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It is currently 70 degrees in Seaman, Ohio.
I have all the windows open and it is 72 degrees in my house.
My lilacs are budding.
My yard is filled with wild violets.
I have seen a few dandelions, some yellow, some heads of seeds.
My grass is green and growing rapidly.
It is hard to believe it is December 12th when I don't need a coat, sweater,
or jacket to go outside.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Time for a walk. Too pretty to be inside.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)KG
(28,752 posts)onethatcares
(16,184 posts)and I don't like this 80ish in December. It's thrown the garden plans out the window.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)No snow on the ground.
enough
(13,262 posts)Quite disorienting.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)..."Maybe I should mow the lawn". At that moment logical thinking took over and I'm eating and DUing and plan to watch the lawn grow.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)As it should be....
I already walked 4 1/2 miles this morning with the dog and will go a little further this pm. I like light snow when the wind isn't blowing.
inanna
(3,547 posts)Temps are way higher than normal. Only one light snowfall so far. I'm walking around in a hoodie. It seems a bit windier than normal as well.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)The extended forecast, for what it's worth, shows we won't have freezing temps for more than 24 hours at a time until Late January!
We're due for some strong winds Monday.
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)Guess I'll turn off the heat for a few hours.
Only going down to mid-50's tonight; tomorrow will be the same - warm, slight chance of a shower.
I'm loving it.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)with lows tonight in the mid 60s...but weather is coming in and it should be in the 40s later this week.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)I've never had live tomato plants growing in my driveway this late into the year!
Dale Neiburg
(698 posts)MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)EDIT: Today is 12 degrees warmer than the average high and 20 degrees warmer than the average low. Tomorrow is even more extreme, obviously.
No climate change though. None at all!
haikugal
(6,476 posts)Very unusual.
a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)Weird as hell. All the windows in my house are open. My dogs seem pleased. I wore flip-flops out to yoga this morning. I'm a bit concerned, and I'm happy I didn't plunk down $400 for snow tires just yet.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Better be ready for at least one hellacious snow storm and/or ice storm!
a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)I actually hate this kind of weather during the winter. My allergies go crazy and normally the winter months are a bit of a break from 9 months of nasal misery.
stage left
(2,966 posts)it's 73 and partly cloudy. Saw a couple of yellow butterflies out on the camellias this morning after the fog burned off and noticed that the daffodils I planted last month have poked a few green tips through the earth. Taking the dog for a nice long walk in a minute or two.
rollin74
(1,990 posts)mostly cloudy. got a little snow 2 nights ago
Kaleva
(36,342 posts)Temps are expected to reach into the 40's Sunday and Monday. It's 36 right now.
steve2470
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Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)I'm back in my summer shorts.
mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)This week, I've seen several people in Bermudas and tank tops. When the sun is setting, though...it cools down pretty darned fast.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)several days--they bark is coated. This is not good. No ice fishing, no cross country skiing --and no ice skating -which we usually do by now
Almanac for December 12, 2015
KEAU Forecast Average * Range *
Temperature
High 41 °F 28 °F 18 to 40 °F
Low 39 °F 12 °F -4 to 33 °F
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Rainy, and the warmer weather melted snow pack from a week or so ago, so flooding. Lots of flooding.
RandySF
(59,221 posts)Quixote1818
(28,968 posts)NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)but we have a major cold front moving in tonight. It's supposed to be cold and raining tomorrow.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Neighbors tulips came up. Whoops
Warpy
(111,339 posts)and it will be heading your way soon, probably with some heavy weather ahead of it. It still won't be down to "normal" temperatures, whatever normal is these days.
Habibi
(3,598 posts)Supposed to be up to 60 on Monday, with continued mild throughout next week.
I'm not complaining, as my work commute is 70 miles RT on some days right now, but it's -- pretty strange.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)time of year! Very unusual.
Habibi
(3,598 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)WCIL
(343 posts)I helped at a library party today, and some of the children were wearing sandals. The average December high is 38.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)but it's been warmer than average until this last week. We had almost no snow at all until last week. I'm in Edmonton Alberta so pretty far north. Until last week our temps had been well above freezing every day - nearly 20 degrees Celsius above normal. This week it's been seasonal...with some snow. So at least we will have snow for Christmas. Unless a strong Chinook comes through between now and then...I do remember brown Christmases from my childhood because of those pesky Chinooks which are definitely stronger during El Nino years.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)this is around 20 degrees above normal. Next week is expected to be only 10 degrees above normal. Remembering last year when the temps in December felt like January; January felt like January on steroids; February felt like January; and March felt like February, I'll take the lower 60s now TY.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)Just under 70°F in the Philly burbs. Slept with windows open last night. Dandelions are popping up on the lawn.
So weird.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)The 10 day forecast looks like 60 on Christmas Eve. Part of me loves global warming.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Maybe the ground will freeze soon and I can get back to pick up my tree cuttings... I traded trimming branches overhanging 2 fields for the firewood ~3/4 mile of fence row, and it's too muddy for hwy tires to get in to haul it out.
maveric
(16,445 posts)In San Diego.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)My perennials noses are up, forsythia is blooming. Been in the low 70s for highs the past couple weeks.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Old men walking around in shorts...
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)It has been warmer than usual for the past couple months here in Maine. Anything above freezing is t-shirt and shorts weather around here. My kids are supposed to start x-country ski lessons right after the New Year so I'm hoping we get some snow before then. We haven't had any yet in my area.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Fairly normal for this time of year, but we don't have much snow. It seems like after every snowstorm it warms up enough to melt most of it. It never used to be like this.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)Headed for the high 20's tonight.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)San Antonio, TX. Normal weather
randr
(12,414 posts)Big ass winter has reared its head here in W. Colorado. Slowly closing in all day with increasing snow and temps falling. The storm is predicted to blast across the country and leave a blanket of winter along the way over the next 3 to 4 days.
DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)Since it's currently 60 and thunder-storming. Ski resorts up here are taking a beating....
olddots
(10,237 posts)62 in our house ,the dogs are wearing their sweaters .
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)About 3" so far, but it should last well into the night here in the Four Corners.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)We have lots of stuff blooming again. Hard to get in the holiday spirit like this.
marlakay
(11,491 posts)Very stormy and rainy for days.
Delmette
(522 posts)I just finished shoveling 6 inches of snow off my driveway.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)It's in the 60's here in central PA, my daffodils are coming up, and I'm still picking ticks off my dogs.
When I mentioned "effects of climate change" to my s.o., I was told me to "stop confusing weather and climate" like the republicans always do.
Which made me wonder, at what point can I point to local weather events and make a connection with climate?
[I always hate when climate change deniers use the first snowfall to scorn climate science--I don't want to do the same in reverse.]
But the weather here is getting really creepy.
longship
(40,416 posts)But a cold front came through late afternoon. It is still unseasonably warm. We're supposed to get a trace of snow midweek, but Christmas is going to be wet, not white.
Rural west Michigan.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)and there is autumn foliage.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)While you folks were getting pounded with snow, we were mowing lawns in early February in the Northwest. Hopefully, the snowpack replenishment will continue.
Still, the weather patterns are continuing with more and more extremes, or so it seems.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Should be getting colder later in the week with some lows around 30.
romanic
(2,841 posts)IT was close to 60 in some places I think, though the city I live it was upper 50s with high winds at times. Last Christmas season was a bit warm with little snow that came and melted; and this was after two winters with a lot of snow and that polar vortex that made us absolutely miserable. I think Michigan Winters are going to be one ends of the extreme (little snow and warm to too much snow and bitterly cold).
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Chilly
ileus
(15,396 posts)The bass are still treating it like winter...the bite is really slow.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)it was only 60sish, and I'm still hoping some of the crocuses will bloom before winter hits, if it ever does this year. But a number of the trees and bushes have rebudded, and will lose energy they should be storing up to get through winter. We had the windows open a lot the last couple of days.
kcr
(15,320 posts)Trees are trying to bloom.