September Weather Blues

Trust me.

This is not what September looks like here.

Maybe in parts of North Georgia at some point in time, later in the Fall.

Not here in South Georgia. 

In South Georgia, Fall is an illusory concept.  Technically, Fall is still 18 days away from today (Sep 3).  Practically, we may have a few days that approach Fall-like weather in December or January.  And we may have something that ghosts Winter every decade or so.

Of course, this could change as climate change further shifts weather patterns.

Today, the high is projected to be 86.  I don't even want to talk about the feels like temperatures.  They range from seven to ten degrees higher.

Looking at a fifteen-day forecast, today has the lowest high temp for the next fifteen days,  The rest range from 88 to 91.  So much for any approaching Fall cooldown.

The way people get into holidays here is by over-decorating, mainly outdoors.  Even if it's not cooler, crisper temps, you can decorate like it is, and maybe fool some people.  It doesn't work.  Many a Halloween, I've sat on our porch giving out Halloween candy while swatting mosquitoes, gnats, and flies. The same phenomena happens when you try to walk off your Thanksgiving meal.  Heck, some years I do Christmas shopping while wearing shorts.


This is the most depressing time for me in the South, at least in relation to the weather.  I keep thinking it's going to get cooler, but the heat goes on and on and on.

All in all, though, it's not bad living here, disregarding the relentless heat and the right-wing extremist politics.  I have my family and friends here, and it's easy to find sausage 'n' cheese biscuits.  There are upsides.

The weather just isn't one of them.