weather

Boy, do we need some rain. Most of Maine is in a moderate or severe drought. You can tell just by looking at your brown yard. And I'm not complaining about the 10+ days of temps above 90 degrees from this summer, buuuuuuuuut, I do love the cooler weather. Great for sleeping! Actually, the next 90 days are my favorite time of the year in Maine.

It's been kind of a weird winter in Maine, don't ya think? It seems kind of on the warm side but I haven't had a day not wearing my warm LL Bean boots. It seems a bit tame but my kid has had a good number of snow days off from school. And what about the amount of snow we've had? For that we turn to the pros-the great people at the National Weather Service in Gray who tell us of some interesting trends when it comes to snowfall in Maine from year to year: