Ontonagon Michigan here. I am very concerned about going into spring and summer being this dry. This time last year the drifts were over the tops of my clothesline, now I do not have a drop of snow in my yard!
Thanks for documenting your observations. I’m on the northern border of Tennessee. The “advance party” of Robins arrived here January 13th, and the first wave about 2 weeks later. I documented last year to be the same almost to the day. Quite early by our norms.
It has been a different winter here as well, up and down temps, unpredictable, late Jan snow, etc., few weeks of frozen lakes so little ice fishing and events on ice, hopefully things get back to rights like you say
You gave a good summary of our non-winter, Ken, along with some historical comparisons for context. One thing you didn't mention, though, is that we are really not very short on total precipitation, because what we didn't get as snow we did get as rain. And that rain is one big reason we never accumulated much of a snow pack because several times the rain washed away most of the little snow we did have. Also, a lot of the rain we got was able to soak into the ground so our groundwater is pretty much where it should be and I think our lake and river levels are in pretty good condition. We have no way to know what we'll be getting for spring precipitation, but hopefully the relatively good status of our ground moisture will to some extent help avoid a disastrous fire season. Time will tell...
@@KenHupila - We (I'm in Winton) did get early in our "winter" that, had it been colder, would have amounted to a fair amount of snow. I based my comments mostly on Facebook comments from the NWS folks in the Duluth office, plus my own observations.
Thanks for the update Hoops. It keeps us snowbirds in the loop. The winter on the Atlantic side of Florida near Daytona Beach has been the the coldest in the memory of the locals around here. Many mornings in the thirties and forties. Most highs in the 50s and 60s through January and february. It's driven the fisherman crazy trying to figure out where the fish are hiding. the cold-blooded fish are very inactive.
Their is a old Native American legend that there will be a winter of no snow and a sleep faint would awake the name of the sleeping giant is Mesabi that following year Iron Ore was discovered in northern Minnesota that red giant are the beds of Iron ore!that built American and what was a deciding factor in winning to world wars! What will this non winter bring to mankind!
@@KenHupila I an my older brother worked with your Dad at the Arcturus in Marble also your former father in law I was in school with your Ex Linda I know three of your sisters! Your Dad an I got along quite well he helped with the Western Mesabi Mineland Planning Board representing Balsam Township he was part of the advisory board when I was chairman of the WMLPB. I remember you in your baseball playing days for Grand Rapids!
Good to hear from you! I’m still kicking around up here by Ely and get out in the woods to take pix as much as I can. You must be a Greenway grad! Take care - hope you liked the video!
Ontonagon Michigan here. I am very concerned about going into spring and summer being this dry. This time last year the drifts were over the tops of my clothesline, now I do not have a drop of snow in my yard!
Thanks for documenting your observations. I’m on the northern border of Tennessee. The “advance party” of Robins arrived here January 13th, and the first wave about 2 weeks later. I documented last year to be the same almost to the day. Quite early by our norms.
I live in Louisville, Kentucky. The same here. We had very little snow days nor cold spells.
It has been a different winter here as well, up and down temps, unpredictable, late Jan snow, etc., few weeks of frozen lakes so little ice fishing and events on ice, hopefully things get back to rights like you say
You gave a good summary of our non-winter, Ken, along with some historical comparisons for context. One thing you didn't mention, though, is that we are really not very short on total precipitation, because what we didn't get as snow we did get as rain. And that rain is one big reason we never accumulated much of a snow pack because several times the rain washed away most of the little snow we did have. Also, a lot of the rain we got was able to soak into the ground so our groundwater is pretty much where it should be and I think our lake and river levels are in pretty good condition. We have no way to know what we'll be getting for spring precipitation, but hopefully the relatively good status of our ground moisture will to some extent help avoid a disastrous fire season. Time will tell...
Thanks for your comment. Not sure where your writing from, but we haven’t had any rain here near Ely since early October.
I know there was rain in the southern half of the state, but we didn’t get that up here.
@@KenHupila - We (I'm in Winton) did get early in our "winter" that, had it been colder, would have amounted to a fair amount of snow. I based my comments mostly on Facebook comments from the NWS folks in the Duluth office, plus my own observations.
Thanks for the update Hoops. It keeps us snowbirds in the loop. The winter on the Atlantic side of Florida near Daytona Beach has been the the coldest in the memory of the locals around here. Many mornings in the thirties and forties. Most highs in the 50s and 60s through January and february. It's driven the fisherman crazy trying to figure out where the fish are hiding. the cold-blooded fish are very inactive.
Their is a old Native American legend that there will be a winter of no snow and a sleep faint would awake the name of the sleeping giant is Mesabi that following year Iron Ore was discovered in northern Minnesota that red giant are the beds of Iron ore!that built American and what was a deciding factor in winning to world wars! What will this non winter bring to mankind!
Are you Kenny Hupila?
Yep!
@@KenHupila I an my older brother worked with your Dad at the Arcturus in Marble also your former father in law I was in school with your Ex Linda I know three of your sisters! Your Dad an I got along quite well he helped with the Western Mesabi Mineland Planning Board representing Balsam Township he was part of the advisory board when I was chairman of the WMLPB. I remember you in your baseball playing days for Grand Rapids!
Good to hear from you! I’m still kicking around up here by Ely and get out in the woods to take pix as much as I can. You must be a Greenway grad! Take care - hope you liked the video!