I have everyone telling me I'm wrong. But I tell them and will say it here, we had an unusually wet and mild spring and summer. Till mid July we were getting 1 to 3 inches of rain 2 or 3 days a week,,,, then all summer very mild temps. This set up for a dry rest of the year, and warmer mild winter. I have been saying since August we will see a mild dry winter, how mild, just depends if we stay very warm much longer I look for a repeat of last year, Feb and March we will see very cold temps, if we get a little cooler we will stay cool but not normal. For 40 years I have realized the annual averages usually even themselves out pretty close. Very hot and dry summer,,, very wet and cold winter. Very cool wet summer, very warm dry winter.
An old farmer told me this back when I was just starting my family and I have seen over the past 40 or so years, 90% of the time, this is spot on. This year it is dead nut again! From february to July was wetter and cooler than I remember, since then we have been pretty warm for this time of year, and the dry weather allowed farmers to get crops out quicker than years past,,, it's all about averages,,,,,,,
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