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“I’m very torn,” Hogan said Monday. “It was probably the best summer I can remember. But there is something about it, something about football, pork roasts and apple cider that I am looking forward to.”
Today, Sept. 23, is the first full day of fall after a beautiful summer that saw temperatures stay surprisingly consistent in the 80s with few hot days and little rain.
Kyle Wells, founder and owner of Stamford-based Exquisite Environments, a nursery and landscape care company, said he’s looking forward to the fall although the summer was a beautiful one.
“I like every season, and I take the time to step back and admire a beautiful day like today,” he said of the sunny Monday.
Despite the change in seasons, there is never-ending work at the business, he said.
“It’s a busy season for us,” Wells said about the traffic the business gets from customers who are looking to work on their lawns, get their properties ready for winter, or plant bulbs for tulips and daffodils to burst out next spring.
Although Wells said he enjoys every season, he said last winter’s reluctance to release its icy grasp left him “anxious to see the spring,” he said with a laugh.
But there will be more warm weather before the winter’s chill arrives, said a local meteorologist.
Gary Lessor is the assistant to the director of meteorological studies and the Weather Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.
He believes that the warm summer will lead into a warm fall and that the area should be spared major storms. He credits part of that to the weather pattern called El Niño.
“Now that we're into fall, you think about tropical systems. But there have been no threats here,” he said. “El Nino saps the strength of the storms in the Atlantic. And it's doing a wonderful job of that this year. That's looking good for the rest of hurricane season. Storms that have developed have curved out into the Atlantic."
He said the Northeast is in a mild drought due to the dry summer but that hasn’t affected the apple crop, he said.
"Despite the mild drought, the apple crop is flavorful and plentiful."
He’s also predicting a winter that won’t be as severe as last winter.
"This winter won't be as bad as last winter. It may be colder than normal, but it won't be that extreme like last year,” he said. “But it could be a little colder and snowier than normal but not as bad as last winter."
Although Hogan isn’t necessarily looking forward to the winter, she said the autumn has its enticing charms.
“There is something about the fall that is so special,” she said.
The summer season was a beautiful one in Fairfield County, with temperatures averaging at just about normal. Read more about it here in the Daily Voice.
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