![]() Springlike warmth even opened up the door for springlike severe weather. It’s not just Minnesota: Dozens of cities from the Midwest to the Northeast are about to log one of the warmest winters on record into the history books. The 10 days of bone-chilling cold in early January were the only ones that truly felt like winter this season, according to Boulay.Ībnormal warmth continued into February in Minnesota as temperatures the first week of the month paced between 18 and 23 degrees above average, sending people outdoors into the springlike weather. The state had its warmest-ever December and a toasty January despite some brief, brutal cold. “I hooked up the hose, which is something we wouldn’t do in Minnesota during the winter, and washed my cars this past weekend.” ![]() “I’ve never experienced anything like it,” Boulay said. “There have been past winters where we’ve had a week or two like this, maybe even a couple of weeks,” Boulay told CNN, describing the odd nature of this winter in Minnesota, before noting it hasn’t ever been this warm for this long. Minnesota is the epicenter of some of the season’s most unusual heat and missing snow. Winter has become the fastest-warming season for nearly 75% of the US and snowfall is declining around the globe as temperatures rise because of human-caused climate change. Several cities are missing feet of snow compared to a typical winter, ice on the Great Lakes is near record-low levels and the springlike temperatures have even spawned rare wintertime severe thunderstorms.Ī classic El Niño pattern coupled with the effects of a warming climate is to blame for this “non-winter” winter, said Pete Boulay, a climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities. (CNN) - Winter has gone missing across the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it.
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