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PRINTDear Editor: Go Away, Winter!
I am the “Complaint Department” for all of weather. I love it. Had a call last week form a gentleman in Helena, Montana. He was not crazy about the cold and wanted me to know it. Had half a dozen e-mails concerning the frost and plants in the Carolinas, Miss. and elsewhere. One of my associates traveled to Texas to watch his precious Red Sox play and it snowed at the game. Here is a weather comment from Missouri:
I was reading your comment on the Farmer’s Almanac and thought I would let you know here in the Hannibal, MO area, it is too cold! Winter is not my best of season’s, I need lots of light and we have had many cloudy, gloomy days throughout Feb. and March and now into April, it is still cold, lows in the teens and the days in 30′s. It just isn’t real good for people that like to watch their grandchildren play high school baseball, a husband that loves gardening and the both of us look forward to riding our motorcycle without all the leather to keep warm. When will we see an improvement for good outdoor activities? Thanks for letting me vent, I hate cold!
I feel your pain. I live in Maine; We had 17 inches of snow last Wednesday, and there is talk of more this Thursday. Ugh! It looked more like Christmas than Easter, and no one is going outside. Little girls were going to Church with white dresses and L.L. Bean boots. How bizarre! This cold is not what we predicted, and may have something to do with the El Niño we read about last fall. Years with El Niños have a late start to the winter and a late finish.
Do you hate the weather? Bring it on; I am here for you!
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Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 8th - February 11th
- Northeast U.S.
Wet snow mixed with rain Mid-Atlantic north through New England; slushy accumulations of 4+" possible.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Accumulating snows Kentucky, Ohio, then clearing. Fair elsewhere.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet snow Tennessee, western North Carolina; wintry mix northern Mississippi, Alabama. Elsewhere, rain, then clearing.
- North Central U.S.
Drier, much colder.
- South Central U.S.
Snow parts of Arkansas, then clearing, cold. Clear, much colder elsewhere.
- Northwest U.S.
Drier, but colder.
- Southwest U.S.
Drier, but noticeably colder.
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