It looks like for the foreseeable future after today, nearly every day will be above freezing, with temperatures in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Not too bad for people who don’t like winter, and should do a job on the snow. It hasn’t been a real snowy winter, but we still have about three months when we could walloped with snow, so I don’t think we can declare winter over yet.
Winter
Looks like things will warm up for the second half of the month
Looks like things will warm up for the second half of the month.
This autumn into winter has seen fewer record highs broken then in recent years
This autumn into winter has seen fewer record highs broken then in recent years. The last high record broke before we saw 67 degrees on both January 12 & 13, 2020 was a record high of 73 degrees on October 31, 2019.
16 mornings until the future of our country is determined
16 mornings until the future of our country is determined…
Ground Hog Day! π»
This year Ground Hog Day is on a Sunday. I thought about going down to Punxsutawney but it’s a pretty early morning in the winter and the roads are bound to be icy. Camping areas are closed not there is a lot nearby because Punxsutawney is pretty remote farm and coal country. I do remember going down Pennsylvania 36 last autumn – a pretty remote road north of Punxsutawney but with many scars from a century and a half of mining coal. I am sure though it’s pretty wild country with great country folk, strong accents lots of hunting, trapping and farming going on.
Been a Cold Winter So Far
I guess January is always a cold bleak month.
But for some reason, this month just seems colder and bleaker then usual.
I guess such weather is normal for winter, but after last year, it just seems a little strange.
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Just a friendly reminder that it’s still winter and while the east coast might be warm today, there is no guarantees that the mild winter will last.
Winter Time.
ο»ΏWinter is a long cold time here in the frigid Northeastern United States. After you few years spent in the winter here, you can see why people are moving out of New York left and right β itβs the winters plus the unfriendly enforcement-first culture that dominates politics. Many cold blustery days, road salt encrusting everything, high heating bills, and slippery sidewalks for months on end. Fortunately, climate change has made the winters a bit less severe but they arenβt going away tomorrow.
I plan to tough it through another winter. I have warm gear, and I donβt mind winter camping, but the snow makes it hard to be back to the remote campsites I like to camp in the winter. Colder temperatures are tough on all the gear, and the the many gray and short days of winter arenβt much fun. Itβs not too bad in the sense that itβs often one of the busiest times of year at work for me, so I can focus on the long days at work, and then relax on the weekends at home, just going for short walks down to the library or other places.
Staying close to home, I tend to save more money in the winter then the summer, despite the higher heating bills. I try to get keep the heat down low in the winter, so it really only adds $40-50 to my utility bills, which is easily offset by not taking trips and burning through gasoline, food and supplies. I try to live fairly modestly in the winter, so I can have enough money saved up for trips come the summer. Nothing beats a hot weekend out at the potholers or other Adirondack swimming hole.
The cold and blowing snow will certainly come to an end. Theyβll stop spreading salt on the roads, the ice will melt. And maybe it will it be an early spring. One can hope.
