January 6 Forecast for New Jersey: High of 68F.

[NNadir]

I noticed that many of the farm fields around here are greening with grasses.

Lovely spring weather.

I told my kids that probably won't have too many snow days this year.

[fasttense]

1. Where has winter gone? n/t

[NNadir]

3. It has been sucked into smokestacks.

The carbon dioxide comes out, the winter goes in.

[htuttle]

2. We've had flocks of birds flying back and forth across the sky in Central WI

They don't know where the hell to go. They sound like they're arguing about it.

[LiberalinNC]

4. My cherry tree is in bloom...NC high for the weekend 70F

[kegler14]

5. But folks...

don't you know that Anchorage is having record snowfalls? That completely disproves this global warming thing.

[hunter]

11. Just for fun...

http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/climate/Location/TimeSeries/Anchorage.html

[GliderGuider]

12. Whew

:sarcasm: There's no trend there that I can see. What a relief.

[NNadir]

13. Thank you for noting that.

Otherwise I'd be worried.

[LiberalEsto]

6. 73 for Washington DC

But we almost always get snow around Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 12, so don't put away the snow shovels just yet.

[GliderGuider]

7. Ottawa will have a high of +51F today (Friday) - that's 30 degrees above normal.

The same temperature will hold for tomorrow. We have the "world's longest skating rink" in this city - a 7.8 km stretch of the Rideau Canal, normally in operation from late December to early March. It's currently the world's longest swimming pool, and I'd take a real-money bet that it won't open for skating at all this year.

Of course one swallow doesn't make a spring, and one warm winter doesn't prove GW, but we're sure seeing a lot of data points piling up all across the globe this year.

[emcguffie]

8. I noticed my peonies coming up today. North Jersey. NT.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

9. Going to be 60 in KC today.

I spent a beautiful and snowy winter in Morris County NJ . . . about fifteen years ago.

Hard to imagine not having to wear a winter coat there.

[ramapo]

10. Truly bizarre

I've lived in North Jersey my whole life. We've had plenty of warm spells during the winter but never anything like this. The grass is green and wanting to grow. Buds on some of the bushes too.

Perhaps it is just a fluke, we'll see next year, but what makes the warm weather absolutely stunning is the fact that it is not just here, but nearly worldwide.

I say it is downright creepy