So, You Think Winter in the U.S. Will Be Frigid or Warm?

[MandyH]

It hasn't been COLD here since 1999 or 2000. That's the last time the bridges froze over anyway. We already have pecans falling to the ground and that usually doesnt start happening til October. So who knows. The whole world is getting crazier and crazier.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

I expected last winter to be harsh here because we've had 3 warm winters in a row, but it turned out to be another warm winter. So again I'm going to say that this year will be a frigid winter.

Brrrr!!! See, I'm shivering already. I'm so glad that we made a nice coop for all the chickens this year!

 

[wombat]

Due to global warming, I'm expecting it will be cold enough to freeze the ------- off a brass monkey, and we'll have 12 feet of snow.

 

[Big C]

For the first time in 20 years of being in the Nursery Garden Center business here in our part of Texas we moved up our Fall crops by 2 weeks on some and 1 week on others.
I judge by wind. So far this year the "winds of change" have been running a couple weeks early.
We usually change plastic on our greenhouses during the first couple weeks of October to get the correct pliability so we can get 1 more year out of a 1 year-2 year or 4 year plastic.
This year we have scheduled this for the last couple of weeks in September. We usually have 100 plus(or there abouts) temps for 120 days starting around first few days of June. This yeart was July. The trees in our forested area are loosing leaves due to heat stress a month or more earlier. Our fescue and perennial rye grasses which usually struggle and experience a 50% die back have done the best since we started planting them more than 20 years ago. Our pasture grasses have seeded a month earlier.
Usually during our summers here the "cold fronts" that bring needed rains go further east and we get nothing. This year the humidity has been up by more than 50% and have had lots more rain. Moisture here during July/August is mostly non existent. This year we have had several days of cool mornings/overcast with 1/4 inch or more of moiture. Usually its an afternoon thunderstorm and the tornado sirens go off. They haven't this year so far.
Looking and planning for a cold wet winter that lasts into Spring of 2010. If not then we will have lots of firewood for next year,,,
70-30 colder than normal based on 20+ years here working with our native north Texas area environment.

 

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

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I might add......

I predict snow in those areas that get snow.

Temps will be lower this winter than summer temps.

This winter will also bring rain & hail to locations that are prone to rain & hail.

Earthquakes will continue in California over the winter, & I predict the sky will not fall...........

 

[mamagardener]

Who can even guess after the way it has been around here this summer? We had so much rain and cool temps my tomatoes are rotting on the vine. I can only hope for a milder than usual winter, because last winter was a doozy, what with the ice storm and all.

 

[debilorrah]

Around here, if we have wacky summer weather (and we are), we have wacky winter weather too. Like 3 feet of snow in October and 90 degrees for Christmas. And since we moved to a higher elevation, I am gonna go ahead and say we will get more snow than usual.

 

[Mahonri]

3rd coldest June on record in Phoenix.

HOTTEST July on record in Phoenix.

Only one rain storm in Phoenix for this entire monsoon season.

Record cold temps in the midwest this summer.

Who the heck knows what on earth will happen?

Only God I suppose.

 

[fhdogs]

I don't mind the cold so much (that's why I moved to VT).

My only wish for this winter is PLEASE NO RAIN!!!.

We've had way too much rain this year.

I wouldn't mind if the cold winter came now so any more rain would come down as snow.

 

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

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Yahhhh....we can make snow chooks. Really, REALLY BIG ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!