As it happens, it’s about 10 C (50 F) near me, and I did actually think about using my leaf blower for a very specific purpose in the rain: blowing the leaves clear of the gutters.

I saw outside my window that the autumn leaves formed a dam in the gutter, impounding an amount of water which started diverting onto the asphalt and the sidewalk. From what little I know about road construction, water intrusion is the greater enemy so I didn’t want to let the small pond sit there.

In the end, I just picked the leaves up by hand to remove the obstruction. But if I had a lot more gutter, leaf blower would be the first tool to come to mind.