[magellan]

I think it topped out at 82 degrees here in GR yesterday. It's almost too bizarre for words.

[michigan83]

Originally Posted by michsnowlvr

should have said the eastern half of the nation. Its usually always the opositte (cold east, warm west, and vice versa).

Funny thing though, love when I hear someone attribute 1 mild winter to climate change. Sure, this was Detroits 6th warmest winter. Yet, when you look at the top 20 warmest winters since 1870, 15 of the 20 were before 1960, and many of those before 1930. We were due, hoping we turn the page and next winter we see the heavy snows return.

Bill Steffen from WoodTV in GR , who does an interesting weather blog every day, seems to think that this pattern is setting up similarly to 1966, when we had a very warm spring. Things turned colder and we ended up having two very harsh winters in 1967 and 1968.

He also points out that, even though things are very warm in this part of the world, the global temp is actually slightly less than average right now (0.123 degrees C below average). Meteorologists tend to be very skeptical when it comes to climate change theory, much more so than scientists seem to be.

Here is a link to the blog, it is usually an interesting read: Cold next winter? Or the winter after that? | WOODTV.com Blogs

This is a cool map! It shows difference from average temp globally. Notice that it is warm here, but it is really only our small portion of the world that is way above average: