Comments on: Why This Winter is So Crazily Warm

By: UK Mark

UK Mark — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:53:45 +0000

UK Winter has been non existent. The mildest I can ever recall. Very dry as well. We had a 30C (90F) in October…and in March we are in the garden sunbathing! March should be about 50F not 70f+ I’ve never seen anything like it.. Yet every says “it’s beautiful..” no-one says “Gee, this isn’t right.” People actually seems to love G.W.

So is it PC to ignore G.W now? It’s freaking obvious isn’t it? Plain as my hand in front of my face.. yet we can’t say it is now? Weather cycles shouldn’t change this dramitcally this fast. Yet, let’s make Hethrow airport bigger and concentrate on the Olympics. G.W. can be put aside for our kids to deal with.

By: hilineload

hilineload — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:31:51 +0000

Sunspots are a recurring phenomena. There have been recorded solar mass ejections of much greater magnitude than the ones presently witnessed. While the “possible” influences of solar activity may help to explain some abnormal weather events, they fall short of explaining the severity of the weather we now see. I can not help but think there are other factors at work here.

By: Miska

Miska — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:56:00 +0000

Same here in Ohio everyone, as another Ohioan mentioned; crazy weather.

Right now as I type this, it is 9:54 PM EDT and the current temperature is 71 degrees!

I’ve lived in Ohio all my life and have NEVER, EVER seen weather like this in winter.

By: keiz

keiz — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:40:56 +0000

Well, right now its 74 (instead of average of 47) in Massachusetts. I’m glad to see from the posts here that other people are as worried as I am about the weather trend. What I find hard to believe is that you don’t hear anything about the “why” on news/weather broadcasts, well – the one’s I watch anyway. Make’s you wonder if there is something happening or going to happen that we are not told about. Maybe I’ve been watching too many movies (ex. 2012, the day after tomorrow etc)

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:25:40 +0000

I am in Michigan and our “winter” has mirrored Ohio, no snow and what snow we did have melted in hours. But we have had some rain and continually go through flash flood warnings. Where is the water coming from with no snow or significant rain? I have watched our pond flood out several times this winter with minimal rainfall. I too have never seen a winter like this and have lived in Michigan all my life. I was digging and cleaning out flower beds yesterday. My Magnolias and weeping cherries are getting ready to bloom and this is March 19th. We had a rare tornado in Michigan (too close) in this area last week that actually touched down. Extremely weird, but definitely not affecting just one area.

By: Hahn Volotok

Hahn Volotok — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:34:55 +0000

This has been the strangest winter in the northeast I have ever seen in my life. We got no cold weather and not one single snow alert the entire winter. We got at most one or two days where the temperature stayed below freezing all day. Otherwise it was up in the 40,s, 50′s and even 60′s every single day. The one snow we got this winter was about 3 or 4 inches and it melted in a day. Our biggest “snowstorm” was way back in October. when it normaly doesn’t snow around here. And the heat continues. It is more like June than March.

Most people living round here find this unusual weather “delightful”. I find it bizarre.

By: Keely

Keely — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:16:33 +0000

I live in Duluth mn where it’s always a cold long winter. It has snowed twice this winter and we’ve been enjoying 75 degrees! Insane!

By: Tam

Tam — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:19:55 +0000

In St.Catharines as well…looking outside my window at a swarm of bugs. My crocuses have bloomed and are now almost finished, a ton of bee’s laden with pollen are buzzing happily around them. Yesterday I was being attacked by mosquito’s in the garden. It’s 15 degrees here. The trees are budding, the birds are chirping and it feels like the end of May……but it’s March.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:13:20 +0000

From the comments i’ve read, this isn’t just a USA “problem” but a world wide thing. I say we all help little old Mother Nature figure things out by putting more input to recycle and saving water/energy. I know it might not make the biggest different but it never hurts to try!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:57:10 +0000

I live in Northeast Ohio, and our winters are usually quite cold and snowy, especially if you live in the snow belt. This winter has been so warm, it doesn’t even make sense. We’ve had a total of maybe 5 or 6 major snowfalls (by major, I mean 1-3 inches, stayed on ground for a few hours) The temperatures have been jumping all over the place, 32 one day, 65 the next. It’s throwing everyone here for a loop, that’s for sure.

I can’t say I hate mild winters, but looking at the forecast today and seeing a high of 79 later this week really alarms me. We are normally still buried in snow this time of year, and Ohio is known to have snow storms almost til May some years. But almost 80 degrees in mid March? This is practically unheard of, and makes me nervous for summer.