April Winter in the Northwest

[Kyle Holgate]

Finally a day over 50 degrees! I see snow in the coast range (500% or so over typical snow in those mountains this year) and spotted my first honey bees of the season over a month later than usual. The apples trees are finally opening up too. What a weird winter - usually ends in early March not late April (assuming this isn't just a trick and it goes back to winter!).
Are other parts of the country having such an odd weather year so far? Having live here most of my life I can tellya - climate change may be a reality but you sure couldn't convince me based on just local weather that global warming is happening!
One the flip side though, it's been so cold that 65 degrees felt REALLY good.

[old_pop2000]

Finally a day over 50 degrees! I see snow in the coast range (500% or so over typical snow in those mountains this year) and spotted my first honey bees of the season over a month later than usual. The apples trees are finally opening up too. What a weird winter - usually ends in early March not late April (assuming this isn't just a trick and it goes back to winter!).
Are other parts of the country having such an odd weather year so far? Having live here most of my life I can tellya - climate change may be a reality but you sure couldn't convince me based on just local weather that global warming is happening!
One the flip side though, it's been so cold that 65 degrees felt REALLY good.
When I went through Walla Walla, the other day, there were no apple blossoms on those trellised apple trees. I did hit snow in the Columbia Gorge on the 26th at Multnomah Falls. We were standing outside of the Information Center below the falls, and suddenly hard snow flakes started to fall. It was great. It rained and was very cold until we went through the Dalles, then it started to dry out and only threaten. Temperature averaged about 45 most of the time but was a little higher inland. Weather was variable in Hells Canyon but cold. I loved the jet boat ride through the canyon, I tried to get the driver to hit more of the rapids but he wasn't hearing it.

When we landed at San Diego, my son had to engage the air conditioning in my SUV, because it was over 85 degrees. We also had to go around a second time when landing due to a near miss with an single engined light aircraft, that was neat. Our pilot had to do a hard climbing turn to port and so did the light plane which I saw out the starboard side. Then they came on the squawk box and said they had to go around because they were high. BS!!

[Saffron]

Global Warming is alive and well here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We really didn't have a winter this year, not that I'm complaining. We had several days in February where going without a coat was comfortable, trees were beginning to bud in early March. Snowfall was so light that we didn't have to shovel once all winter ... what little we received melted the same day it fell.

[old_pop2000]

Global Warming is alive and well here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We really didn't have a winter this year, not that I'm complaining. We had several days in February where going without a coat was comfortable, trees were beginning to bud in early March. Snowfall was so light that we didn't have to shovel once all winter ... what little we received melted the same day it fell.
San Diego doesn't know what Global Warming is. We are usually always warm, in the spring and summer. All we know is that our Santa Ana winds from the east are now starting in October and November. I remember them starting in early September when I was in school. We also have a shorter "june gloom" or light, early morning low clouds and fog, burning off in the afternoons. Actual weather forecast, BTW.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Finally a day over 50 degrees! I see snow in the coast range (500% or so over typical snow in those mountains this year) and spotted my first honey bees of the season over a month later than usual. The apples trees are finally opening up too. What a weird winter - usually ends in early March not late April (assuming this isn't just a trick and it goes back to winter!).
Are other parts of the country having such an odd weather year so far? Having live here most of my life I can tellya - climate change may be a reality but you sure couldn't convince me based on just local weather that global warming is happening!
One the flip side though, it's been so cold that 65 degrees felt REALLY good.

Kyle:

From what you and the others are saying, something is definitely different about this winter/spring. We had a typical North East winter (cold and snowy), but it vanished by late March. Usually April is damp cold and gray, but we've had great weather so far. A week and a half of temps in the upper 70s and even low 80s with no rain or humidity. The trees are already budding and blossoming two weeks ahead of schedule. Even Little League has been very comfortable. My friend Bruce who lives near you mentioned that they had more snow this winter than ever and it's been colder far longer than normal for spring in Oregon.

[john964]

Kyle:

From what you and the others are saying, something is definitely different about this winter/spring. We had a typical North East winter (cold and snowy), but it vanished by late March. Usually April is damp cold and gray, but we've had great weather so far. A week and a half of temps in the upper 70s and even low 80s with no rain or humidity. The trees are already budding and blossoming two weeks ahead of schedule. Even Little League has been very comfortable. My friend Bruce who lives near you mentioned that they had more snow this winter than ever and it's been colder far longer than normal for spring in Oregon.
Ed, you don't know the half of it. In Spokane WA, we recorded the second snowiest winter on recored of 89 inches the recored is 92 inches set in 52-53. The local school district shut down for 7 days over a two week period and are local Comm Coll system shut down for 5 days over the same time frame. The last time for the school district to have a single snow day was 1996 for multiple was 1969. For our Comm Coll to shut down for evan a single day has not happened since 1953.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Ed, you don't know the half of it. In Spokane WA, we recorded the second snowiest winter on recored of 89 inches the recored is 92 inches set in 52-53. The local school district shut down for 7 days over a two week period and are local Comm Coll system shut down for 5 days over the same time frame. The last time for the school district to have a single snow day was 1996 for multiple was 1969. For our Comm Coll to shut down for evan a single day has not happened since 1953.

John:

That for Spokane is heavy duty. We had our usual 60+ inches spread out over Dec-Mar and only one real big storm. My kids only only had one day off and two delays of two hours. Strange days bro! But I spent the day sweatin' and rakin' dead grass and oak leaves and I'm ready to out some fertilizer down (my front lawn looks like a mess).