December 2024 - Best look to an early December pattern in many a year!

[512high]

49/rain/ .22"

[UnitedWx]

11 hours ago, dendrite said:

 If someone wants to grow chestnuts for improved nut production there’s a lot of great hybdrid varieties out there with huge, tasty nuts with good blight resistance. 

Could you recommend one? I'd love to try an American Chestnut, but other options could be nice as well. There were two Chestnut trees in the woods near my grandparents house in SImsbury years ago. My grandfather and myself used to check on them regularly... but last time I was up there was in 1992! I doubt they still exist, but I really should check sometime.

[kdxken]

11 minutes ago, UnitedWx said:

Could you recommend one? I'd love to try an American Chestnut, but other options could be nice as well. There were two Chestnut trees in the woods near my grandparents house in SImsbury years ago. My grandfather and myself used to check on them regularly... but last time I was up there was in 1992! I doubt they still exist, but I really should check sometime.

You should definitely go check. If it's away from any other contaminated trees it might actually still be there. I had an elm out in the middle of my woods 10 ft around. Survived the Dutch elm disease for years. Effing gypsy moths got it

[iceman1]

my two sons had a white Xmas with about 2 inches of snow in parts of ct but my area had nothing.

i did have two snow events before Xmas that drop a dusting, and very cold at times

so it was a better dec in a long long time as far as that goes its been warm and rainy for years 

[rimetree]

49/48 and .25. Looks like we'll end December a bit above normal in temps thanks to these final couple of days.

[512high]

@9am, 55F/.72"

[dendrite]

51/48

Snow cryin’ for its mama

[Ginx snewx]

.78 rain

[dendrite]

2 hours ago, UnitedWx said:

Could you recommend one? I'd love to try an American Chestnut, but other options could be nice as well. There were two Chestnut trees in the woods near my grandparents house in SImsbury years ago. My grandfather and myself used to check on them regularly... but last time I was up there was in 1992! I doubt they still exist, but I really should check sometime.

I know many people like Qing and Jenny. Buzz Ferver in VT is growing a bunch of varieties so I would try him. He has a bunch of hybrid seedlings from improved cultivars too.

https://www.perfectcircle.farm/chestnuts

[UnitedWx]

Just now, dendrite said:

I know many people like Qing and Jenny. Buzz Ferver in VT is growing a bunch of varieties so I would try him. He has a bunch of hybrid seedlings from improved cultivars too.

https://www.perfectcircle.farm/chestnuts

Thank you. And any excuse to visit VT is always fun

[Layman]

49.5 degrees and 0.54” of rain. So far. 
 

We grill this afternoon. 

[mreaves]

34 minutes ago, UnitedWx said:

Thank you. And any excuse to visit VT is always fun

Perfect Circle is maybe 5 miles from me.

[Lava Rock]

49F. 0.64". Spring-like

[jbenedet]

Snowfall wise this December vs 2023, was worse for NNE better for SNE. In my hood this year was just as bad as last; though slightly colder.

Region wide, generally less warmth but the much smaller pack in the north takes much less +AN to erode…The result is we are in same position as this time last year in terms of snow pack.

Thinking many long range forecasters are losing to persistence at this point….

[40/70 Benchmark]

17 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

Snowfall wise this December vs 2023, was worse for NNE better for SNE. In my hood this year was just as bad as last; though slightly colder.

Region wide, generally less warmth but the much smaller pack in the north takes much less +AN to erode…The result is we are in same position as this time last year in terms of snow pack.

Thinking many long range forecasters are losing to persistence at this point….

I had 2" vs T last year....yaaay.

[dendrite]

Losing the pack around the trees and house now. 

[NoCORH4L]

Seems abnormal to get 4 days of 50s this time of year, even compared to the last five fart winters. A day of two max, but my little pack is gone, and frost and pond ice will basically have to start anew. 

[dendrite]

Sun now

[dendrite]

Looks like that 60° at BTV is a new record. 

[Layman]

11 minutes ago, NoCORH4L said:

Seems abnormal to get 4 days of 50s this time of year, even compared to the last five fart winters. A day of two max, but my little pack is gone, and frost and pond ice will basically have to start anew. 

There's this fellow called the "Grinch" you may or may not be aware of.  He routinely visits New England around this time of year spreading angst, dews and temps near 50+ at what many feel is the most inopportune time.  Some say "abnormal", others may say "delayed, not denied".

[wxeyeNH]

6 hours ago, UnitedWx said:

Could you recommend one? I'd love to try an American Chestnut, but other options could be nice as well. There were two Chestnut trees in the woods near my grandparents house in SImsbury years ago. My grandfather and myself used to check on them regularly... but last time I was up there was in 1992! I doubt they still exist, but I really should check sometime.

Brian, 3 chestnut trees are growing like crazy but I think I planted them too far away from each other when they get mature enough to pollinate.  We will see.

[wxeyeNH]

51F  Up here on my hill we went into the warm air around daybreak.  That quickly ate away at our snow cover.  Down below at Newfound Lake or 1P1 they are still in the cold air around 40-45F.  The deer will be out in mass a bit later getting a quick meal before snow cover returns.  

Another nail bitter tomorrow night.  

 

 

[tamarack]

3 hours ago, jbenedet said:

Snowfall wise this December vs 2023, was worse for NNE better for SNE. In my hood this year was just as bad as last; though slightly colder.

Region wide, generally less warmth but the much smaller pack in the north takes much less +AN to erode…The result is we are in same position as this time last year in terms of snow pack.

Thinking many long range forecasters are losing to persistence at this point….

Not everywhere:
             Snow    SDDs   White Christmas
12/23    17.3"      92      Brown ground. still draining off the 12/18 monsoon
12/24   22.5"    284*      12" and 2nd deepest of 27 Dec25s here.
* Thru yesterday, still 7-8" pack as I type.

Dec 24 will also finish 5-6° colder than 23.

[WinterSnow]

Overall I enjoyed this December. The weather was seasonably chilly and there was snow on the ground on Christmas and other parts of the month. The snow totals were small, but I can't complain much.

If the weather were like today all month I would have been feeling crappy though because today legitimately feels like winter where I came from. Thankfully, that's not the case. The seasonably chilly weather will return soon!

[DavisStraight]

35 minutes ago, WinterSnow said:

Overall I enjoyed this December. The weather was seasonably chilly and there was snow on the ground on Christmas and other parts of the month. The snow totals were small, but I can't complain much.

If the weather were like today all month I would have been feeling crappy though because today legitimately feels like winter where I came from. Thankfully, that's not the case. The seasonably chilly weather will return soon!

Winter will be coming back in a few days and stay for a while.

[wx2fish]

3 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I had 2" vs T last year....yaaay.

Yep, same here. Much colder than last year though. MHT was +7F last Dec.

Gonna change some with today and tomorrow, but it's kinda wild that through 12/29 MHT has almost the same avg temp as last January and 3F colder than last Feb. 

[dendrite]

Convection!

[CoastalWx]

I thought this month was largely disappointing big time here considering the airmasses we had. Hopefully Jan produces.

[WeatherWilly]

Until recently, temperatures were consistently cold enough for some decent snow accumulations. Didn't get a lot, but slightly more than last year. Still things haven't come together for a major snowstorm.

[ineedsnow]

shocking lol on top of the CNBC site

Natural gas surges as much as 20% on expectations for colder-than-usual January on the East Coast