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Originally Posted by Cambium
Good news for ChicagoGeorge..
Canadian from last night on top.. yesterday on bottom. Significant shift south with the storm track. Puts Chicago within the half foot mark now.
Why does it always have to be so nail biting!
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That first map looks like fun for all my extended family in northern Missouri.
The weather pattern here in the South to start the year has been satisfactory, with near-normal precipitation and slightly below-normal temperatures. We've had two decent cold rain events, and a dusting of snow last weekend as well. There have been no temperatures in the 70s this month, and only a handful of days with temperatures in the 60s. It appears that we'll have our warmest weather since Christmas to start February, but I actually don't mind a few days of warmth here and there during the winter. I just don't want it to be persistent like it was in December. January has been a good antidote for that, and it appears that February will be as well, after the warmth is done by the middle of next week.
By the way, here's a list of every day in 2015 with maximum temperatures lower than Christmas Day (77°F) in Athens, GA:
January: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than all 31 days in January 2015.)
February: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than all 28 days in February 2015.)
March: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 23 of 31 days in March 2015.)
April: 2, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 19 of 30 days in April 2015.)
May: 1.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 1 of 31 days in May 2015.)
June: -
(Christmas did not have a higher maximum temperature than any day in June 2015.)
July: -
(Christmas did not have a higher maximum temperature than any day in July 2015.)
August: 30.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 1 of 31 days in August. 2015.)
September: 13, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 6 of 30 days in September 2015.)
October: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 18 of 31 days in October 2015.)
November: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 29 of 30 days in November 2015.)
December: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
(Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 29 of 31 days in December 2015.)
All in all, Christmas had a higher maximum temperature than 185 days in 2015, which puts it in the warmer half of all days last year! June and July were the only months in which every single day had a higher maximum than Christmas. Even May, August and September had at least one day with a lower maximum. Factor in the eight other days in 2015 with identical maximum temperatures of 77°F, and Christmas had a lower maximum than only 171 days last year. It just goes to show you how anomalous the weather was on Christmas here in Athens. I hope it never happens again in my life.
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you would rather deal with 125 F than -5 F or -10 F?
Groundhog day blizzard....
