Sudden drop in temperature

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It's six degrees Celsius at the North Pole today, and it's the same here.
It's too cold.
How was your place?

It's 32 where I am. I'd far prefer the 6

It's dropping under 10 c at nights here now. It's a relief and comfort when the chill first arrives, but before too long I will be pining again for Summer.

It's only 63*F (17*C) in the afternoon where I live. We might get a few more warmer days later this month or even into early November. That happens in some years. Summer weather is basically over though. I have seen leaves begin to change color.

I once lived in a drier climate. The entire eastern half of the U.S. can be quite humid for me during summer, when combined with temperatures in the mid 80's to 90's. I have a window unit AC/dehumidifier for the summer months. And fortunately, my workplace has AC now too (they didn't have AC at the old building).

Juneau, Alaska would probably be my ideal type of climate, if I could just up and move anywhere and not have to worry about money and finding a job. I actually like it cool, cloudy, and rainy.

77 degrees here ....comfy for middle of the country .

I went to a garden club meeting dressed in summer clothes last Sunday and it got up into the 80s!
Then it dropped to near freezing a few days later. Now it is warming up a little.

I didn't think it possible for the temperature to rise that high at either pole. Concerning.

My flower garden survived the cold snap!

^congratulate
The highest temperature here will rise to 18 degrees tomorrow.The cold snap is over, and the long winter is coming.

Good news: Due to unusually low temperatures, this year's collective heating started early

Yes it demonstrates how much energy must be shifted to convert ice to water (which has a much higher heat capacity).

Once this absorption mechanism (which keeps things relatively cool) is gone, things are going to get hotter a lot faster, and a lot of people are going to roast!

I’m glad I won’t be around.

Apparently the North Poles isn't quite so cold as I had believed. It's possible the South Pole is much colder, but in Summer the high temperature at the North Pole is typically 0 and has been for some time, and it's not unusual for it to hit 22. Although it's hard to get good numbers because conditions there aren't actively monitored. Just showing my ignorance.

The arctic seas are actually at their warmest in September (that inertia again) which is significant to me as that was the time of year when I flew London to LAX and back in ‘81, and saw not one bit of open sea there, contrary to what some would have you believe, by altering the dates on satellite photos. Now that same North West Passage I flew over is wide open to shipping, even cruise liners!

The south pole is a lot cooler, but that is changing too: relatively warm moisture bearing air is getting further inland, leading to more precipitation, which then builds up to produce more ice, which eventually makes it’s way down to the sea.

With their usual ignorance, some climate change deniers argue that this shows things to be getting colder...

It's 10 Celsius where I am and rainy.