Chasing the sun

Is it me, or has this been going on for weeks and weeks?

Curious nobody is talking about or offering explanations (El Nino, a volcanic eruption, etc.) for what I hope we'd all agree is very curious weather.

Not sure what the SUN looks like....

The sun has shone brightly Sunday and Monday afternoons in the northern Berkshires. And no rain, just clouds in the mornings. Definitely feel lucky to be vacationing here now.

I remember a spring/early summer like this back in 1982. Every single day it was either cloudy or raining, and to top it off, we had gypsy moths everywhere, covering houses, eating all the leaves on the trees, etc. You could hear them crunching! But by the end of June, early July, at least by July 4th, the sun was back out and stayed out for most of the time throughout the summer. Hopefully, that history will repeat itself, well, sans the gypsy moths!

The sun was out in Waltham at 6 p.m. yesterday. It just happened to be raining buckets at the same time, as a thunderstorm was overhead.

We have been stuck in a nasty weather pattern that is bringing our weather in from places where it doesn't usually come in the summer. A typical summer pattern would bring us Bermuda Highs (hot, hazy, humid), followed by a cold front from Canada bringing us sunny, dry weather. What we have now is storms coming from the west, then spinning back in over the ocean. Part of it is climate change, part is just bad luck, I expect.
I did see sun yesterday, as I was getting on the train at South Station.

yes...had to fly down to Phili the other day....the sun was shining bright at about 28,000 ft

We have been basking in the heat for the past month. Now located in North Carolina, spring actually starts in March or earlier and summer is already cooking by June. Left Massachusetts three years ago, don't miss the long winters and short springs.

First we had the winter that never wanted to end. Now we have no spring and a dismal start to the summer. The economy stinks, there are no jobs ... not even my elderly parents are worth staying here for now.

Cool and wet and great crops. Is this what we'll get with Global warming?

I'm just ecstatic whenever it's not 90 degrees in the summer!

Beth,

What bothers me more than June's gray overcast -- it was Seattle in Boston -- is when the days become short, and the sun stays low in the sky. Last February I put my office in the car and drove down to northern Virginia for 3 weeks, missing a blizzard, and having the sun as high in the sky as it would be five weeks later. Still, I was relieved when the sun finally stayed out regularly.

David