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Hard to believe, but it is Memorial Day weekend. Or as we call it, \u201cthe kickoff to summer.\u201d It feels early because it is. Monday, May 25, is the earliest that a Memorial Day can be, as it is always the final Monday of the month. Next year it jumps back to May 31st. But this year, with it coming so early we will still have a week, or at least six days, of May left after the holiday. It seems a little odd.<\/p>\n
But that is not the only thing that seems odd. In fact everything is feeling a bit off right now. Summer\u2019s first weekend coincides with a time when we are in the throes of \u201creopening\u201d and everyone is trying to get their heads around that. No festivals. Outdoors dining only. No camping. Masks. No visitors. Six feet of separation. The do\u2019s and don\u2019ts are, to say the least, overwhelming.<\/p>\n
And then there is the weather.<\/p>\n
Did you get enough of the wind this past week? It blew hard and constantly on my hill for the best part of three days. These weren\u2019t just occasional gusts, they were a sustained blow. It came from the southwest, they call it a \u201cblowtorch wind,\u201d and this week we either tied or set record high temps for the dates on three straight days. On Sunday, the first of the heated afternoons, we hit 75 degrees, tying the record for May 17 set in 2003. On Monday it was even hotter as we flirted with 80 degrees and set a date record with 79 degrees. Last year we did not hit 80 until June 26. And then on Tuesday, the 19th, the 78-degree high beat the 2006 record by 3 degrees. That\u2019s what I call a sudden summer.<\/p>\n
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