How is the Autumn Season Shaping UP In Your Area?

[940]

Originally Posted by Nameless

That was last year 200 miles to your north where I am

I'm in Denton which is about 175 miles south (I'm 35 miles north of Dallas)..I don't remember you guys getting that cold last year..I'm such a weather geek that I usually remember the worst of the cold weather in this general area...if OKC was below zero a few times, we'd definitely be 5 or 10 here b/c sometimes the distance isn't much of a difference once the cold air has swept all the way through...

That winter I'm speaking about, the highs in North TX ranged from 8-15 degrees and the nights were below zero or at zero quite a few times...I remember Kansas City didn't even get above zero sometimes..

[940]

Originally Posted by 940

I'm in Denton which is about 175 miles south (I'm 35 miles north of Dallas)...

I guess I can't count either...lol..200 miles minus 35 miles is 165 miles and not 175 as I posted...

I've made it from Denton to Norman (OU) in about 2 hours doing 70 the whole way..not a bad commute at all really.

[Jammie]

That was probably the same winter that we didn't see a high of zero for three weeks. That was awful. Our days would warm UP to -10 and our nights were -30. BRRR

[GraniteStater]

Even though many people dislike frigid cold we really DO need a winter with cold temperatures. I have seen a lot of invasive species from southern climates migrate to the Kansas and Missouri area over the past few years. The winter temperatures do not get very cold for long periods of time anymore.

[aiangel_writer]

Plains, I totally agree with you on this. As someone living in the South, I can attest for the temps not getting as cold and for as long, which is turning our insect population lose on the area. Never before have I seen so many cases of West Nile in our state and we have to issue notices of what to do to protect ourselves from them.

When I was younger, our ground would actually freeze solid and stay that way for a long time, I cannot remember the last time our ground froze. That is scary as well as sad. If we do not have winters cold enough to kill out some of the insects, we will continue to be overun with them each Spring, summer and fall.

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by aiangel_writer

Plains, I totally agree with you on this. As someone living in the South, I can attest for the temps not getting as cold and for as long, which is turning our insect population lose on the area. Never before have I seen so many cases of West Nile in our state and we have to issue notices of what to do to protect ourselves from them.

When I was younger, our ground would actually freeze solid and stay that way for a long time, I cannot remember the last time our ground froze. That is scary as well as sad. If we do not have winters cold enough to kill out some of the insects, we will continue to be overun with them each Spring, summer and fall.

Oh West Nile~that's something that So. Dak. is plagued with, too. We have had years with so many cases of it considering we're a very low population state. There have been so many cases that I personally know about 5 people who've had it.

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by Jammie

That was probably the same winter that we didn't see a high of zero for three weeks. That was awful. Our days would warm UP to -10 and our nights were -30. BRRR

that's GREAT weather I don't know what are you talking about?

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by aiangel_writer

Plains, I totally agree with you on this. As someone living in the South, I can attest for the temps not getting as cold and for as long, which is turning our insect population lose on the area. Never before have I seen so many cases of West Nile in our state and we have to issue notices of what to do to protect ourselves from them.

When I was younger, our ground would actually freeze solid and stay that way for a long time, I cannot remember the last time our ground froze. That is scary as well as sad. If we do not have winters cold enough to kill out some of the insects, we will continue to be overun with them each Spring, summer and fall.

How old is West Nile? I never heard of it until maybe 3-4 years ago.

Is it new to North America? (it sounds like it's from Egypt )

I heard that the 1970's were actually colder than normal for most of North America, so cold scientists thought we might get another Ice Age, so it would not be the best reference for what is normal, if that's what you're remembering.

Right now Ontario is seasonal to slightly below seasonal... Don't know about the South or the Plains but it seems like Ontario will have no problem mowing down the maximum number of insects before next summer.

[Jammie]

http://edcp.org/factsheets/wnv_fact.html (broken link)

CC, it does look like West Nile wasn't detected here until 1999. They spray for mosquitoes several times during our summers now and it's mainly for West Nile and not because they're just a nuisance. Has it reached Canada yet?

I remember the "ice age is coming" back in the 70s. I don't know if a lot of records were actually broken, but it was a cold spell. And the 60s were notorious for snow in the Midwest/Plains states. I still have pics from 1962 where bro and I were sitting on top of a snowbank. All you could see was the very tip of our house and it was a huge farm house. Then in 1968/1969 we also had huge snowfalls. Then the snow tapered off a bit until the 1996/1997 winter. It snowed every two or three days and we were buried for many months that season.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by Jammie

http://edcp.org/factsheets/wnv_fact.html (broken link)

CC, it does look like West Nile wasn't detected here until 1999. They spray for mosquitoes several times during our summers now and it's mainly for West Nile and not because they're just a nuisance.

Has it reached Canada yet?

Thanks for the link, I'll check it later. (kinda busy tonight)

Yes it has reached Canada, years ago. I think they were starting to talk about it in Toronto around 2000 or 2001...

We haven't had many cases in the last few years though... 2003 and 2004 was pretty bad for it I think.