It's February and it is above freezing in rural west Michigan.

[longship]

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It is very unusual to not have below zero weather here this time of year. I have only had to have my driveway plowed twice so far. There's been more rain than snow.

It's the time of year for Calvin's snowmen.

I say. Bring on the snow sharks! That guy's a goner!


And oh dear! What hath Calvin wrought?


More if one Googles "Calvin snowmen". And more below.

Happy February to all of you! Keep bundled up. No big snow here yet. I fear for March.

[polly7]

1. We've had temps above melting here too the odd day over the

last few weeks. (Southern SK, Canada). Snow, but not nearly as much as many years. I love seeing a lot of snow - a pain in the butt the first day or so on the roads, but so happy to see it in the fields for moisture in the spring.

[HereSince1628]

2. Thanks for the fleeting image of a midwest sequel to sharknado

LOL

[longship]

3. Here's more.

Love snowmen, especially Calvin's perverted snowmen.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Svalbard, so far north that the sun set on Oct 26th, had a week above freezing at New Year

http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Svalbard/Longyearbyen/statistics.html

http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/norway/longyearbyen?month=10&year=2015

Over the past month, their average temperature has been 11 degrees Celsius - 20 degrees Fahrenheit - above normal.

The Barents Sea, between Svalbard, Norway and Russia, has under half the normal ice for this time of year (about 0.28 million sq. km, when it should be 0.63):

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/recent365.anom.region.6.html

[longship]

5. Svalbard, home of the Global Seed Vault!

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One does not want that to melt.







Our agricultural heritage is stored there. And very possibly our future ability to live on, if one takes plant genetic diversity seriously. And one should. Somewhat over 840,000 samples are preserved there.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Yup! It is awesome.

[Adrahil]

6. It was in e mid-50's here yesterday. Unreal. Nt

[Holly_Hobby]

7. In Toledo, we have a record-breaker today

It's 54. Shoveled snow twice this year, spread salt once. Back to artic air next week, though.