We are not the only people experiencing some very, very different weather due to climate change.
Most of the time we've had snow for four or five weeks by now. It's not wet but dry snow. Most years our temperatures are much lower than we have today. Our average daily high for Dec.1 is minus 3. Our average daily low for Dec. 1 is minus 12. I couldn't find record high and lows .
What's going on today? Well, we don't have any snow and it's raining. Ordinarily our last rain is in late October. It was plus 4 C when I took these photos at 10:30 this morning. It's supposed to snow later on today but it will be wet snow not the powdery snow. Our low forecast for tonight is minus 2.
These two photos look across the street from my house. It is very, very dry here and we need moisture but not this stuff. It makes life difficult for flora and fauna.
Our first snow of the season was last night.
ReplyDeleteWe always get a first snow in September.
DeleteChanges in weather patterns are making us wonder what is in store in the future.
ReplyDeleteYes, I live in a very dry area. Are we suddenly going to get a major rainfall. Our average yearly precipitation is 12 in.
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ReplyDeleteWe have not had much rain or snow here. Just a little bit of flurries.
I hope you have some much needed rain and snow. Take care, enjoy your day!
Yes, nice powdery dry snow.
DeleteWe expect rain today, on top of our lovely skiff of snow. I'm so sad! We've lots of water.
ReplyDeleteJust snow is much easier to deal with.
DeleteI read somewhere that this is the latest for Colorado not to have snow yet. Something weird is going on is all I can say. I'm so tired of rain!
ReplyDeleteThe Rockies have an enormous amount of snow.
DeleteSo hard on our lovely forests as well as other natural life.
ReplyDeleteWe have been dry and I would suspect we'll lose many tree.
DeleteWe had some snow and it melted:) Moisture of any kind is welcome but I hate freezing rain:(
ReplyDeleteFreezing rain is most dangerous.
DeleteIt is such a surprise to read about the weather there. Climate change is really unfolding before our eyes. Not much rain here yet although a bit of a sprinkling in the forecast for next week. We'll see if that happens.
ReplyDeleteThere are many changes in weather patterns this your. the north Pacific coast has been severely damaged by flooding.
DeleteI am not sure what is going on. I did see something about it being an El Nino year, or maybe it was La Nina, or maybe I was dreaming. 😊
ReplyDeleteWhatever it was, we are having major changes.
DeleteAll we get here is rain then more rain. :)
ReplyDelete.. and that's why you have a beautiful green country.
DeleteIt will be warm here in Illinois today and that is not usual either. I will be glad to get out for a walk in the sun tho.
ReplyDeleteMy weather reporting daughter tells me how warm it is in Illinois. she lives there.
DeleteWeather here seems to be getting more variable and less predictable. We had what for us is quite a deep snowfall for this time of year (4 inches) but it all melted overnight. And now it's freezing again.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being a first timer to visit my blog.
DeleteThe climate is certainly changing. We’ve had weeks of rain here. A few rain free hours are the exception these days.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the east and west coasts are really getting hammered with extra rain.
DeleteWe have had more snow than usual here. I find it odd that so many can find reason to disbelieve what is happening before our very eyes. Remember when seeing used to believing?
ReplyDeleteI like your last sentence.
DeleteThat sounds terribly cold to me. It was 70 degrees here today and it is very very dry. All of North Carolina in under a "no burn" order.
ReplyDeleteWe all get used to our own weather.
DeleteIt is sure interesting to see how climate change is affecting different parts of the world. Here in Seattle, we have had more rain between September 1 and November 30 than ever recorded before for the same 3 month period. I agree with Linda Reeder's comment.
ReplyDeleteIt must be nerve wracking to keep on getting more rain even when it is flooding.
DeleteEven stranger weather over the mountains in Abbotsford where our daughter lives.
ReplyDeleteMy son works in Mission. My granddaughter works in Abbotsford and she cannot get to work.
ReplyDeleteI've lived in some cold places with long winters but not nearly like what you just described above. I'm okay if I never experience anything like that.
ReplyDeleteWe've had a very dry season in Hawaii too. I've been wanting rain to clean off my solar panels and it's just not happening. Mostly drizzles.
ReplyDeleteclimate change has made people suffer throughout the world ,i am here in southern part of my country since thirty years and i have witnessed how rains have disappeared ,we used to have rains here for weeks and it rained once in a while after one or two months but now no rains just slight pouring after half year hardly which is scary
ReplyDeletewish you rain and warm days dear Red!