3 thoughts on “North Dakota has coldest April on record; South Dakota 2nd coldest”
Spring here in the High Plains is a wildly variable thing. We had a nice outdoor shoot the last Saturday in April, but that Monday I was shoveling snow off my car. We were three inches behind average rainfall to date until Friday, now we’re only about an inch and a half behind. Normal for this area.
Speaking of which: I wish weather people would realize that “average” is not necessarily “normal” or “good”. Our local weather people keep saying, “We’re three inches behind where we should be” based on the average but the average is statistical, not normative. To paraphrase Heinlein: “Weather is as Uncle the MIghty wills it.”
I can’t tell you just how much my daughter who lives in Anchorage is excited by that.
Spring here in the High Plains is a wildly variable thing. We had a nice outdoor shoot the last Saturday in April, but that Monday I was shoveling snow off my car. We were three inches behind average rainfall to date until Friday, now we’re only about an inch and a half behind. Normal for this area.
Speaking of which: I wish weather people would realize that “average” is not necessarily “normal” or “good”. Our local weather people keep saying, “We’re three inches behind where we should be” based on the average but the average is statistical, not normative. To paraphrase Heinlein: “Weather is as Uncle the MIghty wills it.”
I can’t tell you just how much my daughter who lives in Anchorage is excited by that.
In other news: Anchorage to set a new record for the longest snow season on record – 232 days
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51929453/ns/local_news-anchorage_ak/#.UZnsMNhkkxU.