yesterday's north wind slackened somewhat by afternoon, but i still wore the fleece home, which was a first.

this morning, oh, very crisp, 37 °F, clear as a bell. no shame in wearing tights, and gloves with fingers.

on published temperatures versus thermometers, it should be noted that temperatures vary spatially, so that number on the web or in the newspaper is unlikely to match your local reading. this is especially true in the morning, before the sun has had a chance to fire up the convective transfer of heat from place to place. the sort of weather forecasting you get in the papers and the television and so forth is rteally preposterous, saying today's high will be 62 °F but tomorrow's will be 63 °F, so it's really warming up folks isn't it? that is not meteorology, that is advertising.