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......middlesex county is not a bear den and you know it lol...We can go back on forth on this in your attempt to defend your boy BUT the fact is a a late season snowstorm impacted much of Massachusetts on 4/12 , which is nearly 2 months AFTER 2/17...

True-- can be challenging. But a ceiling fan in the bedroom keeps it tolerable, even comfortable most of the time.

A bear den in the Berks does not count. It ended mid Feb. Winters are short now. Embrace the warmth.

Umm there was snow on the ground the next day in many parts of Massachusetts....

Coatings that last one hour outside of ORH county. Winter ended mid Feb.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=990984149873248&set=a.237876368517367 Sure does seem like more than coatings on 4/12 for a good chunk of Massachusetts...which last time I checked was part of SNE...

We are just over a week away from the month of May. The snow shovels and snow blowers are put away, trees are budding and blossoming, flowers are growing, and ACs are being installed. We are entering a season of change and pretty soon we'll all be celebrating the three H's. May also begins the increasing risk for thunderstorms as we introduce greater theta-e air into the region with cold fronts making their way through at times. Looking ahead to the first week of May, it looks like April closes on an unseasonably warm note with strong ridging at 500mb coupled with a cold front approaching at the surface helping to aid in unseasonably warm llvl air with a strong southwesterly flow. While there are subtle hints at some weak troughing across the Northeast to begin the first week of May, independent on any small-scale phenomena, we should begin the month above-average with respect to climo with potential for some over the top warmth given the above-average height anomalies extending well into central Canada.

in middlesex county???????

The vast majority have little knowledge of climo so their opinion is based entirely on anecodtal and subjective observations.

Couple coatings.

It wasn't all that fun, it was just a childish meltdown that accomplished nothing. I agree with many things he says, just not the way he goes about it.

Hey you may be able to go the Airbnb route!!....offer him a 10% discount for being a fellow met!

ehhh that is too warm in the house actually lol. Saturday it got up into the upper 70's in the house...was tough to sleep Saturday night because it was so warm. I do like it cool at night because I can just bury myself under the blanket. I don't think this place is well insulated...it gets crazy hot inside, even if its in the 60's or 70's outside and crazy cold in the winter.

I had just accepted that I didn't know, but you made me go look. How have I never heard that word in all my many years?

He's love my house then. Last week the temp in the house got up to 77 on the warm day and the oven on. In the summer, the big living room with vaulted ceilings in the low 80s. It's like a greenhouse.

Let her go

Was just out working on my veggie garden and in full sun with no wind it feels hot. Crazy difference from yesterday as far as the “feel” to the day.

up to 67

Thats insane. Whats funny is id heard several of the normies refer to this as an "old fashioned" winter. lmao, yet snowfall was way below avg, but give them a cold, white Jan & Feb with ice covered lakes and it does the trick I guess. Meanwhile, 2 years ago we saw 8" more snow than this season but we heard what a mild winter it was, and I also heard multiple times in some heavier snow winters that finished well above avg that this was a "normal" MI winter. Ive learned over the years that the general public base their general opinion of a winter (here at least) off of how cold and snowcovered Jan/Feb are. Doesnt matter how much (or how little) snow falls in Oct-Dec or Mar-May. And Ive learned that the general consensus of snow weenies is all about that final snowfall number, regardless how the winter was overall. (Again, these generalizations dont apply to all).

My mean snowfall since 2015 has just now dropped below the longer term mean snowfall after this past season...just to put things into perspective regarding how bannanas 2014-2015 was.

Yeah it's getting to the point that watering is needed. I'll be watering my broccoli and lettuce plants this afternoon. I haven't had to water them much since I planted them in late March because we got plenty of rain, but it's becoming dry out there again. Getting to the point that we could use some rain. It looks like a pretty good soaking for Saturday. Hopefully that will happen.

That 7 year "snow drought" talk is very over the top IMO. Its a simple regression to get closer to the mean. Its been happening since the beginning of climate records, and its how averages come to be. I looked at a few places. For starters, it looks like only NYC is the one who can claim their all-time low for the past 7 years, not the entire region. And for what thats worth, there were other 7 year periods closer to this 7-year low (1920s & 1950s) than any were to the 7-year high from 2010-16. But the bigger picture is that I just dont understand how the anomalously high number of heavy snow winters in the 2000s and 2010s are just dismissed as if they never happened when discussing recent low snow years. I mean, we arent talking generations ago, and we arent talking slightly above avg snowfall. We are talking very recent years that we ALL remember and that set one heavy snow record after another. NYC avg snowfall last 7 years: 14.9” 7 yr avg 2009-10 thru 2015-16: 41.0” POR avg 28.2” 21st century avg: 29.0” Boston avg snowfall last 7 years: 26.6” 7 yr avg 2008-09 thru 2014-15: 60.7” POR avg: 42.4” 21st century avg: 44.8” Portland, ME avg snowfall last 7 yrs: 51.4” 7 yr avg 2011-12 thru 2017-18: 79.8” POR avg: 65.7” 21st century avg: 66.6” ********** Detroit avg last 7 years: 36.6” 7 yr avg 2007-08 thru 2013-14: 59.8” POR avg: 40.9” 21st century avg: 45.8” Chicago avg last 7 years: 32.2” 7 yr avg 2007-08 thru 2013-14: 51.0” POR avg: 36.4” 21st century avg: 38.0” Milwaukee avg last 7 years: 40.8” 7 yr avg 2007-08 thru 2013-14: 59.0” POR avg 47.3” 21st century avg: 47.2”

74 already probably hit 80

I have 3 types of woodpeckers in my back yard regularly -- Downy, Red-bellied and Yellow-shafted Flickers. I see the Pileated woodpeckers (like the pic that FPizz posted) where I hunt in Hunterdon county. Always cool to see woodpeckers.

Cleared out quick.. 74.. still a bit humid..