Our summers are basically now 7 months- AMJJASO.. and sometimes into N.
We are kind of the inversion of a hyper-continental climate, where Spring and Fall are brief to almost non existent, but instead of long cold winters we get seemingly never-ending summer.
46 now with the heat on. Low 80s yesterday with AC on.
AC might be back on tomorrow lol. BDCFs are a thing this time of year with HP to the NE.
Looking forward to next week, which looks Fall-like with low temps around freezing possible a couple nights. I will be in Rehoboth mid next week. Forecast is sunny with temps in the 50s. Perfect.
Warm is gonna win in this pattern, other than any rainy periods. Upper 70s- low 80s. Too warm too early for my liking. Why cant we just do 'normal' in early Spring sometimes lol. Right to late May/Early June weather. Fuck that shit.
Climo snowfall varies quite a bit across our region as you know. 20 inches here is a pretty good winter, but not so much for places N&W. That said we probably all should have more "reasonable" (lower) climo standards for what qualifies as a good winter.
A Cape winter story. It was a pretty impressive winter.
First snow in early Dec
The glacier storm a week after it fell
Tuckahoe in early Feb
Late Feb storm
The late day March snow after a morning high of 70
Cant argue. Last winter was a good one with 2 6"+ snowstorms(both all snow) and had snow otg for 2 weeks or so in Jan. I was just above climo here. Our area has a had a pretty nice run overall since the 2016 Nino. A couple lean winters plus the ratter mixed in.
It snowed in D,J,F,M. Brutal cold period after the glacier. 3 weeks with snow/ice cover- that period ending up bone dry was the one nitpick. The Feb storm topped it off with 10". Over climo with 22.7"- and my measurements are usually low because I typically measure what's otg as I am often not home during the whole storm. (There was a report from an EM in Greensboro of 14" in the Feb storm).
Anyway.. A-
Had there been even a modest 2-4" snow event on top the Glacier I probably would have gone with a perfect score.
This winter was impressively cold overall, but some/much of that cold was wasted. Some areas did well with frozen precip opportunities wrt climo, others not so much. Time to grade it.
Some are likely shopping for a new computer, printer, TV, etc today. Happened to my parents last summer with an explosive nearby strike. Unplugging is a good idea when prolific lightning is expected as it removes the physical path for electromagnetic surges.
April is Spring. Fucking 80s? GTFOH. But ofc we will , because we do premature heat better than anything. Okay, 80s and humid with a Bermuda High in April it is.
Then 5+ months more of heat. Sure, bring it, I guess.