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I remember saying that January 2012 after 11 months above normal in a row.. but we ended up warmer that month, and the next month and I said it again April 2012 but nope, never folded, next month, next month, next month all above normal all through the summer and into the fall..
So if what goes up must come down, then we have a lot of catching up to do still.. It could go till Fall. We never know.
Naturally we think opposite based on probabilities but we just never know.
We've been below normal for the majority of the past two years, maybe we're about to turn the corner, I'm not holding my breath, but at some point something has to give. I wonder if there's ever been three years of above/below normal temps in a row.
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Originally Posted by tom77falcons
I used to think that. I'm starting to think this is just the new reality. Is there really anywhere else in the world that gets two years of below avg temps? I'm just so tired of this crap and the climate fail of North America. We just had one of the coldest feb's in decades preceded by another Jan below avg and now it is never ending just like last Spring.
As volatile as NA is I doubt we can sustain these cooler anomalies for much longer, but maybe that's just wishful thinking. But we're going to warm up regardless of what pattern we're in. The Euro is showing a cooler west and warmer east in the long range (next week in April), I'm just hoping the change isn't transient.
We've been below normal for the majority of the past two years, maybe we're about to turn the corner, I'm not holding my breath, but at some point something has to give. I wonder if there's ever been three years of above/below normal temps in a row.
As volatile as NA is I doubt we can sustain these cooler anomalies for much longer, but maybe that's just wishful thinking. But we're going to warm up regardless of what pattern we're in. The Euro is showing a cooler west and warmer east in the long range (next week in April), I'm just hoping the change isn't transient.
The Midwest is as volatile as it gets, but sometimes we get stuck into these overall patterns of majority warm or cool.
Check out the Mean monthly and annual departures from normal since 1999.
I remember saying that January 2012 after 11 months above normal in a row.. but we ended up warmer that month, and the next month and I said it again April 2012 but nope, never folded, next month, next month, next month all above normal all through the summer and into the fall..
So if what goes up must come down, then we have a lot of catching up to do still.. It could go till Fall. We never know.
Naturally we think opposite based on probabilities but we just never know.
Last year, April was near normal. But everything came up very late, lots of bare trees in early May. Hard to see how that won't happen again.
The what goes up must comes down isn't really true; following a cold month the next month is more likely to be cold but the correlation is weak.
Ok, so I will be in Phoenix this weekend.... It will reach 96F/36C. I will be sitting in my in law's pool, drinking heavily, and grilling steaks all next week! It will even reach 78F/26C in South Dakota, so the warm air mass isn't that far from Chicago...
It's overcast and muggy this morning here, 72 F with a 70 F dew point right now. Calling for 85 F (29 C) today with a chance of showers. Much of the rest of this week looks about the same, 85-86 F during the day and around 70 F at night. Looks like a cool down this weekend with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s, looking forward to it.
177cm of snow in katterjåkk (western lapland) now, and an additional 10cm is forecasted for tomorrow.
here's annual max depths there since 1970.
average yearly max depth through this time period is 155cm (highest 265cm, lowest 93cm).
ofc nothing compared to some of the norwegian stations, but it's non-theless sweden's "snowy paradise". at least if you count populated areas.
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It will even reach 78F/26C in South Dakota, so the warm air mass isn't that far from Chicago... 
