I keep a big rock in front of the coop door overnight. This morning I picked it up to toss it on the ground and my back said "not today". It felt like someone took an axe across my back. Nice way to start a day off and 3 day weekend.
The positive is that the marshes that haven't dried up tend to radiate really well.
I don't think mosquitoes really die at exactly 32F anyway. As you get colder and colder they're more likely to go dormant. I think our more northern species produce glycerol in freezing temps which can help prevent their cells from freezing. It works a bit like tardigrades.
Looks like they had a 15min jump to 101-103F that looks a little fishy, but they were 99-100F either way. 100F at Huntsville too. That's deep summer nonsense.
Birmingham had never recorded over 94F in October and in the first 2 days put up a 99F and a 103F.
BHM 103F (old 94F mult dates)
BNA 99F (old 94F 10/1/1953)
CLT 99F (old 98F (10/6/1954)
DCA 98F (old 96F 10/5/1941)
BWI 98F (old 97F 10/5/1941)
RIC 98F (99F 10/6/1941)
EWR 96F (old 93F 10/5/1941)
ATL 96F (old 10/5&6/1954)
LGA 95F (old 93F 10/5/1941)
Couldn't the ceilometer detect the fractional smoke layer a bit away from the station while the forward scattering vis sensor sees nothing between the beam emitter and the receiver?