michsnowfreak

Not sure about the NE but here my early gut call is of the 3 DJF months to expect one good winter month, one terrible (ie warm, little snow) winter month and the third is a wild card. I also expect early and late season snow.

Wow guess it was all over the region haha. Highs/lows in SE MI: DTW official- 81/48 Detroit City- 83/47 Flint- 81/41 Monroe- 81/42 But the winner... Ann Arbor- 80/38 Unofficially here was 80/45.

Lmao. Once again. Over their heads. No one argued that the -2.6° in chicago in Jan 2025 was record cold. It was brought up because maxim said it would be a WARM month days before the months began. Jan 2026 had impressive cold. It was -5.2° at Detroit and both December and January were solidly colder than avg for even the coldest 30 year normals in the period of record. Jan was -4.4 compared to the entire POR and Dec -2.1 to the entire POR. But thats "seasonal" and "normal". It was such a cold winter in the east that the trolls either disappeared or completely fixated on the west. Thats when you know it WAS cold. Jan 15-Feb 9 was 3rd coldest on record for Detroit (I usually dont post intra month data sets like that but hey, they do all the time when it's warm!). And thats already the coldest time of the year. The warmth of march/April was discussed but apparently not enough for the liking of some which is what started a tantrum because its not discussed enough.

I will be spending 10 days in June with a much colder view...going to Alaska June 7-17! Bucket list trip.

Diurnal range today is going to be off the charts here.

I look at all kinds of records, always have since Ive followed weather. My preference for cold doesnt stop my documentation of all weather (ive kept track of daily weather imby for 30 years now!). If you dont document every single weather event, anomaly, etc than you dont have a climate base to follow. But a few of those one-sided stat machines for warmth only pop in to stir the embers every now and then. Actually, I overlooked this during winter, but I just now realized Jan 15 - Feb 9th, the climatologically coldest time of the year, was 3rd coldest on record at Detroit this year. 3rd coldest of 153. I call that impressive, they call that "the west was warm".

I used to fertilize regularly but no longer do. Just a little preen every now and then. Let nature be nature.

Its adorable when the warm trolls go on their rants and then really get set off like a spoiled child and start with the "denial" garbage lmao. Like you said, everything right over his head. He said warm january and they finished -2.6° so now its "thats not even 50th coldest". Thats how they operate. Disappears for a whole year, only to bring up that i said its early but I dont see April being a torch (2+ months out). January finished -5.2° here, so the month simply didnt exist here. It was warm in the west, so people in the frozen Great Lakes region should have been shoveling snow and scraping windshields with absolute fear because it was warm in Phoenix. But then April finished +4.2°, so we can shift focus away from the west finally. Look at his post history and how welcome he is in his own subforum. Oh and it was an "average" winter in the east. . BTW, Im not usually the one looking at inter-month rankings like his buddy does, but I just looked and realized Jan 15-Feb 9th was the 3rd coldest on record at Detroit this year. Nearly a full month of the climatologically coldest time of the year and it was the 3rd coldest on record. #Normal. It will be interesting to see if el nino produces cold pockets in the south/west, will look forward to the daily play by play for a region this forum rarely discussed until 2026.

Like I said. They can't even acknowledge the cold winter in this actual region, so we hear about how warm it was in the West and how the regular actual weather posters dont acknowledge warm months enough . Cold winter in the Great Lakes, but its warm in the west, thats what people in the great lakes should care about! Cool May in the Lakes? Umm who cares it was 98 in philadelphia, thats what people in the lakes should care about! (Btw welcome back to Philadelphia! They didnt exist this past winter, but an unusual May heatwave brought them resoundlingly back to existence). Some of us actually are still weather enthusiasts and thats not understandable to him. Hes partially right about one thing though. Its the same stagnant echo chamber with him and his buddy.

That cansips was from Sept though...pretty far out.

On the contrary....everyone goes into strong/super ninos expecting a less wintry than avg winter. It is the warmista weenies who will lose their minds if the warmest strong nino analog doesnt turn out to be the best analog, and/or if its snowier than expected despite mild temps.

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Yeah, its the usual trolls. Penalty box is a great idea!

Who is "arguing" that? Who said anything even remotely comparing one month to another? It isnt frustration for them , its trolling. All you need to do is look at their post history...what they post about, when they post, and how they name-call and attack. That tells you everything you need to know. BTW, who said April is equivalent to any of the months below avg? Ill wait. I know I mentioned Aprils warm ranking in April. See, I have a preference (cold) but not a bias. I discuss all weather, as do others here. They do not. Its nothing but warm trolling, and then complaining that warmth is not brought up enough, tweeted enough, blah blah. Dec-Jan ranked 36th coldest of 153 years. Not a bad ranking for a winter the usual suspects thought would torch. Tell me, when have they ever even ACKNOWLEDGED a month that was colder than avg?

Looking very dry as May turns to June.