Coldest winter since 1996 for southern NE

[MRD1985]

Local news channel posted the average temperature for this winter thus far, 28 degrees I believe. That is the coldest average since 1996 for southern New England. I know many of you are in the same boat here in the east. Any stats posted by your local news stations?

Edit: probably should have posted this in inglenook. Mod move if needed please thanks!

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Local news channel posted the average temperature for this winter thus far, 28 degrees I believe. That is the coldest average since 1996 for southern New England. I know many of you are in the same boat here in the east. Any stats posted by your local news stations?

Edit: probably should have posted this in inglenook. Mod move if needed please thanks!

which channel? I believe it.

 

[MRD1985]

which channel? I believe it.

WJAR 10

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I’ll drop this here… I asked Google this this morning. It didn’t disappoint, lol. So there you have it!

 

[Dieselhead]

I’m surprised the number is 28 and not lower 🥶

 

[MRD1985]

I’m surprised the number is 28 and not lower 🥶

Me too!

 

[all night moe]

I remember the winters of 95/96 and 96/97. The first was the winter I got my Amstaff pup. Picked him out of the litter at 2 days old. At 8 weeks I took him from his mother. I used to bring him to my friends house with him riding inside my jacket. Just his head was poking out the top. He had short hair and it was cold. It was a short walk under 5 mins. Not worth starting up the truck for it.

The following winter was almost equally as cold. Just a little warmer. I remember this winter as well. I had just gotten a brand new truck mid summer. A 96 F350 SRW reg cab with 8' bed. It came with an 8' Fisher plow too. I was king,,, lol. My dog rode shotgun. When I plowed snow he stood proud in the seat. He'd jump down to the floor when he saw the snow bank approaching. hen, when I reversed, he'd jump back up to watch all the action. After kissing the dash a couple of times he learned quickly. I miss that boy....he was a good dog.

 

[bogieb]

Well, November, December and January were all colder than average (and within the top 10, I believe). I remember hearing a couple of weeks ago, that it is coldest since 2017, but that might have changed.

We've had several top 10 warm winters in the last 5 years, so it is about time we try to even that out by a colder than average winter (not that I like it, just that's the way it is). Should be a good winter for tick control anyway - ticks have been horrible the last couple of years becuase of the mild winters. No, it won't kill them all, but does knock down the population and density.

 

[Pinesmoke]

I’ll drop this here… I asked Google this this morning. It didn’t disappoint, lol. So there you have it!

That pesky climate change.

So, I guess the earth really is warming up if you take the right slice out of the data set huh.......

 

[EatenByLimestone]

All ice ages have to end eventually! If they rate them by ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, this one will probably be around a few more years.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Should be a good winter for tick control anyway

I certainly hope so! The ticks have been out of control the last few years.

 

[Murray01]

All winters are cold, some worse than others.

 

[bogieb]

That pesky climate change.

So, I guess the earth really is warming up if you take the right slice out of the data set huh.......

Almost like you are being snarky and using exactly 1 piece of a data set to do so

Maybe I'm taking it the wrong way. Regardless, climate always changes, it's all a matter of how it affects us, and to what degree.

 

[begreen]

That pesky climate change.

So, I guess the earth really is warming up if you take the right slice out of the data set huh.......

The warming up is at the poles. This is disrupting the polar vortex and in turn, the jet stream. While the east coast *weather* is cold, the west coast is setting records. I've mowed the lawn twice this year. First time in my life that I have mowed in January. That's two months early for here. January 2025 was the warmest January on record globally, surpassing the previous record set in January 2024. This is not a good trend.

Why do we still get major snowstorms in a warming world? | BBC Science Focus Magazine

A huge winter storm has reignited confusion about the polar vortex, the jet stream and what climate change really means for winter weather

www.sciencefocus.com

Meanwhile, it's a hot summer in the southern hemisphere.

Record heat and raging fires ring in 2026 across the Southern Hemisphere

SANTIAGO — From Argentina to Australia to South Africa, record heat and raging wildfires are rampaging through the Southern Hemisphere at the start of 2026, with scientists predicting that even more extreme temperatures could lie ahead — and possibly another global annual high — after three of...

www.asiaone.com

 

[EatenByLimestone]

All ice ages must end!

 

[begreen]

All ice ages must end!

Sometimes, abruptly.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I’d like it to end this weekend, please! Lol

 

[Whitenuckler]

I’d like it to end this weekend, please! Lol

I wonder if the people who built the pyramids had these climate issues to deal with...I hope I don't get flooded out at 150 ft above sea level.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I think the Nile flooded every year.

 

[blades]

Had a Gordon setter same thing, but she never did catch on the start stop thing Had clean the passenger side area window more than any other.