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Crazy Winter Weather
upstatenybowyer:
It was 1 degree here a few days ago and I'm gonna tap a few maple trees day after tomorrow (above 40). The sap should run for at least 3 days according to the forecast. At least this craziness is good for something... -C-
osage outlaw:
13 days straight below 30 degrees and Thursday it will be in the low 60's.
Hawkdancer:
We are warming up again, should be about 60F tomorrow then rain/snow on Wed. We'll take anything we can get, our snowfall is about 25% of normal if that, down here. Luckily the high country is about 85% or so and we get most of our snowfall in Feb.-April. Don't need the bitter cold though. Plan on going goose hunting tomorrow, after I work on the bow some. It may be more like watching them fly by well out of rang, however! When you can't see the white on a Canada, they are out of range! Did get 4 sets of wings from a friend though for feathers(doesn't concern the weather).
Hawkdancer
BowEd:
The weather in southern Iowa has even the song birds screwed up that normally should'nt be here.Birds normally migrated out of here are still around like robins etc.We do have resident canada geese here though I think because of the lakes here.Watching this wildlife shows the extreme changes going on.Seems it's more noticable in the northern states.The turkey vulture is gone though....lol.
Normally living in northern Iowa for 45 years winter comes and stays putting the birds south for good leaving the normal winter residents to stay.We've gone from exceptionally warm weather earlier through the months of november and december to -15 F. in january with temps not above 0 F. in the daytime for a week then to 40 F. in the daytime and now down below 0 F. again for a week.You might want to call it a january thaw but with only a 2 week real winter temps so far.
I'm afraid the cool weather will extend into the spring during planting time of crops with a sudden jump into summer.These extremes can play havoc freezing premature buds on trees in the spring too.Even killing pretty large type trees.
Seems it's a roller coaster ride and being out of the normal is the normal the past few years.Sad thing is many people get really sick with a flue with these extremes happening,but that usually happens anyway.
Personally I like the winter.It's a beautiful time of year and invigorates me.Even the bitter temps which help subdue the chiggers and ticks for the next summer.
osage outlaw:
It was almost 60 yesterday. Now we are having an ice storm that is switching over to snow later with several inches of accumulation expected.
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