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Last winter we had a cold snowy season. Unless we have a very late winter we have had the mildest temps I can remember here in NC. Some days are like May others like Sept/Oct but Dec & Jan thus far are not typical. Anyone else remember such unseasonably warm temps? I could have worn shorts today!
I don't live in North Carolina nor do I monitor it closely, so I can't speak for its weather. However, the warm winter you are having in the Southeast U.S. is just lousy. I'm among the first to root for more cold and more snow anywhere .
I second Patricius. I think that, in a way, having unseasonably warm weather is worse than having seasonable and expected warm or hot weather. After all, you already know that if it's summer it's going to be hot. (Still hate it, though).
I second Patricius. I think that, in a way, having unseasonably warm weather is worse than having seasonable and expected warm or hot weather. After all, you already know that if it's summer it's going to be hot. (Still hate it, though).
Indeed it can be a disappointment, but we are still having a break from summer. Still pleasantly cool in much of the country.
Not sure where in NC the OP is in, but Charlotte's average temperature this month is around 45 F. Far better than typical summer weather.
Bananas (the plant) are supposed to be toast by Christmas here in the outskirts of Houston, but except for some scorching they are still growing in mid winter
Bananas (the plant) are supposed to be toast by Christmas here in the outskirts of Houston, but except for some scorching they are still growing in mid winter
I was in Atlanta early in December...I saw many bananas still alive in private gardens. From what I've seen of NWS sites - most cities from Brownsville to Savannah have had less than 12 nights with frost all winter.
In most of Florida, (from what I can tell), only 5 nights had a frost, and from Orlando southward there has been no frost at all.
Brownsville has only briefly dropped to 34*F this winter, while South Padre Island hasn't even gone below 40*F. Hopefully it will stay this way, and the coconut palms there will have a chance to recover...
Zone 9b (25-30*F) in Texas is more then 300 miles north of the 1990 northern boundary, and Zone 10a (30-35*F) goes all the way up to coastal Corpus Christi.
Brownsville has only briefly dropped to 34*F this winter, while South Padre Island hasn't even gone below 40*F. Hopefully it will stay this way, and the coconut palms there will have a chance to recover...
I hope they're all killed off permanently as I don't like tropical or otherwise unhardy vegetation. Out with the coconut palms and in with the maples and oaks (or even spruces if we're lucky) . I'm half-joking here, but in all seriousness the vegetation pattern we had during the last glacial period suits me better. However, I don't really begrudge South Padre Island's coconut palms as they're nowhere near where I live.
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. I'm half-joking here, but in all seriousness the vegetation pattern we had during the last glacial period suits me better. However, I don't really begrudge South Padre Island's coconut palms as they're nowhere near where I live.
