CapturedNature Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 That's the key...a house out in the open, especially if it has a lot of windows, will cook pretty good at full sun and mid-80s. Living in the trees really helps with staying cool. I've never understood why developers cut down every tree and leave new houses out in the open. Deciduous trees are great in that they provide shade in the summer and full sun in the winter when you want them. In my case, I have no trees on my south side but the rest of the house is pretty well shaded. I've re-planted some trees over there but it will be several more years before they do their job. Yesterday the rooms on that side of the house were 80°....argh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I've never understood why developers cut down every tree and leave new houses out in the open. Deciduous trees are great in that they provide shade in the summer and full sun in the winter when you want them. In my case, I have no trees on my south side but the rest of the house is pretty well shaded. I've re-planted some trees over there but it will be several more years before they do their job. Yesterday the rooms on that side of the house were 80°....argh! The Pit's very well shaded to the N, S, and E. It also has lots of windows (not to mention lots of drafts!) to keep it cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 LOL-forecast had a 30% chance of showers later in the day, wake up to a stratiform rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Is this the start of the summer humid rain week we almost always see? S flow with high pwats and showers as we bring summer in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I put the ACs in Saturday. Upstairs was in the mid 80s with the windows open and fans running. Comfy 72F now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I put in the first floor A/C yesterday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I've never understood why developers cut down every tree and leave new houses out in the open. Deciduous trees are great in that they provide shade in the summer and full sun in the winter when you want them. Suburbia - where they cut down all the trees and then name the streets after them. During my short and unlamented stint in urban forestry, I saw research noting that even bare-limbed deciduous trees blocked about 25% of sunlight. Of course, 75% is a lot more useful than what one would get if there were a row of tall hemlocks on the south side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 OK I've had enough of the heat. I'm ready for the step down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 OK I've had enough of the heat. I'm ready for the step down. This is a bad post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Suburbia - where they cut down all the trees and then name the streets after them. During my short and unlamented stint in urban forestry, I saw research noting that even bare-limbed deciduous trees blocked about 25% of sunlight. Of course, 75% is a lot more useful than what one would get if there were a row of tall hemlocks on the south side. Bare deciduous trees definitely seem to block some sunlight, otherwise there wouldn't be such a difference in snowpack during winter b/t sunlit and wooded locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Suburbia - where they cut down all the trees and then name the streets after them. During my short and unlamented stint in urban forestry, I saw research noting that even bare-limbed deciduous trees blocked about 25% of sunlight. Of course, 75% is a lot more useful than what one would get if there were a row of tall hemlocks on the south side. lol - that or the old farm that used to be there. They do block some sun but like you said, some sun is better than none. I used to be surrounded by trees but the maples on that side of the house became old and needed to come down. I really miss them. I'm lucky in that I have a hill that blocks about half of the afternoon sun but by then, a lot of that side of the house is pretty warm. Depending on the dp, I need a low around 50 to chill the house enough to make it to evening again. FWIW, I actually racked up CDD's two days in a row! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 lol - that or the old farm that used to be there. FWIW, I actually racked up CDD's two days in a row! The whole development gets the name of that old farm... Yesterday's mean of 65.5 (81/50) is half a CDD, 1st venture above mean-65 of the year. Today will score 2-4 more, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Quite a difference from SW to NE today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Brief shower was welcome considering the clouds of pollen that were blowing around earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Off NWS BTV's Facebook page: "A little weather trivia for your Monday. So far this month, Burlington's temperature is averaging 68.2F, which is almost 6 degrees above normal. It's the 11th warmest start to a June on record. Last time we started off warmer was in 2005. Today will be yet another day with above normal temperatures. Hope you all are enjoying the stretch of early summer weather!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Dew the dews today. AC might go in this week just because of the Swampazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Quite a difference from SW to NE today. image.jpg Ain't that something? 63.9/55 here off a high of 71 at 11:30. Brief shower was welcome considering the clouds of pollen that were blowing around earlier. Nada here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Off NWS BTV's Facebook page: "A little weather trivia for your Monday. So far this month, Burlington's temperature is averaging 68.2F, which is almost 6 degrees above normal. It's the 11th warmest start to a June on record. Last time we started off warmer was in 2005. Today will be yet another day with above normal temperatures. Hope you all are enjoying the stretch of early summer weather!" Mildly interesting (no pun intended). Since that represents 8 days of a 30-day month, there's a long time to see how that changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Closer to the norm here (about +2 after today), thanks to highs in the 50s last Wed-Thurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 That is impressive. My record low for July is 37 on the 1st in 1988. I looked back at 1992 and it was in the 50s here on 2nd. Amazing what differences can be had. After the first week I don't have any record lows <46. In fact, at the peak of climatological summer from 7/18-7/23 I only have one record low <50. FWIW, The record only goes back 1985 so it's not like it's never happened. That must've been a pretty widespread cold outbreak in 1988. I saw that in the Adirondacks that Lake Placid, Newcomb, and Wannekena all had hard freezes on June 29th, 1988. As far as mid-summer freezes, the Adirondack and NE VT sites have the following dates of sub-32F temps: 7/2/92 at Lake Placid (NY), Canaan, Island Pond, and West Burke (VT) 7/10/83 at Tupper Lake 7/28/01 at the KSLK ASOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 That must've been a pretty widespread cold outbreak in 1988. I saw that in the Adirondacks that Lake Placid, Newcomb, and Wannekena all had hard freezes on June 29th, 1988. As far as mid-summer freezes, the Adirondack and NE VT sites have the following dates of sub-32F temps: 7/2/92 at Lake Placid (NY), Canaan, Island Pond, and West Burke (VT) 7/10/83 at Tupper Lake 7/28/01 at the KSLK ASOS Nice cold shot. 0C 850s around you and 534dm thicknesses to Montreal. That upper low sat over the region for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Dew the dews today. AC might go in this week just because of the Swampazz Tough it out until the first 90F day. ; ) 62/58 Upper Pioneer Valley never really got too swampy today. Heavy cloud cover helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Looks like the Norwich-New London area is going to get quite a bit of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 There aren't enough words to describe how boring this wx is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metagraphica Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Looks like the Norwich-New London area is going to get quite a bit of rain. There aren't enough words to describe how boring this wx is. Yeah, not the most exciting weather, but some very heavy rain rates on my drive home from Norwich to Salem today. I'm curious to see what my total will be in the rain gauge later this evening. Still coming down pretty hard right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 There aren't enough words to describe how boring this wx is. Lol. There are actually too many. Boring does the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Nice cold shot. 0C 850s around you and 534dm thicknesses to Montreal. That upper low sat over the region for a few days. Ahhh that looks nice. Let's order one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metagraphica Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Ended up with 1.36" of rain today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Deep deep cold. JB likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 There aren't enough words to describe how boring this wx is. Been a slow severe season even by New England standards. I've heard thunder twice this season and NW MA is generally one of the better severe areas around here. I've liked the temps the past month though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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