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Night before last, it was 9 degrees here near Hendersonville. That was the coldest it's been here so far this year. It's supposed to be in the 60s this week for 3 days. We've only had a few flurries so far and no snow last year. I hope we get some this year. I know areas northeast of here have had some.
We had a bit of snow in Weaverville Tuesday. There was enough to cover the ground for a bit, but that was about it. By Friday, more snow fell and made the gravel road hard to get around on.
I was in downtown Asheville Tuesday - I don't think there was any snow on the ground then.
As a gardener (ornamental not vegies) I miss the protective snow cover for plants that was the norm in most of my midwest years although one of the reasons we moved here was milder winters. There's no pleasing me! More recently there have been snowless midwest winters as well although they are getting abundant snow this year. Anywhere you go it seems normal isn't normal.
On one of our first visits to WNC back in 2010 we got off the plane at AVL to 17 degrees in Feb. It gets cold here but we've also had Thanksgiving on the porch at 70 degrees. The up and down here in short time spans is what I find unusual but maybe those changes are happening in other places too.
In 25 + years of visiting and owning in WNC, the cold and snow are not nearly as cold or snowy as the previous couple of decades.
For years, I spend a couple of hours whenever we left our mt cabin winterizing to be certain the weather conditions did not cause issues while we were absent.
I have not winterized once since 2022, It's cheaper and easier to run the Elec/propane/kerosene heat during those rare occurrences where we needed it for prolonged cold spells. (plus, we used the place much more over the last couple of winters.)
Our mountain neighbors report v cold past couple of days: below zero overnight and ~20s daytime, with our v steep, curvy single mtn road impassable in stretches even after our salt/plow person did their best. Will be passable later today and more this week.
Our community had several 'no go' days last winter and two periods so far this winter. We all know how to drive it, but even with snow tires, ice and refrozen snow cover precludes it, our neighbors report.
Not a problem for any of the full time neighbors, who are all 'prepared' for stretches of house bound, other than an ambulance would have little to no chance to get 'up' to someone's house for those days...
We did four winters full time, early 2000s, and I agree with getatag that winters were more severe 'then', in general.
4,500 ft to mile high elevation living has its features, benefits and allure, but is not for everyone.
Don't count it out yet hickoryfan....... there's still another month of potential left in them thar' hills.
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