How has your seasonal time line changed in the last 2-3 decades(20-30 years)living in the same region?

Question

Say you have lived in the same state the same city your entire life how has the transition from one season to another changed?

Answer 1

I have lived in Elko County Nevada for 30 years and I have noticed our winters getting steadily warmer. Back in the 1800's the Central Pacific Railroad had huge ponds where water was allowed to freeze every winter. This was cut into blocks and stored for the summer in those days before refrigeration. The ponds are still there but they haven't frozen over since the early 80's.

Answer 2

I tended to notice the same thing as the person above in Michigan I was younger (1970's to mid 1980s) - the seasons seemed to lag more and more such that April would be cold and include some snow accumulations (such as 1982 & 1983), and early October would be like summer. As I've seen more seasons go by though, I am beginning to think it was a specific type of weather pattern which was dominate at that time but not now. Some days in the Poconos have been very warm during April & early May recently - hit 90° here April 17, 2002. That happened in April of 1977 in Michigan (Detroit Metro Airport reported highs of 86-89° April 10-13 - was Easter week and I was painting a fence then), but it is more common now. Here is my data:

http://www.joseph-bartlo.net/mtpdat.htm

There are reasons for the very long-term statistics, and even a period of a couple decades can be an abberation.

Answer 3

I've lived in Cincinnati for 30 years, and honestly it seems like the seasons are arriving LATER now than they were when I was a kid. It used to be blazing hot summer by late May, now it never seems to get hot enough for the A/C until late June or early July. And November used to be a very cold month. Now you hardly need a jacket before X-mas. I could be wrong, but maybe not.

Answer 4

I have lived in the same town for 25 years

There are always differences year to year, but over the whole 25 years I cannot detect any particular trend in temperature, seasonal timing, storm frequency or intensity, or any over-arching weather phenomena.

Answer 5

I live in WNY. When I was younger, the air was clean, now most of the time you can see haze. In the summer, it was between 70-80 degrees, but now there is a lot of humidity with it, which makes it feel more like 90. In the winter, we don't get as much snow, but it is colder.

Answer 6

I have lived in Kansas for 32 years and our seasons have changed alot. When I was young our winters were alot harder. Now there pretty melow. It seems to me that the storm seasons arent as dangerous anymore.

Answer 7

hotter summers, colder winters, less precip all around seasons changing differently; lasting longer or shorter. former new yorker

Answer 8

Sorry, I have no idea what you are getting at.