Milwaukee- 42 Straight Winter Days w. High Temps Above 30F

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Until this winter, Milwaukee had never recorded 42 straight winter days with a high temperature above 30, and Rhinelander and Wausau had never recorded a January without a subzero chill.

"This is a warmth of historic proportions," said Scott Bachmeier, a research meteorologist who works for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

At least nine cities in the state set records for the warmest January ever recorded and Milwaukee, at an average 34 degrees, came within a half-degree of matching that 34.5 degrees achieved in 1880. Balmy conditions pushed 1933 to third in the record books, with an average January temperature of 33.7 degrees. During the great atmospheric anomaly of 2006, the average temperature in Milwaukee exceeded the normal by 13.3 degrees.

"At times, you'll have plus or minus two degrees, or five degrees, but to have it plus 13 is a very abnormal departure," Bachmeier said. "It's pretty amazing, actually, in the magnitude of how much warmer it is compared to normals."

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb06/389281.asp

[donheld]

1. Denver's winter seems to have been cancelled as well

The mountains are getting plenty of snow however.

[SammyBlue]

2. But. but, but. ..global warming is a myth!!!

I mean, Rush Limbaugh told me so!!!

[phantom power]

3. Yeah, and Michael Crichton too.

My wife was reading "State of Fear" last night, trying to be a thorn in my side. "But they're all real studies!"

Et tu, Brute?

[meegbear]

4. The ONLY good thing, if one can say good thing ...

about this winter being this way is that heating is not being used as much. Think about how much we'd pay if it was really cold.

And beleive me, I'm NOT happy about the weather situation. Winter's not scaring me, but this coming summer is making me nervous.

[Strangefire]

5. Birds chirping, too.

I live in Waukesha, which is just to the west of Milwaukee. About five days ago, I woke to birds chirping outside my window. This is something that just DOES NOT happen in Wisconsin in January. I had a confused moment where I was wondering why I was waking up to spring, until I remembered that it was January and a balmy 50 degrees outside.

This weather is ominously odd.

[Itchinjim]

6. We had three weeks of winter in December...

here in eastern Iowa and then went straight in to spring just before Christmas. This is f**ked up.