Yes, it's been a while... over two months that I've been remiss in reporting the weather oddities of this winter. Here's a brief overview. December was actually quite snowy and wintry. We never had a school-cancelling type of precipitation event, but we had several 6-inch snowfalls at regular intervals. And then, over the holidays, it melted on a couple of 50 degree days... and it never came back!
January was a month of interesting records, some of them official. We had the least amount of snow (that is to say, we had no snow). It rained several times, so I can't say it was the driest January, just the least-snowy. January also had a strong of days in the double digits long where we didn't see the sun at all. I believe it was the cloudiest January... it seemed like it, at any rate. (Except for women's march day -- that day was sunny and lovely and warm!)
February has just been mild. We've had some lovely sunny days, some warm days... this crazy winter has made regular winter days seem unbearably cold. Every once in a while we have a day in the 20's, which would be a normal winter day in any other winter, and everyone (including me) carries on like it's the coming of the next ice age. And then after a day or two, it's in the forties again. OR the fifties, or the sixties. Today it hit 63, and it's supposed to be in the sixties for the next 3 days.
What prompted me to get out my camera was open water. The ice hasn't been safe for a while, but it's been covering most of the lake. Yesterday it was well over 50% covered. Today:
Mostly open water! I'm sure what's still left will be gone soon, what with the predicted warm weekend. I'll be honest, the weather is disturbing, both in the short term and in the big picture, but you can't change the weather (in the short term, anyhow). So I'm going to try and focus on enjoying it rather than worrying about it!
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