Do you remember it being colder
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It seems we've only had two weeks of winter. One week with a couple of snowstorms that dropped 20" on us, followed by a week of subzero temps. Now the snow is almost completely melted and the grass in my yard is still green.
However, I have a friend who lives in Anchorage and they just broke the record for the earliest date in the season that they've gone over 100" of snow. And it was -15 at 10 pm the other night.
Mildest winter ever, or snowiest winter ever? Our views are shaped by our own experiences, which may not always be an accurate assessment of the world at large.
However, I have a friend who lives in Anchorage and they just broke the record for the earliest date in the season that they've gone over 100" of snow. And it was -15 at 10 pm the other night.
Mildest winter ever, or snowiest winter ever? Our views are shaped by our own experiences, which may not always be an accurate assessment of the world at large.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Steamboat springs Colorado yesterday. Little warm cause it was sitting but buddy sent to me
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
He needs to get some gas
rocksnstumps
5 year old buck +
Ice report from sturgeon spearing club on north end lake Winnebago pretty bad. Went from 10-11 inches of decent ice to 9 inches total honeycomb. Club is putting up signs advising no vehicle traffic at this time, ATV or otherwise.
Worst ice report I've heard in 50+ yrs. Conditions are generally warmer than yrs past. All manmade, nah but warming cycle last few decades is happening.
Also record snows never seem to happen doing super, super cold winters so snow reports do little for me to confirm cold/warm trends as both ends of the extremes have less snow.
Worst ice report I've heard in 50+ yrs. Conditions are generally warmer than yrs past. All manmade, nah but warming cycle last few decades is happening.
Also record snows never seem to happen doing super, super cold winters so snow reports do little for me to confirm cold/warm trends as both ends of the extremes have less snow.
For sure, there are many reasons why ducks dont come to AR in numbers they once did - one of the biggest reasons is pressure. I am not sure about this year, but recently We had more non-resident hunters than resident - alabama, georgia, and south carolina are the most prevalent. At some point in time - even a catfish learns to avoid pressure
I would guess, based on all 50 states, most would tend toward the warm side this year
bigbendmarine
5 year old buck +
Leave it to one of the Florida guys to chime in about the cold 
...but... all things being relative will just say that our recent winters in North Florida have had some particularly cold days as our weather goes.
Loquats are a tree that grow here and while the trees can survive temps into the low teens, the fruit on the trees can't handle temps below 28. Three years and running that I've lost the fruit off of our trees, and with the past two years having multiple days in a row with temps in the lower to mid-20s. Pic below is from effort I undertook to save at least bit of fruit this year... remains to be seen how successful it will turn out, but dealt with 4 nights out of 7 during the week with temps in the 20s.
Stayed consistently cold enough a few years ago that running sprinklers accomplished this...
And though a bit further back, in 2018 we even had a bit of snow accumulate.
NONE OF THE ABOVE TO TRY AND COMPARE TO Y'ALL FELLAS NORTH OF US... but personally I'd love to return to our more mild "winters" that have us just having one or two mornings with the absolute lightest touch of frost, hurting nothing, and leaving us green year-round.
...but... all things being relative will just say that our recent winters in North Florida have had some particularly cold days as our weather goes.Loquats are a tree that grow here and while the trees can survive temps into the low teens, the fruit on the trees can't handle temps below 28. Three years and running that I've lost the fruit off of our trees, and with the past two years having multiple days in a row with temps in the lower to mid-20s. Pic below is from effort I undertook to save at least bit of fruit this year... remains to be seen how successful it will turn out, but dealt with 4 nights out of 7 during the week with temps in the 20s.
Stayed consistently cold enough a few years ago that running sprinklers accomplished this...
And though a bit further back, in 2018 we even had a bit of snow accumulate.
NONE OF THE ABOVE TO TRY AND COMPARE TO Y'ALL FELLAS NORTH OF US... but personally I'd love to return to our more mild "winters" that have us just having one or two mornings with the absolute lightest touch of frost, hurting nothing, and leaving us green year-round.
What I have noticed in south AR is more extremes. We have short periods of extreme cold - like a couple weeks ago we had four or five days of sub freezing temps as low as 3 or 4 degrees - but the next week it was in the seventies. We dont seem to have extended periods of mornings in the mid 20’s like we used to have.Leave it to one of the Florida guys to chime in about the cold
Loquats are a tree that grow here and while the trees can survive temps into the low teens, the fruit on the trees can't handle temps below 28. Three years and running that I've lost the fruit off of our trees, and with the past two years having multiple days in a row with temps in the lower to mid-20s. Pic below is from effort I undertook to save at least bit of fruit this year... remains to be seen how successful it will turn out, but dealt with 4 nights out of 7 during the week with temps in the 20s.
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Stayed consistently cold enough a few years ago that running sprinklers accomplished this...
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And though a bit further back, in 2018 we even had a bit of snow accumulate.
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NONE OF THE ABOVE TO TRY AND COMPARE TO Y'ALL FELLAS NORTH OF US... but personally I'd love to return to our more mild "winters" that have us just having one or two mornings with the absolute lightest touch of frost, hurting nothing, and leaving us green year-round.
Many of the rural homeowners used to have big old fig trees in the yard - many years old. Those are all gone now - killed off by the short duration periods of extreme cold (for us). But, at the same time, our plant hardiness zone was recently changed from 7b to 8a. We must now pay particular attention to required chill hours when selecting our fruit trees. It seems like the extremes are more extreme - like what is going on in alaska.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
The west has been getting snow still but what’s been happening is it’s melting earlier in the spring and faster. So they are experiencing flooding and no snowpack to fill reservoirs and keep rivers running cold through the summer. About every summer I go out there the rivers are shot by July. Most have hoot owl restrictions (evenings, nights and mornings early) or shut down all together. I have to plan accordingly and go early summer or in the fall.
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I am pretty sure the mild weather we are having this winter is from the shift in the jet stream, and not so much the climate warming, but you wont hear that on the news.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Yep. I’m one of those. Duck hunting pretty good around here except for mallards. We just don’t get many green heads.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
I agree with that Swamp.
I will say biggest snow ever in Alabama was blizzard in 1992 or 93. Was in early March. We got up to 18” of snow
2 days before my dad and I got sunburned laying sod in the front yard. Dad spent whole snow week trying to keep kids off our front yard.
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
AND PUT ON HIS SEATBELT
Natty Bumppo
5 year old buck +
Yes and no.
The biggest limiting factor here in the Northeast is the winter. It's not so much the cold as it is the snow. Milder and less snowy winters would absolutely be beneficial to deer and thus deer hunting.
As a tracker though, I absolutely depend on snow to enjoy that kind of deer hunting. I'd hate to give that up in exchange for milder winters and more deer.......I think. I only saw 1 deer this year. Perhaps I would trade tracking snow for higher deer numbers. LOL.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
I understand. Thanks for the reply.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
A little fact I looked up.
Did you remember the volcanic blast on Tonga? Yeah me either. However, it had the power of 500 atomic bombs.
There have been roughly 2000 atomic devices ever detonated. We have caused as much change with atomic bombs as a few small volcanic blasts.
This isn’t about us killing selves with atom bombs. We def could. But so far we have not come close to the power of nature, asteroid strikes, volcanos, etc. We have never changed the coat line like a hurricane.
Most of that talk is media derived hysteria for money and power.
Read this quora thread. Humans impact is negligible compared to what nature or the planet can do. Not even a contest.
Which would be worse for the world, 100 atomic bombs detonating (one in each of 100 most populous cities in the world) or every volcano o...
Answer (1 of 7): volcanoes are worse First, there are more volcanoes > During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown. At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that ha...
Almost like it’s all balancing out…
Great post!A little fact I looked up.
Did you remember the volcanic blast on Tonga? Yeah me either. However, it had the power of 500 atomic bombs.
There have been roughly 2000 atomic devices ever detonated. We have caused as much change with atomic bombs as a few small volcanic blasts.
This isn’t about us killing selves with atom bombs. We def could. But so far we have not come close to the power of nature, asteroid strikes, volcanos, etc. We have never changed the coat line like a hurricane.
Most of that talk is media derived hysteria for money and power.
Read this quora thread. Humans impact is negligible compared to what nature or the planet can do. Not even a contest.
Which would be worse for the world, 100 atomic bombs detonating (one in each of 100 most populous cities in the world) or every volcano o...
Answer (1 of 7): volcanoes are worse First, there are more volcanoes > During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown. At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that ha...www.quora.com
chucker66
5 year old buck +
Humans are so arrogant. LOLA little fact I looked up.
Did you remember the volcanic blast on Tonga? Yeah me either. However, it had the power of 500 atomic bombs.
There have been roughly 2000 atomic devices ever detonated. We have caused as much change with atomic bombs as a few small volcanic blasts.
This isn’t about us killing selves with atom bombs. We def could. But so far we have not come close to the power of nature, asteroid strikes, volcanos, etc. We have never changed the coat line like a hurricane.
Most of that talk is media derived hysteria for money and power.
Read this quora thread. Humans impact is negligible compared to what nature or the planet can do. Not even a contest.
Which would be worse for the world, 100 atomic bombs detonating (one in each of 100 most populous cities in the world) or every volcano o...
Answer (1 of 7): volcanoes are worse First, there are more volcanoes > During the past 10,000 years, there are about 1500 volcanoes on land that are known to have have been active, while the even larger number of submarine volcanoes is unknown. At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that ha...
