Think we're in for a hot Summer

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I don't know. Last year, the winter was frigid and the summer was extremely hot. We set a few records for cold and a few for hot. And the spring was unusually wet while the summer was usually dry. You're familiar with thia area. When I say unusually dry, you probably have a pretty good idea of what I mean.


This winter has been unusually warmer and drier than normal. What thay means for the summer, I don't know. I'm hoping for one of those moderate ones, where it gets plenty warm but not extremely so, and where we get a few of those thunderstorms passing through here instead of the county to the north getting what few there are.

I am north of you in IA, what you described sounds EXACTLY like the last year we had. Now this winter has been strangely mild with very little snow. In fact we did not get measurable snow untl January! And only 4-6 inches. I really hope this summer is not as harsh as last summer.

My MIL is on her way to visit us from IA, and she's gone on and on about mild its been there too. As much as she hates the winters there, this one hasn't been so bad for her. She just can't wait to get here where we've been in the 60's daily and today had a chance of hitting 70. I hope its this nice on my anniversary this month.

I do remember, as unusual as it is, on my 1st wedding anniversary my husband took me to topsail beach and it was in the low to mid 70's all weekend. We talked about just how mild that winter had been too. So that would have been 6 years ago, and looking back on the records for that winter, it was pretty mild in over half the country. That summer wasn't that bad, not really any records set... but we did have a drought that year so it was a dry spring.

I'm just hoping this year we get away with lots of RAIN this year and no excessive heat this summer. Rain....rain...rain...rain....