How is your local weather this year compared to "normal" conditions

[dirt ditch]

We have a new guy at work from California. This will be his family's first ice storm and the crew gave him several tips on how to prepare. If we get as much as they are calling for, a lot of power lines and tree limbs are going to come down.

 

[brown40]

From extreme Eastern Maine: unseasonably mild. NO snow on the ground (2 years ago had over 6 feet by now) and having days consistently over freezing. We should be in the teens with snowpack and thick lake ice--I don't think most bodies have 12" of ice yet.
The loss of old pack ice in the Arctic went from "potentially problematic" to "that's dark now, and dark absorbs the suns energy".
We now have the impossible open sea route to Asia without needing the Panama Canal or going around South America. Greenland's ice sheets are fading as well. The weather experience we have is about to be obsolete, with a "new" massive body of water heating up and becoming more dynamic right around the North Pole.
This has haunted me since I stumbled upon it--say what you will about global warming, greenhouse gases and carbon emissions: it was socked away in the crust until we liberated it. We need to avoid getting to a point of no return--if this wasn't our signal that we may have passed it...
Watch 25 Years of Arctic Sea Ice Disappear in 1 Minute - YouTube

 

[Larry Caldwell]

The entire Pacific North Wet has been making up for the previous few years of drought. It has been colder and wetter than normal, which is pretty average. Snow pack in the mountains is building up nicely. If we avoid a big Pineapple Express that would melt it all, next summer looks to be in pretty good shape.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

BUMP!!!! I feel like this topic should be discussed every year going forward. I for one believe our climate is changing, I am pointing no fingers, BUT IT IS CHANGING!

I live in Southeast TN, this year 2018 into early 2019 have been EXTREMELY WET and warmer than normal. As global weather changes I believe local climates shift into a new norm. I fear our new norm here in the SE is trending towards wetter and warmer. Which sucks for me because 75% of my 14 acres is in flood plain. This year alone I bet the creek has flooded it 6 or 7 times. Normally, it is 2 or 3.

 

[Ken]

Having owned and lived here for over 70 years in the Foot Hills of the Ozarks Ark. as a kid the creek crossings were low water type and sometimes unable to cross over due to storms and flooding . unable to get to towns due to roads washed out by storms . Tornados were frequent in the spring time and also the Government built Greer's Ferry lake with design idea of take 5 years to fill to flowing over the dam. One storm filled until there was concern if dam would hold since curing of concrete had not taken place . Also several flood control dams to allow flooding be controlled by controlled releasing of weather related floods.
Towns were frequent flooded by storms and rain every spring until after April. Deep snow and over hot summers was common . Past several years 20 or more weather has been good and can work out side seldom held inside
New generation is griping about weather change and how bad it is.
Strange every weather report talks about new record of weather conditions .
we just laugh at the report .
ken

 

[Oaktree]

Just personal observation here, no actual record keeping to back it up but this winter seems to be fairly normal, whatever normal means anymore. Average amount of snow, slightly below average temperature.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I know it isn't normal for my fruit trees to start blooming in first week of February. I have peach trees in full bloom for a week or more now and nectarine and plum budded out and ready to bloom.
Last year they all bloomed early and then we had an artic front come thru and froze all the fruit, so not one piece of fruit last year. I hope we dont have another cold snap in March like last year> Weather forecast for next 7 days looks good with no temps below freezing.

 

[ericm979]

We've gotten a lot of rain this winter. (in our area all the rain is in the winter and spring). We've already reached the yearly average of 45" and we're only halfway through the season. But it's not as bad as the winter of 2017 where we ended up with 100" for the season, with many power outages and long term road closures.

 

[Jim Nelson]

We live in a desert that men have tried to irrigate into a green paradise but we still have weather. This year we have a little over 15" of rain in the first 6 weeks,"normal" annual is 13"-14".I don't know what the weather guessers rainy season total is because I don't understand their reasoning, so I just keep track of calendar year totals. I've lived here 33 years and the wettest year I remember was 1993-1994 and we got over 3 feet of rain. In the early 2000's one year we only had.2" into mid Dec. when it finally rained.
I think that weather has been changing from the beginning of time and will continue to change until the end of time.We just need to make the best of what we get and accept it.

 

[Ken]

I know it isn't normal for my fruit trees to start blooming in first week of February. I have peach trees in full bloom for a week or more now and nectarine and plum budded out and ready to bloom.
Last year they all bloomed early and then we had an artic front come thru and froze all the fruit, so not one piece of fruit last year. I hope we dont have another cold snap in March like last year> Weather forecast for next 7 days looks good with no temps below freezing.

Gary almost every year we have a just before Easter freeze. takes the fruit trees very few years that it has missed.
Black Berry cold snap that set the plants back also.
ken