Winter Thread 2016-17 (Northern Hemisphere) (snow, warm, records, warming)

[alex985]

I can understand feeling cold at 68 F and rainy coming from a tropical climate, and a 61 F classroom sounds positively freezing.



But 78 F and humid? Come on.

[chicagogeorge]

https://twitter.com/ericfisher/statu...34896163655680

[alex985]

I would love to be in that purple region in BC, or the green in southwestern AK.

[Stitch227]

Originally Posted by nei

Jeez... forgot it's been a mild February in places that closeby

I didn't know New England was actually below average. I knew it wasn't as warm as us and places south and west but I thought it was still above average. Snowpack must be keeping the temps down.

[Stitch227]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

https://twitter.com/ericfisher/statu...34896163655680

Btw do you know the site where these maps are generated? They look great compared to the NOAA maps.

[Warszawa]

The fact that all the cold is going to New England already as opposed to here is a good sign, I think it means the early end of winter. Cold New England/mild everything else is a pattern you'd normally see in March or April. If the core of the cold was over Ontario or Quebec then I'd be worried. And that huge cold mass over Seattle and the Pacific Northwest is a great sign as well

[nei]

Originally Posted by Stitch227

I didn't know New England was actually below average. I knew it wasn't as warm as us and places south and west but I thought it was still above average. Snowpack must be keeping the temps down.

We've averaged 0.9°F below average. It was above average before the snow, but not by that much. Late January was much warmer.

[Warszawa]

Average difference in highs (F) between January and March

Winnipeg: +18.9
Des Moines: +18.0
Minneapolis: +17.6
Omaha: +17.5
Kansas City: +16.7
St. Louis: +16.0
Chicago: +15.3
Cincinnati: +14.5
Montreal: +14.0
Detroit: +13.8
Albany: +13.8
Pittsburgh: +13.5
Washington DC: +12.5
Philadelphia: +12.4
Atlanta: +12.3
New York City: +11.4
Portland, Maine: +10.9
Buffalo: +10.8
Denver: +10.4
Toronto: +9.8
Portland, Oregon: +9.7
Boston: +9.6
Halifax: +6.7
Seattle: +6.5
Nantucket: +6.2

[alex985]

And then you have places like Yakutsk, that jump 40 F in average highs from January to March.

[Cambium]

26° tonight.
21° tomorrow night.

I am so sick of these cold nights and mornings!!