Incredible Autumn

November in southern Switzerland by LadyDuck
By Anna
@LadyDuck (460909)
Switzerland
November 8, 2015 10:12am CST
I took the photo that you see on the right, today during my afternoon walk. We are in November, the trees should have lost all their leaves, but everything is still green. Today the temperature jumped to 26 degrees Celsius (78.8 F). Of course I like this weather, but our average November temperature is around 11 degrees (53 F), now it's too hot. The temperature can abruptly drop any day, if it snows the branches, full of leaves, will break and this is a shame. Do you believe this is the so called "greenhouse effect"? There is nothing we can do, let's enjoy the nice weather until it last.
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@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
8 Nov 15
The birds are singing! They seem to have spring feelings. Hopefully,they don't lay eggs because they or the little ones would freeze during the cold nights which are sure to come soon.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
8 Nov 15
m.-l. Here the birds have migrated to the South for warmer temperatures.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
@Marcyaz Some birds, like the European red robins, come here for the winter. They are very busy eating and building their nests.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
I see the birds very active, I fear they are laying eggs, but soon the cold will be here, I am sure.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 15
That's really warm for your country at this time of year, isn't it? It's been fairly mild in England, but nothing like that.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
I cannot remember a November so warm, it's very unusual.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
@RasmaSandra You are right, it does not look like Autumn this year.
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@RasmaSandra (74264)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Nov 15
@LadyDuck even though most of our trees are bare, the grass is till green and the damp, cool rainy weather makes it seem like spring not November in northern Europe.
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• United States
8 Nov 15
I do Anna. There is something very strange going on as I see by your photo and listening to others here around the world regarding the very warm weather unseasonably warm. Here too it has been rather unusual and the trees are just now beginning to turn.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
Even the maple in my garden still has all the leaves on, the birds are very active, they think it's late spring, poor things.
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• United States
8 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Aw the poor birds yes the animals get confused.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
8 Nov 15
Our trees have pretty much turned already and we even see some with no leaves at all.
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• United States
8 Nov 15
Our temperatures are very close to yours. Unseasonably warm for November but I'm enjoying it before it gets cold and snowy
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
I am also enjoying because I like to walk, but it's not good for the trees and the flowers.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 15
It is warmish here but terribly grey today. I wish we had blue skies like that. As for the green house effect I think this has been over hyped.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Nov 15
It is no doubt better weather down in your tropical half of the country Gary than it is up here in the wet half.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
We went for a long walk in the wood dressed like in summer, I cannot believe it.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 15
@Asylum Well it has been dry I must say so that is something to be grateful for. It is quite a hardship living in the tropics down here you know!
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
8 Nov 15
Are you sure that's not just an evergreen tree?
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
8 Nov 15
@LadyDuck That is very weird.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Nov 15
It is excellent weather here in England for November. Of course it has been overcast and raining for most of the day as usual.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Nov 15
@LadyDuck II never want to see fog again, not that I can see it very well when it is foggy.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
I am sorry Barry. This weather is unusual, it does not look like November, I miss the fog.
@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
@Asylum I can understand what you mean. I do not know why I like the fog, surely because I like mystery movies.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
8 Nov 15
There is nothing we can do, ... We already did enough damage to Mother Nature and still there are millions who still dont understand. It is pathetic. The climate here too has drastically changed. At this time of the year (until last year) we had to turn off the fans early morning (say at around 3:00 am), but this year it is still terribly hot. Though the days have shortened yet, there is nothing called cool in the air around.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
Now it is late evening, it's dark outside and we are back to 12 degrees Celsius. It's not a normal weather.
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• Preston, England
9 Nov 15
quite impressive - looks like the height of summer so yes, the global warming effect is worrying
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• Preston, England
9 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I went to a talk last year by a climatologist - his theme was very much that it is really too late now which was rather worrying.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
It is scaring also because I am noticing extreme temperatures and phenomena. Too cold and a lot of snow in winter, strong wind in Spring and too much hot in summer. I wonder if we can stop this process.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
@arthurchappell This is what I thought, it is too late and governments are doing nothing to stop this trend.
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@Juliaacv (48749)
• Canada
8 Nov 15
We had that kind of weather last week, enjoy it! Our trees are mostly all bare these days as the nights are cool and we've had wind and rain recently which coaxed the last of the leaves off of the trees. I do believe in the greenhouse effect.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Here in the US the weather is cyclical we are in a snowy cold winter cycle.but it can change at any time.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
I also think that there is something wrong with the weather, we never had those temperatures in November.
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@RasmaSandra (74264)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Nov 15
@Juliaacv your weather sounds very much like ours here in Latvia.
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• United States
8 Nov 15
Beautiful blue sky - ours looks similar - a nice change. We aren't as warm as you are it's only about 60 but at least the sun is out.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
It is too hot, I have checked the weather forecast and it seems all the coming week will be beautiful and warm. We will pay this in December, I am sure.
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• United States
8 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Enjoy it - we will be cool - 50's and more rain coming.
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• Canada
9 Nov 15
That is amazing that your leaves are still green. Ours are all off the branches by now. Is there a chance you'll get snow before your leaves fall off?
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
Yes, unfortunately it can happen, it already happened a few years ago, there were broken branches on all the roads. Let's hope that it does not happen this year.
@tuttiharris (1338)
• Chattanooga, Tennessee
9 Nov 15
@LadyDuck (10154),We have had a roller coaster fall. Up in the 80s one day, today it is 50, and next week it is supposed to get to 31.. Our leaves are falling very fast. They have turned very beautiful right now, and I love them. But yeah, we have had a strange fall. Love to you my firend, and love the picture of the tree. It sure would be beautiful if it had its leaves all in color.
@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
Only my maples and some ivy are red, all the other trees are still mostly green.
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• Chennai, India
9 Nov 15
its autumn, yet trees are greeny,,,, swiz is always a place i wish to check in...
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
10 Nov 15
@thiyagu_rtr I would say, the security, the peace and the stability of the country.
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• Chennai, India
10 Nov 15
@LadyDuck well, just to know, what do you admire about swiz ???
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@GardenGerty (157985)
• United States
8 Nov 15
Weather seems to go in cycles. A bad winter is predicted, but yes, like you we are having very mild weather. I have heard it is because of El Nino, currents in the ocean. As you say, we cannot change it, so we should enjoy it.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
I have heard about the come back of El NiƱo but I have never heard, even in the past, of a November with this kind of temperatures.
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
17 Nov 15
I think the weather is very strange. Something is surely messing it up. Our leaves are falling with wild abandon. Keith blows they up into a pile and a few days later two more inches are covering the yard again.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
17 Nov 15
There are still plenty of leaves on the trees, but Saturday the bad weather will come with heavy rain, I am sure they will all fall on the ground.
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@yalul070 (1713)
• Manila, Philippines
9 Nov 15
i think it's more like climate change. well enjoy the greens while they last.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
It's nice to see a beautiful sunny weather, but it's weird in this season.
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@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
8 Nov 15
Beautiful photo Anna. Apart from a cold patch last week, Spring is going really well here.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
This is not a normal weather, I am happy that we have nice weather, but we should have fog and cold right now.
@Tampa_girl7 (49325)
• United States
8 Nov 15
Our weather has been insane here too.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
8 Nov 15
It's weird, November should be a grey month with fog and humid air.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
9 Nov 15
I guess that is warm in this time of the year for Swiss climate. 26 degrees is what is present in Kolkata now, and that is warm. Greenhouse effect has postponed all the special features of seasons by a month or two.....it's a shame.
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@LadyDuck (460909)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 15
It is too hot for our Country, the normal temperature for November should not be more than 12 degrees.
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• Kolkata, India
9 Nov 15
@LadyDuck if it is continuously for some days, then you might be experiencing unusual heat wave, but it's too absurd for this time of the year. Hope the temperature plummets soon.
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