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But for what reporting station? Again, this whole forum doesn't revolve around EWR and the park. And ultimately, the warmer minimums have been skewing the average to make it seem less impactful. It's like when we have a ratter winter with a mega 25" storm, and people look back and say, well they hit near seasonal average, it couldn't have been that bad. The other half of the picture is that daily maximums have been running cold, and people tend to notice that more. Like I said, we're not a frozen tundra, but if you spend any length of time working or being outside other than running from the car to the store, it's been cold, period.

Yeah last week was a total blowtorch... It's one thing to say we're running near normal, but to say "nothing close to actual cold" is just gaslighting. What do you think, we live in the Yukon? Not everyone lives in the heat island bubble either.

But I have to say, it's at least a lot colder than it's been since the 20's era began. We're not far off from 2015 either. To me, I don't agree with the if it's not snowing it may as well be warm sentiment. I can't speak for the city and surrounding areas, but we've had a lot of mornings in the teens here, and I've taken some cold hikes so far, including Sunday which was brutal with the wind. Maybe not a lot to show for it, but it feels like winter at least. Look how bad 2023 was.

Because, from what I understand, it's called analemma. You can see that on globes sometimes. I used to wonder what that was as a kid. Basically it's because the Earth doesn't rotate around the sun in a perfect circle, and the axis is tilted. Beyond that, you'll need an astronomer lol.

Yeah the mornings this time of year really drag on. But yes the sunset will be approaching 5pm sooner than later.

Cold 38° rain out there. A little over a 1/4" so far.

Oh wow, elevation ftw lol.

This has been a pretty cold month out this way, numerous nights in the teens and low 20's. That's below normal, and it's not like our daytime highs have been scorching either. 7 inches so far, I think we're off to a fine start. Way too much talk of torching and warmth imo.

4 inches on the dot here. Another over performing system. Only expected 2 inches at most. @rgwp96

Woke up to 3 inches here, definitely surprised me.

Yeah looks like a rainy few days possible, and Wednesday could be a solid soaking. I'll take it. People need to temper snow expectations until January. Honestly the way things have gone recently, I'd always wager on more snow in March than December.

Now we're into decent snow that's actually sticking to all the colder surfaces and grass.

I'm around 640' at the northern end of Morris county. Nothing yet, not even flakes. That said, I'm completely fine even if I don't see any snow, the most important thing being the 1.3 inches of rain that already has fallen.

If it's not going to rain, why not sun and blue skies? Really don't see a point in clouds unless it's mid summer for some cooling. This time of year and during spring is perfect.

Same here.