
Cold Weather is Coming . . . But How Cold and For How Long?
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Well I would have to say ya all at the farmers almanac seem to be spot on coming from where im setting
(Jackson, Mi.)
I had just heard of a rather bitter cold front that was coming this way,
Which after what seemed to be a hint of march/april mild temp. I WAS NOT WELCOMING THIS COLD MESS AND WAS RATHER SALTY AT THE MER THOUGHT OF HAVING TO ENTERTAIN IT ,
so I did what any hillbilly girl would do that couldnt turn to her
she wouldn't dare even think about going to Google.... .umm ummm no sir not this girl ....not over in these parts...lemme tell ya what STOPPED ME .. FEAR AND COMMON SENSE!!
FEAR that my pa-paw was rolling over in his grave @ the mer thought of me "second guessing" anything that he had taught me..
And COMMON SENSE because every hillbilly knows why all else fails ..yens take ya ass'z to the hau-ss and get the almanac
and its spot on yet again ...
Hasn't steered me wrong in 44yrs.
Coooooolllllllddddddddd this year!
I haven't seen that much snow during the Christmas Holidays since I was a kid and that was 50 years ago! We broke all kind of records for stretches of days below zero. I think it was 13 straight days. There is no way this was an average winter. WAY COLDER than normal. The lake effect snow from Lake Michigan really dumped on us this year. My poor dogs were getting cabin fever bad and so was their momma!
There certainly was a period from right around / just past Christmas that was bitterly, painfully, angrily cold for, as you say, about two weeks. Then, the severe cold backed off and there were some relatively (key word here) mild, even pleasant, days. As we write this (March 6), it’s about to get cold again, east of the Rockies. So, to your point about “average” winter. We won’t know officially (by our calculations) if it is or not until winter is over. Spring begins on March 20. And, take note of the color map above; we did predict a “snowy” (above-normally white) winter in most of “the mitten” (of Michigan) but certainly in South Bend.
Lots of people, including us here in New Hampshire, have had cabin fever at some point this season. But it’s winter. And if there comes a time that we do not have a winter … well, we might look back on these days fondly.
Thanks for taking the time to write and let us know how your winter is/was.
Janice
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