Finding Ulysses

Winter doesn’t officially end until next week, but this weekend we’re already having summer weather. Warm sun and southerly winds are bringing us temperatures in the 80s. Honeysuckle and willow trees are leafing out. Maple sap season in Trumansburg is long over, and the first round of early flowers has already given way to a [...]

Water flowed into Trumansburg Creek for most of the day today from a big leak just outside the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts.

photograph of snow in the trees in Trumansburg, February 2011

How hot is it here in Trumansburg, today? We’re warmer by three degrees fahrenheit than Birmingham, Alabama. We’re four degrees hotter than Atlanta. We’re five degrees above Miami.

I’m wondering what the climate memories of Trumansburg natives are, and how they’re living differently in warm years like this one has proven to be.

Last night as took a walk in the woods, I heard the sound of the spring peepers calling out for mates.

A video of a softly coating snow that came at the end of February 2010 with a general snowstorm hitting Trumansburg from the south.

The Trumansburg Fair continues today, with the Fireman’s Parade along Main Street starting at about 5:00 PM, and fireworks scheduled to start around dusk. Those fireworks may need to be rescheduled, though, and you might want to bring an umbrella to the parade just in case. Rain is expected later today.

The following warning from the National Weather Service for Trumansburg and Ithaca was passed on not too long ago by WIVB: “THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CENTRAL TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK… * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 514 PM EDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS [...]