Weather Chat 2025
Michigan always has really varied weather this time of year. A 40 degree temperature swing is extra wild though. 
MissyWeitzel I was freezing today, because I kept going outside without a jacket. My brain only remembered Friday's weather.
It is supposed to be crazy warm today and tomorrow then drop back to normal cool temps. Fog has decended and that should keep the temperature a bit cooler.
calico20hill 81 degrees right now north of Portland, OR. Sky is overcast now. Severe thunderstorms supposed to happen tonight and it sure feels like it. I've moved my potted plants inside and just hope we dont get the potential huge hail stones that could break the greenhouse. I picked flowers from my flowering current bush in case it gets beat up by the storm.
Hail and heat - that's August here... The 5 inches of snow we got on Monday is mostly melted.
Bedding dahlia in bloom at a retail nursery.
Teddahlia I would buy this! I actually think these bedding dahlias seem like a good option for a large container display or filling in gaps in your garden. Using them in the same way many people use annual flowers. All the color and interest like annual flowers except this one will come back again next year!
calico20hill 81 degrees right now north of Portland, OR.
blown_dry Back down to normal Portland area temps tonight, whew! That was weird.
blown_dry Tuesday and Wednesday were in the low 80's here in Sonoma County California. Today it was a high in the 50's I think, with scattered showers. I did a double take when my phone weather alerted that Thursday would be 30 degrees cooler than Wednesday. Yesterday and today I started basil, cucumbers, squashes, and a few flowers to transplant into my garden. Everything went under warm grow lights to facilitate germination. I started tomato and pepper plants around the same time as my Dahlia seedlings, about 3-4 weeks ago.
Bessie I am trying to find room to start my vegetables but it is all taken up with dahlia pots, dahlia seedligs, perennial flower seeds, etc. I am looking forward to weather above the freezing mark where I can leave the pots outside most of the time...If we get bad weather the racks get rolled back into the garage...