Oct 4, south central KY and it did not get above 90F !

[Hermit-The-Prog]

I've turned off the AC and opened the windows for the first time since at least June.

Damned Chinese hoax.

[d_r]

1. You are luckier

Than here in Tennessee!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. yes, I saw a weather map while celebrating

Fall weather will eventually reach you, neighbor.

It is such a relief to walk outside and not feel like somebody left the oven door open. Spent the whole day working outside.

[d_r]

8. I want to find you a picture

[Roland99]

3. Lived my first 42 years in Louisville

Don’t recall having had a Hot October. Warm maybe. But not triple digit hot!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. we set records in September

Record highs and record number of 90+F days, and then started October with more.

Back in more normal times, Labor day was about the last day you could stand to go swimming in a lake.

Yesterday, Oct 3, it topped 100F on my westward-facing porch before sunset. It is 66F right now, same spot.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Holy shit! I had no idea.

It wasn't Indian Summer?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. not Indian Summer

We had 3 days near the end of September that were only about 10 degrees F above average. Often, our low temp overnight was near what our normal high should be.

Everything has gotten screwier and screwier over the past few years. My wife and I have grown a garden every year for over 40 years, here. 2013 was the last year there were enough beans to can. This year, I started the garden early to try to beat the heat. So it rained for a solid month. By the time that quit, everything was stunted, and then the heat came.

Climate change deniers don't understand that global warming means more extreme swings -- colder, wetter, drier, hotter, windier -- not just warmer.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I know the extremes are what

will hit most people the hardest. There won't be enough insurance to bail people out either.

I personally have noticed a ton more bug bites for the past three years (from June until Nov). I have over 50 on me right now. I look like I have measles. There were recent stories on the local news that a new small type of mosquito has been attacking people so now I know it isn't just me. The climate is effecting everything in one way or another. It is becoming more humid since the oceans are warmer and I live on the coast.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. lots more mosquitoes here, too!

The tiny black ones bite multiple times before settling down enough to swat.

Fewer frogs in the ponds. Had 1 bat living in my garage loft, but it must've gotten too hot, haven't seen the little feller in about a month.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. And, almost the whole state is in extreme drought.

Don't know about your area, but the drought map shows some degree of drought in most of the South.

See: https://www.drought.gov/drought/data-maps-tools/current-conditions

Here in North central KY, I fear we're going to lose a lot of trees. Many lawns and fields look like burned biscuits.....

Like you, I'm very grateful for this cool spell.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. walking across the field sounds like walking on potato chips

Both of my ponds are low. One looks like pea soup and the other looks like a cracked bowl, half full.

My wife had to rescue her goldfish from her garden pond. It was so low they were floating on their sides on the algae.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Looks like we get a little relief on Sunday, Louisville to Bowling Green.

Might save some plants and give your ponds a refresher.

I live in town now and this drought has driven many of my songbirds away to water. Not much but dozens of bees on my birdbath, LOL.

I'm betting the winter will be wet as sop.