It Is 66 Degrees F in NW MN at 0150 am on March19 '12

Normally I lurk alot but I need to get this off my chest and wonder aloud about this and you guys are good as anyone else to wonder out loud to.
It is March 19th and under normal circumstances we would still be frozen solid up here in NW Minnesota with snow still falling. Granted we have had a mild winter but 66 degrees in the middle of the night with temps of 69-75 degrees F in the daytime is a little bit spooky so early in the year. It used to be I would call my relative in Anchorage AK and get a weather report; what he was getting up there we were sure to get some of several days later but that scheme hasn't worked since last spring. (Its is now 21 degrees in Anchorage, normal for them BTW)
I'm not into the HAARP thing...I realize I can do nothing about the weather, lol and I am glad the weather is so nice but seriously, WTF?
Is there something going on with the JET Stream perhaps? Any JET stream people out there? What about your weather?
No fearmongering here, just absolute, total and complete confoundment.

I live in Central Illinois.

Let's just say we decided to skip Spring and go right to Summer. In the beginning of March.

This is not normal, at all.

EDIT: I also love how the weather is nice, but at the same time... it doesn't feel right. The sun is scorching already, and it feels like it's in the middle of June.

im roughly 300 feetabove sea level in norcal and in 30 min we had snow, sleet, hail, rain, and then sunshine for the rest of the day. s hh its gettin weird, but then again about 16 years ago we had snow in june up at 3500 elevation

i remember the temperature being nice like this, pouring rain or loads of snow in march ever since i could remember. i live in nw indiana. nothing to strange to me honestly

Well you guys should just consider yourselves lucky. Here we are into the first day of spring and we (on the West coast of Washington State) are in the 30s with SNOW. Seriously. It snowed at my house this morning and it is dumping just South of us near seattle. We haven't left Winter yet and I pray it gets the heck out!!

It snew yesterday in Seattle, and has frozen overnight the last two nights and will again tonight. Almost unheard of for late March.

Why Winter Skipped Us

Second.

reply to post by RomeByFire


I agree..we normally don't fire up the air conditioning until May. Right now we should still be firmly zipped up in snow gear way up here...spooky weird. What are your temps like there now?

reply to post by PaganArchangel


Yeah heck of a march for us up here in MN eh? I'm in West Central MN and the current temp is 64F! In all my years i do not remember anything of an extreme like this. were starting to do field work already. the frost is nearly 100% gone out of the ground.

Its Insanity i say!!!

reply to post by Aqualung2012


Thanks for he link
At this point I don't know what to expect, so I will expect anything and everything, lol

I used to live in the Dakotas. And yah, that is weird. Thanks for posting!

reply to post by Pegasus2000


I live in a rural area too (but have no farm experience) and was wondering if the Farmers were going to take a chance and plant a bit early....

Don't get me wrong... this is odd. Everyone's intuition is spiked by these strange weather patterns. The odds that this happening are staggering. Just like the odds of many other planetary/celestial events happening, and soon to happen.

What can we say? Should we argue? Should we run around in circles? Should we Occupy the jet stream?

I think the bigger picture is the liberation for us. the biggest picture being: impermanence. We all constantly check the "records," and compare norms. This tendency right here is the biggest source of fear. Things change! All the live long day things be a' changin...

Now, if we truly embrace and understand the nature of impermanence, then we can be peaceful. Even if this weather is leading to bleeding F10 FIRE tornados which cause earthquakes everywhere they go... we can be peaceful.

Don't be attached to the way things are. Be aware of them, and live your life, of course... but don't be too attached to your idea of what is "normal." Existence is very weird!

I like the idea of Occupying the Jet Stream...properly attired, that could be fun
2nd line

reply to post by PaganArchangel


Smart ones NO! tillage yes, but nobody is fool enough to plant before April 1st, Crop Insurance dont cover anything before that. And even then thats still early in my book for us.

reply to post by Aqualung2012


I'm not getting too worried or worked up myself over these changes. I tend to sit back and go along for the ride. These are exciting times we are living in. Weather on is a believer or not of this 2012 phenomenon, we are to shortly find out first hand weather its all hype or not.

And that is Truly Exciting in itself.

reply to post by Pegasus2000

That's an okeedokee.....I learn something new every day, lol
I'm a suburban girl that moved to a rural area so am still getting acquainted with the way things roll around here, lol

reply to post by PaganArchangel


hey there fellow MN'en, I'm here in Duluth, I can attest for the weather being warm here. current temp here is just over 55 with little to no wind, which is weird. considering I'm right here on the tip of lake superior. we have had a strange winter, with hardly any snow, except for that big three day storm, and a small one right after it. where about are you at? I know red lake has a little bit of snow still, but not much, I have to work up in virginia tomorrow through thursday, so it should be interesting to see how different the weather is away from the lake.

PaganArchangel
I'm also in Minnesota and for the last 2 days its been 80 degrees during the day ive been running the fans and leaving the windows open at night ive been in this state all my life and ive never seen this kind of weather in March as you know we should be butt deep in snow..
I don't know whats going on but its very strange i love this weather but it also alarms me i own a farm and there is no way im planting crops till April but i guess in the mean time we should kick back and enjoy this weather..peace,sugarcookie1

I think it's the earth shift that is happing that is effecting the weather changes. It is colder where I live and not very nice weather at all . I live in B.C Canada and it seems that Alberta is getting our weather this year..I think a lot will be effected by this.