Greetings and welcome!
Today is the first day of fall and it feels like it. A cold front brought some scattered showers last night and we have some much cooler temperatures. Last night we got down to 43 and today’s high will only be in the upper 50s. Tonight we could see frost and a low of 33, with low areas going as low as 27. The NWS has frost & freeze warnings out. It warms up a little later in the forecast, but high temperatures for the next week are only in the 50s and low 60s. Last week was in the 70s. The cool temps came abruptly like someone closed the door on summer. Usually the seasons and calendar are not very close, this year it was to the day.
The next sign that fall is here is that I saw quite a few trees getting their first color. They are very late this year. All of a sudden in the last couple of days a lot of them are starting to change. The very earliest maples and the choke cherry are staring to get color. I would expect a lot of change in that direction this week now that we have our cold snap.
This weekend we have a very popular event in Silver Cliff.. The Chili and soup cook off..
Next weekend there is is a big fall festival in Wausaukee.
If I remember correctly Lakewood has a big fall color festival the first weekend in October too.
I would like to thank everyone that came to our wedding celebration last weekend. The weather worked out good, the band was great, and it was wonderful seeing so many friends and some of my family. We had a really good day. Thank you to everyone!
The cold snap is a grim reminder that winter is not far away and it it time to do fall stuff. There are three lists.. Things that need to be done above 50 degrees like painting, things that can’t freeze, like winterizing plumbing, and everything else like firewood and car repairs. It is a long list and the weather gets unsettled in the fall, so I guess I’d better get on that.
Have a good weekend and thank you for visiting!
RJB