JustinRP37

That’s what I said to my family. Wild. The thing I hate about the end of winter is you never know when you’ll get a good winter again these days. My son is 7 and this was the first good winter of his life. Every summer lately you know will be hot and stay for a long time.

Can’t get over the snow and heat at the same time!

Very crazy to be at a playground with about 4-6 inches of snow on the ground with the air temp of 74. Wild times.

And it might not all be dog $hit. There could be some human mixed in there as well... At least when it was frozen it wouldn't get everywhere.

Not sure any amount of rain can wash away all the dog $hit on the sidewalks.

It is kind of funny that while we had a cold winter, the vast majority of the country saw one of the warmest winters on record. Florida, even with the cold spell, saw their 2nd warmest winter, DJF period. Looking at the developing pattern, I do think spring will come in very quickly. I do think ski season will end up ending earlier than normal throughout the region. I also think this will be one of the warmer summers. Enjoy the snow cover while you can because it will be brown and muddy after it melts.

We will be luckily to see it growing by mid-April. Thankfully, because I have too much work to worry about mowing twice a week until May. Also, we have Banana Ball tickets for Yankee Stadium in late-April. I fully expect that game will be 33 with a light mist or 90 with a dew point of 88. No in-between.

This winter as a whole was not as windy as last winter. Much colder yes, but definitely not as windy given by the much lower number of wind holds on ski lifts throughout the season. And last springs winds... Well that was awful. But deserving a nice, warm spring and actually getting one is completely different. Springs by nature lately kind of just suck here. Windy, mist, miserable clouds for weeks on end teetering between 33 and 55. Then like heaven's gate opening we switch into summer mode. I'll actually met a guy on the gondola at Belleayre this season living my dream. Skiing all winter here and then heads to Phoenix or Florida depending on the year for 5 weeks at the end of March (to avoid the season I just described).

10 years ago...

Average high for midtown is now 44. Average for my area is exactly 40. Looks average to just below for the week.

We are back under a mega band here in Patterson, NY. Snow is really cranking.

I know you will get a lot of people saying we don't want snow, but they all should. Nobody wants a cutter with feet of snow on the ground. Basements would be flooded. I love the snow, so I'll always take it, but the absolute best thing that could happen for us in a drought would be a good snow pack that slowly melts into the spring to percolate into the soil and recharge ground water. That would help tremendously.

Pretend you lost power or internet

The drifts are so impressive and this and I have been under all morning. When I was out making a snow blower pass we were roughly 15-18 with drifts that look like they are over 2 feet.

Just got back from a nice walk! My son wanted to go out "snow plow hunting". We caught two. It is really coming down out there. He said he is moving to a place where this happens every winter.