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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It was in the 50s and and 60s last month in the Portland - Vancouver Metro area except for 1 week where it was in the teens

It's supposed to be way colder than that

Hell a century ago the Columbia River froze over, it hasn't been even remotely close to that in a long fuckin time

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

You're telling me it's not normal to swing from 20 below average to 20 above average in a climate that's supposed to be fairly stable due to the nearby ocean?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Few days before Christmas I was working outside in a t shirt in the midwest

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

When I was a kid it wasn't uncommon to get out first days of below freezing weather in October

Last October I wore a sweater only a couple times (edit: by only a couple times I mean it was so warm I was wearing a T-shirt the rest of the month)

This year it's barely dipped below freezing except for the week we had an ice strom this year

Until I was about 7 it was common to get snow before Christmas and often times as early as Thanksgiving

Nowadays the song "White Christmas" does feel like a dream of a bygone era