Looking Back on Winter
No group anticipates summer more impatiently than sailors. They want summer, & they want it now. This desire I think sometimes exaggerates their perceptions of winter. There is no such thing as a mild or short winter for those who sail.
This winter, which meteorologists consider December to February, was a warm one with temperatures 1.13 degrees above normal. December and February were above normal.
January was the one true winter month with below normal temperatures, and above average snow. 47 inches of snow fell, a full foot above the norm. The other two months both saw less than one foot of snow fall.
Before the season the forecast has been for normal temperatures, and above normal snowfall.
So, when boats are launched Muskegon sailors will be exaggerating if they describe the past winter as a bad one.
Share or bookmark this story:
| This entry was posted on Monday, April 19th, 2004 at 11:37 am and is filed under Weather. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. |
