The warmer-than-normal fall is seductive for sure - and then when it drops below normal it's a major shock. The past sunday night we plummeted to -7 C (not sure what the windchill went to but it was NW gusting to 60 kph iirc so a bit colder than brisk
). That is more of a midwinter temperature for us, but now there's no snow on the ground to insulate either. Normal lows for this period are around 1 C, but we've been to the freezing mark or below it more nights than not this week, with highs of only 2-3 C five days out of seven in the forecast. The temperature yo-yo above and below norm is one reason I was glad to pile extra deep mulch on the garlic. Precip also hitting record lows, no idea what kind of snow cover we'll end up with.
@Dee that is horribly cold.
Especially in November. We are dismayed to endure -23 C in January or February extremes, which is for sure close to record low temperatures here. In average winters we bottom out at -12 C for no more than 7-14 days in total. It is wet and snowy and unpredictable here but relatively mild with some thaws every month of the year. Continental weather sounds awful to me.
