From Axios (story is here):
The Lower 48 states just experienced their warmest winter on record this year, with extreme temperature departures from average observed across the northern tier of the country, according to new NOAA data.
According to NOAA, some of the typically coldest states in the country saw record-setting warmth: North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
And remember – this may be the coldest winter you’ll experience for the rest of your life.
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“this may be the coldest winter you’ll experience for the rest of your life.”
Maybe, but I expect to be around for several more years. Perhaps La Nina will bring cooler weather. Perhaps water vapor lofted into the stratosphere by Hunga Tonga will leave. How? When? What does it do? I don’t think we have a good idea. We may not even have a plausible idea. Perhaps when the AMO flips negative we’ll get colder arctic current.
OTOH, it got down to -17F last winter and only +3F winter, a 20 degree difference. Perhaps we’ll only get down to +23F next winter and +43 after that.