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| Weather dogs Jackson and Tonks grab a bit of cool evening air Sunday after another very warm August day in St. Albans, Vermont. August, 2022 will be among the top ten warmest on record. |
We'd even get Labor Day Weekend frosts occasionally in the coldest hollows. Not in recent years, though. Summers in recent years have extended well into September. It looks like we might do the same this year.
It's pretty wild to see just how backloaded summers have become in Vermont. August and large chunks of September have been breaking heat record in recent years.
In Burlington, the top 3 hottest Augusts were in 2018, 2021 and 2016. Six of the top ten warmest Augusts have been since 2001. And this August will almost surely score in the top ten warmest as well.
September is even more remarkable. The only September since 2015 that is not in the top five warmest was in 2020.
The warmest list:
1. 67.4, 2015
2. 65.8, 2018
3. 65.7, 2017
4. 65.7, 2016. Yes, that's a tie with 2017, actually.
5. 64.6, 2021
We don't know how this September will pan out, but as noted, we know August, 2022 will be in the top 10 list.
All this is most likely just another way climate change is altering how we experience Vermont seasons.
August will end on a (mostly) toasty note this year, and the opening of September looks at least a little on the warm side, too. Maybe quite warm on some days.
After a weekend of sunshine and comfortable humidity, the oppressive air returns today, with afternoon temperatures well up into the 80s. A couple warm spots could touch 90 degrees. The humidity will rise as well.
It won't be record heat, but it will be hot enough so that you'll need to take it easy, drink plenty of fluids, and keep your pets in cool places with plenty of available water.
We'll "enjoy" another stuffy night tonight. Tomorrow, a slow moving cold front will approach from the west. According to the National Weather Service, increasing clouds and showers will cool northern New York enough so that highs stay near 80 at best.
In Vermont, it'll be another muggy, hot day, with temperatures well into the 80s once again.
The front could produce some heavy rain as it grudgingly passes through Tuesday night and Wednesday. A second cold front will probably touch off a few more showers Wednesday afternoon. We'd better hope we get a real soaker out of this one. A very long dry spell will follow, in addition to the generally warm temperatures.
We do manage to get a shot of semi-autumnal air Thursday and Friday. High temperatures Thursday might not get past 70 degrees, and many places will dip into the 40s Thursday night.
But it will warm up by the weekend, with highs once again near 80 degrees. It gets harder to see mid-summer heat in September. But it seems a lot easier lately to keep at least some of the heat on into the start of the school year.
Extended forecasts keep Vermont mostly warmer and drier than normal into mid-September at least.
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