Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Some rain today with snow on the grass as the temperature fell. Nothing unusual or serious; just a reminder that anything can happen from here on.
The period from mid-November through Christmas is a kind of fifth season in New Jersey. Drab, often damp, with declining daylight. Temperatures can rise to sixty or fall well below freezing. Substantial snowfalls in December are uncommon but no surprise when they do occur. The season is alleviated, made more bearable by holiday decorations. After New Year's Day we hunker down for four weeks of dark & cold. Groundhog Day is an Event.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
The period from mid-November through Christmas is a kind of fifth season in New Jersey. Drab, often damp, with declining daylight. Temperatures can rise to sixty or fall well below freezing. Substantial snowfalls in December are uncommon but no surprise when they do occur. The season is alleviated, made more bearable by holiday decorations. After New Year's Day we hunker down for four weeks of dark & cold. Groundhog Day is an Event.
Labels: New Jersey, weather
