving grace: Easter chocolate. Update: the snowfall got heavier in the afternoon and into the evening.
© J.N. Urbanski Noon
Daily Catskills: 04/04/15
38F at 11am with high winds and brief moments of sunshine amidst multifarious cloud cover. Despite low temperatures, the snow continues to melt. Update: still 38F at 2pm with fast moving clouds, high winds and bright sunshine.
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Daily Catskills: 04/03/15
50F at 9am; the air thick with fog and unexpected birdsong. Overnight rain had rendered the ground sodden and trees dark with damp. Fog on the mountaintops, mist in the valleys melting snow revealing a nascent landscape. Update: a high of 59F with thick cloud and fog all day. The sun made a brief appearance.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am
© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am
Daily Catskills: 04/02/15
44F at 9am with bright sunshine poking through the hazy cloud cover. The thermometer was reading 52F at 10am and 55F at 2pm. Today seems to mark the point of no return (to winter).
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First Day of Trout Season, Roscoe
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Daily Catskills: 04/01/15
18F at 7am. Freezing lines hampering early morning cast-off on the first day of Trout Season at Junction Pool, Roscoe “Trout Town”. Sunny at 8am. Update: 39F at glorious clear skies with light winds at 1.30pm.
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Daily Catskills: 03/31/15
40F and sunny at 9am with partly cloudy skies. Update: 45F at noon and warm without a coat.
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Daily Catskills: 03/30/15
32F, overcast and lightly snowing at 8.30am. As far as Spring is concerned it appears to be one step forward and two steps back. The windowsill sage continues to bolt regardless. Update: moderate winds for most of the day with a smattering of hail. The clouds parted at about 5pm.
© J.N. Urbanski 4pm Bolted sage
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Daily Catskills: 03/29/15
34F at 10.30am with bright sunshine casting vivid, long shadows of the forest in the snow; clear skies stretching down to a hazy horizon. Signs of Spring: your dog finds all the balls he lost in the snow and my obsession with my dead birch tree continues…
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Daily Catskills: 03/28/15
20F at 8am with barest of snowfall. Did we blink and miss Summer? Update: light snowfall continued throughout the morning and was much heavier by the afternoon. Really, more snow? Yes, really. 30F by 1pm.
© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm Local, fresh eggs for sale at River Run, from Lazy Crazy Acres $4 in the cooler
Daily Catskills: 03/27/15
32F at 9am, a light icy rain and the remnants of last night’s fog lazing over the mountains. The snow banks have dissipated and a grungy landscape is emerging. 36F at 1.30pm and no rain.
© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm There’s a swimming hole in there if you look hard enough
Daily Catskills: 03/26/15
A thrilling 37F at 9am, rising to 45F by 1pm. Mysterious fog thickening heavily into the evening. Spring on the way?
© Margaret Helthaler Rondout Reservoir
Daily Catskills: 03/25/15
25F at 9am and partly cloudy, partly sunny. An enigmatic day.
© Margaret Helthaler View from the top of Thunder Hill in Grahamsville
Daily Catskills: 03/24/15
14F at 9am, rising to 25F by noon, with overnight lows dipping into the single digits: the arctic torturer rolls up his sleeves, but this time we hope its brief.
Daily Catskills: 03/23/15
10F at 8am, partly cloudy alternating with bright sunshine. Update: 23F, clear blue skies and sunshine by midday.
© J.N. Urbanski 9am My Monday morning radio show on WIOX
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Dog Dispatch
“When are you getting up? Now? Now? You don’t see me slipping over. It’s not cold. It’s fine. Can you throw the ball from there?”
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Daily Catskills: 03/22/15
28F at midday, lowering to 22F by 2pm with bright sunshine alternating with fast-moving cloud and high winds. Gloves essential.
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Daily Catskills: 03/21/15
Second day of spring = glorious winter wonderland. Mud season in abatement after yesterday’s low temperatures. 36F at 10am with morning sun occasionally peeking through the rolling grey cloud cover. An inch of yesterday’s powder remained on the branches. 40F at 1pm: overcast, with only brightness from the snow.
© J.N. Urbanski 1pm Firepit buried under snow.
Daily Catskills: 03/20/15
28F by 10am with snow beginning shortly thereafter. A dismally grey, overcast Spring Equinox. Update: heavy snow into the afternoon with an inch of powder laying on roads and tree branches.
© J.N. Urbanski 5.12pm View from the Office
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Daily Catskills: 03/20/15 Spring Equinox
© J.N. Urbanski Sprouting seedlings planted on 15th March
It feels like spring has been put on ice, but don’t put the cork back in the champagne yet. Today, March 20th is the vernal equinox, with two additional bonus features of a solar eclipse and a perigee moon, in which the sun looks about 15% bigger than it usually does: dubbed a “Supermoon”.
For the 24 hours of the equinox, the durations of the day and night are equal because the sun shines directly at the equator. The suns rays are perpendicular to the earth. When you live in the mountains, you notice the position of the sun more keenly and during winter months it rises and sets much lower than its summer east/west positions. Days will now start to get longer until the longest day of the year, which will be the June Solstice.
So the days may be long, but nothing has sprung except the indoor seedlings planted last Sunday 15th March and sprouting in the spare bedroom. If you don’t have a heated greenhouse outside, you can “start” your seeds inside, but don’t use potting soil: use peat. These cauliflowers are five days old.
Daily Catskills: 03/19/15
23F at 10.30m: face-freezingly frigid.
© Margaret Helthaler The morning sun catches Sugarloaf Mountain while the Roundout flood plain rests in shadow, Grahamsville, NY
Daily Catskills: 03/18/15
21F at 9am with high winds. The snow gets whipped up by the squalls.
© Margaret Helthaler Big Hollow Road, Grahamsville