August 2025 Discussion-OBS - cooler than normal first week but a big comeback to warmer than normal for the last 2-3 weeks

[TheClimateChanger]

23 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

I doubt we'll see another winter of 1944-45 though! Here are some scenes from the Finger Lakes and Buffalo, respectively.

And Toronto, Ontario, in the wake of the Great Snowstorm of 1944:

Really an incredible winter that ought to be remembered as fondly as 1976-1977, but they didn't measure snowfall in the same manner or with the same diligence and so it gets lost in the shuffle... but the snow depth records tell the real story. It's like comparing the dead ball era baseball records to the modern era. Like you'd think the 1910s weren't that snowy at Buffalo until you look and see there was a foot of snow on the ground for most of the winter! These days, they'll be like X location picked up 100" of lake effect in 4 days, and the peak snow depth will be like 20 inches. 

December-February snow depth at Buffalo - actually had 6 more days of 18"+ than 1976-1977!

At Erie, an absolutely absurd 20 more days of 18"+ than any other winter, despite 4 missing days...