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LynnG said:
We had NO summer here. It's hitting now (when it's about to be officially autumn) and is incredibly hot and sunny and the cicadas are chirping. But all through Jan and early Feb it was overcast and cold and wet and unbelievably "un-summery". That was apparently because in Australia (just across the Tasman sea) they were having a record heatwave with almost unsustainable temperatures. That messed with the whole climate here. The way it is going to be, I fear.
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We've had a record breaking summer here, still getting middle of summer temps even now. I too think we'll have to get used to it I'm afraid...
 
KarenW said:
We've had a record breaking summer here, still getting middle of summer temps even now. I too think we'll have to get used to it I'm afraid...
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today is the first day in quite a while i havent run the A/C (it's a good day :) )
 
QuiltyMom said:
They had an article in the Washington Post this morning about the weather and all the plants coming to life. It basically warned everyone to NOT rush out and do gardening with fragile plants. They reminded us that March is on its way, which is typically very cold, which would ruin all the fragile plants.
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I still vividly remember the "Storm of the Century" or Superstorm of 1993. It started on March 13 and we ended up with 2 feet of snow. But after the last few years of dealing with almost constant snow for the entire winter and really cold temps, even if we get some in March, it's been super nice this year! And I have been working outside a little here and there, so when it is ok to start gardening, I'll be ready :)
 
@LynnG I agree, it's been rather "unsummery" up in Auckland too even this month - kind of makes me think that March could have warmer weather than normal now that summer has turned up finally.
 
Yeah it's been a weird winter (or non-winter) in Michigan. I'm probably in the minority (right @MandaKay ) but I missed the snow this winter. We have daffodils and snowdrops popping up already. It did get cold again this weekend and snowed a teensy bit, which is actually good.... a lot of the fruit farmers in our area were worried that the tree would bud too early and then freeze and ruin the whole crop. Then fruit will be super expensive this summer and fall. Hopefully the cold temps this weekend helped that.
 
There is no doubt that we had really unseasonal warmth lately. The cases of flu around here are at epidemic level according to our local hospital and visitors are being limited. We really need some bitter cold weather and a couple days of hard frost to kill the emerging tick and mosquito population.

I too know that a mid March serious winter storm is not out of the question. I'm seriously hoping for one.
 
Usually Texas has its ups and downs, but here in the DFW area, we've had some records highs in the past week. It made it to I think 88 or 89 on Thursday, and normal high is about 55 or 60. I heard someone on the local news tell everyone to hold off on planting because we're about to get back to normal temps in March.
 
We've been having a lot of rain lately. It's not super springy yet, but closer to Central California my friends are reporting spring blooms.
 
Craziest Michigan winter I have ever seen!!! We should be buried in show by now and all the grass is showing. We have not had, what I would call, a typical Winter storm at all this year. Just a few inches of snow here and there and then it would warm up and melt it all. I'm waiting to see what March throws at us.
 
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