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Pretty close, but Prince was epic in that singular moment..in the rain, playing purple rain, jamming on that guitar like only he could...the best

It looks almost exactly like the classic El Nino composite. I have, throughout this Winter though often had the thought that 2 colder Winters followed by an El Nino might mean that El Nino next year goes colder, but the climate data says about average.

Last time that happened it was in the 70s on Christmas eve and iced coffee was being sold in NYC for most of that month.

I think Michael Jackson edged out Prince. Mike set the standard for all half-time shows. Don't get me wrong, Prince is an awesome guitar player and a masterful composer. However, Mike gave it that wow factor.

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With such a small sample size I doubt there's much of a relationship here. Does the first image look much different from a Nino composite?

I'm feeling a little ICE ICE baby vibe up in here

I’m assuming at this point you can probably commute on the rivers up there?

If anyone is curious, 2 colder than average Winters in the Northeast (DJF 24-25 and 25-26) followed by an El Nino is actually a common occurrence.. It has happened 10 times since 1950. Here's the temp composite for the following El Nino Winter (theory for 26-27): I was actually a little surprised that it didn't skew a little cooler. Precip is also surprisingly a little below average in the Mid-Atlantic, with only 10 examples hard to say if that's a coincidence or the pattern continued forward.

Over or under on one td by either team? lol

If anyone is curious, 2 colder than average Winters in the Northeast (DJF 24-25 and 25-26) followed by an El Nino is actually a common occurrence.. It has happened 10 times since 1950. Here's the temp composite for the following El Nino Winter (theory for 26-27): I was actually a little surprised that it didn't skew a little cooler. Precip is also surprisingly below average in the Mid-Atlantic, with only 10 examples hard to say if that's a coincidence or the pattern.

Good point - dunno anymore. I still remember #1....

Lol. Sums it up. It’s not that serious.

-8.5°.

What exactly is it supposed to be about?

Purple rain

Dang I’m at 18!

Here’s what the Super Bowl is about: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

How many colder 3 week periods do you have in your personal records?

Any of those artists and many more would have been better and far more representational of what the Super Bowl is supposed to be about.

lol @Cobalt keeps the damn receipts

That's fine. Prince was the best all time hands down imo. Not everyone will agree with that. Maybe have an open mind. This dude just cleaned up at the Grammys. Must be doing something right.

Even worse than last year's? lmao get a grip

Wow already

You gotta’ wonder if tomorrow morning ends up colder than this morning was?