Shocking isn’t it?
We’ve reached the ninth day of above average temperatures here in the Upper Midwest and our latest string of 90 degree days, in September, have left many longing for the cool, crisp, low-light days of autumn.
Admit it. Did you carp about the heat yesterday? I did.
Consider this: From September to December, the average temperature in Minnesota falls by approximately 43 degrees. What’s more, it has snowed in Minnesota during every month except July.
I needed 15 seconds of blizzard yesterday. I was at work, assembling a video history of a man who had ventured out into a blizzard with horses and a sleigh. He made six trips in that blizzard in one night; the first to fetch a doctor, the last to deliver his brother’s dead body to a hearse waiting on the nearest passable road. According to the sister who tells the story, the weather meant nothing to her brother. “He just put on his mittens and his Mackinaw coat and out he went.” A bit of falling snow outside would have been great for effect. Alas, the sun was still wearing its summer attire.
We’ve reached the ninth day of above average temperatures here in the Upper Midwest and our latest string of 90 degree days, in September, have left many longing for the cool, crisp, low-light days of autumn.
Admit it. Did you carp about the heat yesterday? I did.
Consider this: From September to December, the average temperature in Minnesota falls by approximately 43 degrees. What’s more, it has snowed in Minnesota during every month except July.
I needed 15 seconds of blizzard yesterday. I was at work, assembling a video history of a man who had ventured out into a blizzard with horses and a sleigh. He made six trips in that blizzard in one night; the first to fetch a doctor, the last to deliver his brother’s dead body to a hearse waiting on the nearest passable road. According to the sister who tells the story, the weather meant nothing to her brother. “He just put on his mittens and his Mackinaw coat and out he went.” A bit of falling snow outside would have been great for effect. Alas, the sun was still wearing its summer attire.
Today, it’s expected to be unseasonably hot again. It may be the last 90 degree day in 2007. Take a few minutes to stand in the heat and absorb as much as you can. Winter will be here before you know it. It will be a long one. It always is.
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