It’s time for the annual charting of when I turn the heat on.

This year is a little earlier than normal (third earliest on record), but it feels like fall has turned colder much faster this year. We had nice weather for a while, then it dropped pretty quick and stayed there.

We might hit 70 on Wednesday, but otherwise the forecast is more of the same (and cloudy).

I struggled through the weekend resisting the call to turn on the furnace, but sitting at my desk typing and having to keep blowing on my hands is kind of stupid.

Here’s the historical (i.e., nerdy) data:

• 2018: October 1 (inside temp: 61)
• 2017: October 12 (inside temp: 64)
• 2016: October 14 (inside temp: 62)
• 2015: October 28 (inside temp: 62)
• 2014: October 5 (inside temp: 60)
• 2013: October 16 (inside temp: 63)
• 2012: October 8 (inside temp: 59)
• 2011: October 20 (inside temp: 60)
• 2010: October 24 (inside temp: 63)
• 2009: October 2 (inside temp: 63)
• 2008: October 16 (inside temp: 61)
• 2007: October 11 (inside temp: 63)
• 2006: September 21 (inside temp: 64)
• 2005: October 24 (inside temp: 55)
• 2004: October 5 (inside temp: 58)
• 2003: September 29 (inside temp: 58)