Winter 1877-78

[Ottawa Blizzard]

I was wondering if anybody had any information on what the spring of 1878 was like across the eastern US and Canada, following one of the warmest winters in recorded history. I ask this given this winter looks set to be the early 21st century equivilent. I'm going to presume that the Great lakes remained ice free that winter, so wouldn't that have led to an early spring? Could the same also be true for this year's year without a winter?

Brett Anderson of accuweather seems to be hinting that this year may very well end up being a year without a winter for many, as well as an early spring for the east.

http://twitter.com/BrettAWX

[uncle W]

I was wondering if anybody had any information on what the spring of 1878 was like across the eastern US and Canada, following one of the warmest winters in recorded history. I ask this given this winter looks set to be the early 21st century equivilent. I'm going to presume that the Great lakes remained ice free that winter, so wouldn't that have led to an early spring? Could the same also be true for this year's year without a winter?

Brett Anderson of accuweather seems to be hinting that this year may very well end up being a year without a winter for many, as well as an early spring for the east.

http://twitter.com/BrettAWX

1877-78 had one snowfall in NYC...The average temperature was above the average for that decade...I found this artical about it...

http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/wint77_78.html

[Roger Smith]

Checked my old tattered Toronto daily records book and the rest of the spring was warm and snow-free after end of February, near normal rainfall. The second half of May and first half of June looked rather cool, then a warmer than average summer (all these comments relative to period averages, which as you know were lower than nowadays, but March-April would have been above-normal even in this era). As you say, not much of a winter although these data show 8.5 inches of snow Jan 31-Feb 1. The autumn had some warm spells also.

[Ottawa Blizzard]

Many thanks to you both. I wonder if Toronto will have its most snow-free winter on record?

[donsutherland1]

I was wondering if anybody had any information on what the spring of 1878 was like across the eastern US and Canada, following one of the warmest winters in recorded history. I ask this given this winter looks set to be the early 21st century equivilent. I'm going to presume that the Great lakes remained ice free that winter, so wouldn't that have led to an early spring? Could the same also be true for this year's year without a winter?

Brett Anderson of accuweather seems to be hinting that this year may very well end up being a year without a winter for many, as well as an early spring for the east.

http://twitter.com/BrettAWX

Both spring and summer were warmer than normal across much of North America. The pattern flipped resulting in a chilly autumn in the eastern third-to-half of the U.S. and Ontario/Quebec. Winter 1878-79 was brutally cold in the region that turned cold during the autumn.

[Ottawa Blizzard]

Both spring and summer were warmer than normal across much of North America. The pattern flipped resulting in a chilly autumn in the eastern third-to-half of the U.S. and Ontario/Quebec. Winter 1878-79 was brutally cold in the region that turned cold during the autumn.

Who knows Don - maybe we'll get compensated next winter? Nature hasa way of trying to balance things out. Look what happened in 2002-2003 and 1933-34.