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Sleet now mixing in with the rain by ISP.

They’re also in the same climate classification.

I’m always reluctant to cancel a winter this early, as much as I’d love to. But I’ve never seen bulbs come up this early and this much insect activity this time of year, the buds on some trees look a couple of weeks away from opening. First time seeing worms in January too. The dead of winter is very much alive right now.

If the rest of this month + Feb are going to be torchy, and if next December doesn’t have any abnormal cold snaps, it’s entirely possible that some annual minimum temp records are in jeopardy.

Later sunsets becoming apparent now. 22 minutes and counting.

March coming in like a lion tonight.

Same. It wouldn’t have taken much to get us into the 70’s today.

68.

Sunny and 57 degrees at 9:39 AM on Jan 4th is pretty wild. It feels like early May.

Our new heavily skewed snowfall averages needed a reset anyways.

59 here. Got in the car and had to turn the AC on for a bit.

High of 18 here, low of 7. Currently 13.

Low of 7, currently 8. 51 degree drop in 24hrs from yesterday’s high of 58.

19 on my Kestrel with a windchill of 2.

36 now and the winds seem to be getting stronger.

Pressure bottomed out at 980.7, now up to 982.5. I believe the lowest in my station’s 5 year history.

Meanwhile it looks and feels like spring in eastern Suffolk.

Squall line was short lived in Riverhead, sun’s back out again out with very tiny hail still falling. Temp is 48. Winds picking up again after a lull. I was in Costco and the rain/hail was so loud you could hear it inside despite all the commotion. This is my 3rd time seeing hail this year, after not having seen any ever before this year.

Nice, mild and sunny in Riverhead.

0.55” event total so far. Currently 49, down from 58. Pressure is 985 mb. Lowest I’ve seen in a while.

Arctic air out of the WSW just sounds so wrong.

I’d rather it be mild too, it’s the extreme cold that I hate, but knowing there’s a warm up on the other side of this cold takes the sting out just a little for me. I expect to see many more potholes after this rain + deep freeze, which always sucks.

We get a decent wind event associated with the most potent front in a very long time, followed by a much needed mid-winter warm up (the best kind). Winter’s treating me nice so far.

Not trying to rain (pun intended) on anyone’s parade here but I invite everyone complaining about the lack of snow and brutal cold before the arrival of astrological winter to take a gander at every other climate located between 40-41°N, coastal or inland, and find one (that’s not at a ridiculous elevation) that’s appreciably better for snow. Only Japan really stands out and it’s entirely due to a lake-effect on steroids phenomenon with the Sea of Japan + East Asia being colder, an anomaly. Interior North America is colder with mostly similar snow totals, East Asia is colder but much drier, then there’s California, Iberia, the Mediterranean and western Asia which are generally milder at similar elevations. You’d be hard pressed to find a climate as variable as ours at this latitude in either hemisphere. If the Appalachians weren’t so old and weathered things would look incredibly different (warmer and boring) around here.