WindCheck Magazine Exhilarating!

I cannot help myself. I am writing yet another ode to weather in New England. If you ask some folks, they say it has been a great summer…June was fantastic. If you ask others, this summer has been hot, sticky and wet! Just look at record-setting July and the first week of August.

These opinions vary greatly depending on where you live. If you are near the water, the big sea breezes in “The Bays” have been noticeable. If you had been on the Sound during the grueling periods, you could not find a hat big enough and there was no worry about it blowing off. If you live inland, it was just plain thick and air conditioning was a must. If you garden, golf, play tennis, or do other activities not on the water, there were days when you needed a gallon of fluids and two extra towels just to get by.

Big deal Ben, why do you bore us with this now? Yes, this summer was hot and sticky and sometimes in the beginning, it was nice. What is your point? Well, what has prompted my gushing is the perfection that just arrived. As I write this, in the second week of August, a stunningly beautiful front, with brisk northerlies giving way to daytime southerlies and then back again to the north in the evening, has settled in. Vibrant blue skys, crystal clear air, and nights so pure that you feel like you can wave to the International Space Station and they can see you and wave back.

So the question is, does my exuberance come from the juxtaposition of pretty gross weather with the stunningly beautiful. Or are New England beautiful days nicer than other places due to our placement and configuration on the planet? If you ask someone from California, they say they get this every day. But do they? This week in New England, it is a high of 84 and a low of 65 which is perfect, at least for me. It appears to end this weekend as thunderstorm potential resumes. I am headed to SoCal on family vacay next week and it looks to be sunny all the time with a high of 80 and a low of 65 along the shore. And that forecast goes on and on and on. Very enticing. But will it be as sweet? I will let you know when I see you at the Boat Shows in September and October.