Weather and Gardening Discussion

[UrbanWarrior]

Just noticed we’ve only had 2 days with lows below average in the last 1.5 months. Only 4 days with lows below 10° since June 29th, and 2 of them were 9.5/6°. No signs of that trend letting up any time soon.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Another ye olde September heat warning incoming

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Wowzers, we just ended the first 1/3 of September with an average high of 27° and a low of nearly 11°. I know we won’t finish off that way but damn that’s so far beyond average. We’ll still likely finish the month around 20°.

 

[Mountain Man]

10 years ago was Snowtember!

 

[UrbanWarrior]

20° at 3 am… in late September. This seems wrong

 

[Mountain Man]

Rode to work sleeveless today, can't say that happens often in late September. Riding home yes, but not at 8:30am lol. This makes up for our flirt with the freezing mark friday, and also guarantees snow within the next 2 weeks...

 

[Surrealplaces]

Rode to work sleeveless today, can't say that happens often in late September. Riding home yes, but not at 8:30am lol. This makes up for our flirt with the freezing mark friday, and also guarantees snow within the next 2 weeks...

So often the case

 

[trtcttc]

When do people usually switch over to winter tires over here?

 

[FriendlyDrunks]

When do people usually switch over to winter tires over here?

Usually a bit after the first false snow.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

I always do Thanksgiving and Easter.

 

[MichaelS]

I always look at the long term forecast to see if I can push it a bit or need to move it up, but usually mid-October.

 

[Surrealplaces]

When do people usually switch over to winter tires over here?

It varies. There's often a snowfall hit in October, sometimes in September, but usually the snow goes away quickly. If you have 'summer only' tires, I would change sometime mid October.

 

[Mountain Man]

I switch to winter tires in early november and back to summers early may. All depends on the weather and if there's snow to shred in the mountains lol.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I have to confess, I've always used all-weathers and have never changed tires, but people seem to do mid-late October, and as people have mentioned, sometimes the long-term forecast is what decides it.

 

[trtcttc]

I have to confess, I've always used all-weathers and have never changed tires, but people seem to do mid-late October, and as people have mentioned, sometimes the long-term forecast is what decides it.

Is there particular weather forecast that people look at? There were a bunch of articles about that Farmer's Almanac that is pretty much made up, and I know ECCC releases a forecast of the season just before it starts. I have some family visiting for Christmas (for the first time) so would prefer if it isn't -20..