bluejeep wrote:2 deg. this morning, had about all the "global warming" I can stand.
Love this comment ... LOL! I'm not in denial about climate change, but it does seem that in my 57 years there have always been wild year-to-year fluctuations in weather patterns.
This year, we didn't really see any snow until mid-January, with above freezing temps all through December. But now it's piled up with a vengeance!
Last year (2013-2014), we had snow running steadily from late-November to early-April, but never in quantities like this year.
The year before (2012-2013), I don't think I started the snowblower any more than 3 times all winter.
And it has always fluctuated like this here in Nova Scotia, where I've lived all my life. A lot of that has to do with living by the ocean, where we can get colder Labrador air one day, replaced by warm Gulf Stream air the next. It's not unusual to have 20 - 30 degree temperature fluctuations in a 24 hour period, which drives us all a bit nuts at times.