It was 70 degrees here outside of Chicago ,and the city itself was 70! The dewpoint was 61 also! This is very depressing it's December!!!! And everyone is saying how wonderful it is, and I say I want snow, and they look at me like I'm crazy. I hope this is not going to be like last winter here, where we had only 19 inches of snow for the season. I wait all year for snow and we get 70 degrees! Only the 3rd 70 recorded in Chicago's weather history for December,by the way. I pray for snow!!! Ginger
Yes, we got up to 70 in Syracuse too. But the cool weather returned the next day, though we have no snow yet.
Ahhh, snow. Last year we only had 59 inches - our normal average is 120. weather records suggest that the year following a low usually ends up with above average snowfall. i can only hope!
Hang in there Ginger! Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy New Year, and a Super Solstice. May Santa bring you cold weather, swirling snow, an a wonderful winter.
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Well now Chicago broke the record for most days in the year between snowfalls, 280 as of yesterday! And if we don't get any snow by Sunday December 16th it will be the latest ever in Chicago's weather record history to get snow and nothing is predicted. 50 degrees on Friday!!! But they are saying we get 90% of our snowfalls after December 10th. Maybe we will get snow into April since it's so late this year. Wishful thinking?? Hope you get tons of snow too, Greg! I told my husband we should move to International Falls ,Mn. they always have snow and cold and longer than we do! Is this global warming???
Chicago missed out on another snow storm we have a dusting here and that's it. Wisconsin got buried around Madison with over a foot of snow. Well we will have to wait for one to hit us with snow ! Ginger
Happy New Year to everyone! It seems everyone has snow in the country but us! Every storm keeps missing us to the north in Wisconsin or south of Chicago. We have a dusting in some areas of the grass but that's it. We should have had 9 inches of snow by now,I hope we are not having a winter like last year with only 19 inches for the year!
We've received 34 inches in a little less than two weeks. And it is blessedly cold as well. Vacation ends tomorrow - back to school for me. I hope Mother Nature sends you all the snow you want.
GregR
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Greg, You are so lucky to have all that beautiful snow!! Nothing in site for us but bad news,they are predicting a warm up this weekend to upper 30's then maybe a 48 degree day by Thursday the 10th!!!!! Where is our winter!!! Very depressing looking at all the bare ground, 311 days since we have had an inch or more of snow here, this is getting ridiculous!! School starts here next Monday!
Okay when states in the south get more snow than Chicago that's pretty BAD!! We have had only a little over ONE INCH of snow for the year and it's almost the end of January!! Every storm keeps going south or north of us we can't get anything and the drought goes on here. Lake Michigan is at historic low levels, and this week we are going to have highs in the teens and below zero temps at night with no snow on the ground. I've read where that is hard on tree roots and plants when they have no snow cover to warm them. So this winter is going to take a toll on our plants with no snow.
GregR: Summertime….and my stomach is queasy. Guts are crampin', and the temperature's high. Humidity's a bitch, and my clothes are all sticky. Now hush, SummerSADDY, Don't you cry!
Jun 29, 2022 7:00:43 GMT -8
brendabriney: It's been a very long time for me too. Managed to survive the worst of summer but here it is October and it's still close to 80. It seems like the heat will never end, and unfortunately I'm afraid this is the new normal. If so I may go crazy.
Oct 3, 2021 9:26:52 GMT -8
ginger: Wow I haven't been on here for almost a year I see. This summer is one of the hottest here this year and it's only July! While other people say , " oh it's July already summer is going so fast" NO it's not!!! 92 here with a 71 dewpoint today ,YUK!!
Jul 5, 2021 19:39:25 GMT -8
GregR: Hey I'm back, and I hope to see some more conversation here on the board. The last year was a super hard one, and Iam sorry I had no time to even check in. Nonetheless, I will be far more active here as this horrible season goes on.
Jun 12, 2021 19:54:00 GMT -8
beckoningthepneuma: Shame this place isn't more active. It's the only place I've found on the internet to discuss this issue properly. Every other forum is about SAD, but SSAD is very rare in comparison.
May 3, 2021 1:12:36 GMT -8
rhiannon67: I just saw this page again tonight. Good to see it's still up and running. Our summer this year has been more normal and we've already begun transition into fall. Too bad the rest of 2020 has been such a nightmare
Aug 27, 2020 1:10:31 GMT -8
ginger: hope you are doing ok brenda, I'm sure this heat doesn't help any ones health, and yes thanks to AC for making us feel sane indoors. Upper 90's with a 73 dewpoint today , just horrible! Fall can't come soon enough!!
Jul 9, 2020 20:04:40 GMT -8
brendabriney: I don't know if there is a correlation or not, but my a-fib has kicked into high gear and I may end up at the hospital. I hate this heat so much I'm sure it affects my health. Thank goodness for air conditioning!
Jul 8, 2020 10:23:19 GMT -8
ginger: Well nice to hear from someone on here,welcome back ! This is a horrible summer , too many 90's , the rain has turned off and endless blazing sun all day by Chicago. I don't want to hear we had no summer this year from people in winter!
Jul 7, 2020 18:45:34 GMT -8
brendabriney: I am back for the first time in a long time. Looking at the forecast for the next two weeks is enough to make me lose my mind. I guess quarantining will be easy since I probably won't be leaving the house. This is going to be a horrible summer.
Jul 3, 2020 13:33:17 GMT -8
ginger: Wow no one has been on here since last year ?? What happened ? Where's Greg Flick? Everybody still hate summer, I do!
Jun 6, 2020 20:03:39 GMT -8
ginger: sjs: I never got in to the whole Facebook thing with all their issues, prefer to stay off of there. But I guess everyone has gone over to there because this site is dead . Even GregR the administrator doesn't post on here!
Sept 4, 2019 19:00:30 GMT -8
sjs: Ginger, I became discouraged at the lack of participation on this forum so I joined a summer haters group on Facebook. If you have FB, you could try that. There is a lot of activity there. I'm glad to see the end of summer approaching!
Aug 26, 2019 20:36:57 GMT -8
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ginger: Where is everyone this summer?? No comments ? Everyone loves the heat now? It's disgusting outside Chicago with a dewpoint of 69,can't wait for fall!
Aug 17, 2019 19:48:35 GMT -8
ginger: the heat is going to get bad and dangerous with heat indexes in the 100,s the rest of the week by Chicago. Who likes THIS weather?
Jul 16, 2019 19:31:00 GMT -8
ginger: 90's in Alaska this week , and still we have climate change deniers.
Jul 5, 2019 19:28:12 GMT -8
sjs: And yes, I will be thankful when this 4th of July week is over!
Jun 30, 2019 19:01:49 GMT -8
sjs: I'm in the southern U.S. It was 97 degrees today, and the humidity here is unreal. I LOATHE summer!!!
Jun 30, 2019 18:59:29 GMT -8
ginger: summer is here outside Chicago with heat and stinking humidity! Also the idiots are shooting off the stray fireworks already, I hate summer!!
Jun 28, 2019 20:03:26 GMT -8
ginger: At least after June 21st we can say the days are getting shorter!
Jun 4, 2019 20:33:39 GMT -8