I can already feel Fall in the air here! Have you noticed it where you live?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218576)
Walnut Creek, California
August 26, 2016 1:16pm CST
There always seems to be a day when I really notice that Summer is going to be ending soon. We've had some coolish and hazy days recently, the latter due to all of the wildfires burning throughout California.
But last night, after a day of cycling and basketball with a kid client, I noticed a chill in the evening air that hadn't been there before. I'm sure the actual temperature didn't drop below the upper 50s here in Pleasant Hill, but I felt it anyway.
Can you feel Fall creeping in where you live (or Spring, if you're "Down Under")? The photo is from a couple of weeks ago, hiking on the Inspiration Point trail in Tilden Park. That's the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
27 Aug 16
We did have a couple of nights where the temperature really dropped and then the heat was back with humidity and no more cool nights. So my answer, not quite yet.
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@TheHorse (218576)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Aug 16
@BelleStarr Today is actually still cool at 11 AM. I'm surprised!
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@TheHorse (218576)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Aug 16
Evening too! I notice a bit more chill in the evening air. @ElizabethWallace mentioned the difference in smell too. I'll look (sniff) for that.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Aug 16
@TheHorse I think we are unconsciously aware of the smell, but paying attention to it makes us realize it has been there all along. Nature's early warning system, I guess.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Aug 16
Right. Each season has a smell. We notice them the most when they first arrive. Then I think it becomes our new normal.
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@akalinus (43184)
• United States
26 Aug 16
@TheHorse Enjoy the nice days while they are here. They are tracking a hurricane that we are supposed to get early next week. If we have to evacuate, I won't be online. If the electric goes, my laptop goes because of a bizarre setup in this park that connects the Internet to the electric.
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Fall might be a month away for us.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Aug 16
@TheHorse It happens a lot down the hill from me, but not up where I live. It's one of the things I like about this little part of SoCal.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Aug 16
Great minds and all that- I had this exact feeling this morning when I took a walk. It was only a little cooler, but the quality of the air was different. It felt like fall. Hard to explain, but you get it living in the same state, even if you're pretty far north of me.
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@TheHorse (218576)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Aug 16
@ElizabethWallace I'll check for that up here. I'm usually pretty sensitive to smells!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Aug 16
@TheHorse It's also a smell, I think. It smelled like fall, but there was not rain in the air. Sometimes, I think it's a change in the ozone when it's going to rain. But fall feels/smells different than rain.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Aug 16
Here we are in the middle of August and I'm cold. It's supposed to be like, 90.
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@TheHorse (218576)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Aug 16
@teamfreak16 I may head up to Montana in a couple of weeks. I'd better bring my Winter coat.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
27 Aug 16
Yes Fall is definitely in the air. You can feel it in the early mornings and early evenings. The days arelated still really warm though.
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@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
26 Aug 16
We have noticed a change in the weather this week, temps dropping down into the 50's at night. We weren't getting below 70 last week at night. We have also got rain this week, nearly every afternoon, we are in monsoon season here. Our mountains have already gotten a dusting of snow too. It won't be long before our highs are in the 50's and then below freezing won't be far off.
@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
26 Aug 16
@TheHorse, we haven't gotten a lot, but enough. My daughter was saying that she went up to Sacramento last weekend and that it was really hot. She recently moved to Vallejo, so a definite difference in weather.
@celticeagle (166775)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Aug 16
Yes, I have noticed the mornings are rather chilly. I like it actually. Halloween will be fun and the time before and after. I like the scary movies, decorations, carving pumpkins and feeling the paranormal aspects too. One of my favorite times of year. I enjoy the fall and the spring.
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@celticeagle (166775)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Aug 16
@fengqishi .....We'll be having the Art in the Park here soon. And the art museum is being renovated.
@fengqishi (50)
• Beijing, China
27 Aug 16
Both of us are looking forward to festivals.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
26 Aug 16
Been feeling it for awhile here. I don't want to talk about it though.
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@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
26 Aug 16
Nah, even though it isn't a hundred degrees, it still isn't fall. I want a chill!
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@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
27 Aug 16
@TheHorse NOW, this morning it's cooler. We should be getting highs only in the 80s for about the next week, if the forecast is correct.
@fengqishi (50)
• Beijing, China
27 Aug 16
Yes, I have noticed a lot of signs that shows fall is coming. The leaves of ginkgo is turning yellow, some leaves of trees is falling, my summer vacation is going to end and I will have a new term, peaches's and watermelon's price is rising, moon cake has appeared on supermarkets and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. You see, I am a foodie.
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