warm, warm, hot winter in Columbus, OH

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I just looked at the upcoming 10 day forecast and it hit me. This will be one of the warmest winters on record around here(el nino thing). It has been quite warm so far and Im good for 10 days at least. Not complaining, just saying. I planted hostas last Sunday. My last conifers went in 10 days ago so Ill take the warm weather to help the roots get established. :)

Who else/where else is having a warm, warm, hot winter so far?

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Mike McGarvey

8 years ago

One light frost so far and it's the middle of December. I don't recall that ever happening before and I've been here since 1978. We've had a lot of rain though, and more to come tonight and tomorrow. I'll take rain over snow any day. I have yet to shovel rain.

Mike

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wisconsitom
8 years ago
Mike, I've never shoveled rain either. The closest I can recall is when I used to use my snow shovel to clean up the silver maple seeds on my driveway. Nothing like the familiar sound of such a tool scraping the pavement.......in June!

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This will be one of the warmest winters on record around here

==>>> uhhmmmm..... it might be warm ...

but i am very sure.. it is NOT winter yet ...

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I think there are two far more logical definitions: meteorological winter is the coldest three months of the year (December, January, and February in the Northern Hemisphere); solar winter is the quarter of the year when the sun is lowest in the sky (between around November 6th and February 6th in the Northern hemisphere).

Using the meteorological definition, the middle of winter is in the middle of January. Using the solar definition, the middle of winter is the winter solstice on December 21st.

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Dingo2001 - Z5 Chicagoland
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Once we hit winter solstice, we start gaining minutes of daylight.
pineresin
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Been exceptionally warm here too, with virtually no frost yet and temperatures up to 16° on Saturday (19 Dec; average for this time of year about 5°).

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