There's no snow in North Conway, NH.

[likwid]

And its 45 in Caribou Maine.

Still think global warming is a myth?

[Nebe]

its called intelligent climate design..

[bart]

sucks. i'm heading to franconia sat. for 3 days of snowshoeing. looks like i'll be hiking instead......that is if the rain holds off

[likwid]

Originally Posted by bart

sucks. i'm heading to franconia sat. for 3 days of snowshoeing. looks like i'll be hiking instead......that is if the rain holds off

You're gonna be hiking.

[Bronko]

Originally Posted by likwid

And its 45 in Caribou Maine.

Still think global warming is a myth?

Were they saying this in 1950 when the original high temperature for this day was set or 1916 before that?

Are Denver and the plain states on board with your theory?

I'm not saying its something that should be shrugged off, I just would't go chaining yourself to any SUV's just yet.

[chris L]

its natures way of making things even . this is our turn to have a warm winter . hell SC got more snow than us so far this year . saves me from having to go south for the winter . the birds also get to save flight time .

[likwid]

National Weather Service gray ME
1130 am EST Thu Jan 4, 2007

The year 2006 in Portland Maine will go into the record
books as the warmest year on record. Here are some of the
climatological statistics and a discussion of the weather
highlights for the past year.

Temperature data year 2006 normal departure

avg. Monthly 48.5 45.7 plus 2.8
avg. Maximum 57.3 55.2 plus 2.1
avg. Minimum 39.7 36.3 plus 3.4

The Mercury never dipped to zero or colder for the entire
year. The coldest reading for the year was 1 degree above
zero on February 27th. This was the coldest day of the
year with the coldest daily high temperature of 17 and the
coldest daily average temperature of 9 degrees.

Number of days: year 2006 normal

Maximum 90 or above 3 4.5 minus 1.5
maximum 32 or below 30 47.7 minus 17.7
minimum 32 or below 133 154.7 minus 21.7
minimum 0 or below 0 13.3 minus 13.3

Highest temperature... 95 on Aug 2nd
lowest temperature... 1 on Feb 27th
coldest high... 17 on Feb 27th
warmest low... . 74 on Aug 2nd

Warmest day... Aug 2nd with an average of 85 degrees
coldest day... Feb 27th with an average of 9 degrees

year 2006 normal departure

Heating degree days 6310 7318 minus 1008
cooling degree days 432 347 plus 85

Heating and cooling degree days listed are for the calendar year.
The heating degree day season normally runs from July 1st through
June 30th... while the cooling degree season normally runs from
January 1st through December 31st.

Year 2006 normal departure

Precipitation data 60.86 45.83 plus 15.03
snowfall data 29.4 66.4 minus 37.0

Greatest precipitation in 24 hours... 3.57 inches on may 2nd-3rd
greatest snowfall in 24 hours... 5.8 inches on February 12th
greatest snow depth on ground... 6 inches on February 13th
Number of days with precipitation of normal departure
.01 inch or more 138 128.1 plus 9.9
.10 inch or more 93 77.3 plus 15.7
.50 inch or more 41 28.9 plus 12.1
1.00 inch or more 15 10.7 plus 4.3

number of days with snowfall of normal departure
1 whole inch or more 8 17.2 minus 9.2
3 whole inches or more 3 9.0 minus 6.0
6 whole inches or more 0 3.6 minus 3.6

Number of days with thunderstorms... 18 17.6 plus 0.4
number of days with heavy fog... 49 48.6 plus 0.4
(visibility 1/4 mile or less)


... Portland Maine 2006 monthly temperature data...
(rank: 1st = warmest, 66th = coldest)
departure
month avg high avg low mean temp from normal rank
Jan 37.7 22.8 30.3 plus 8.6 2nd
Feb 34.1 17.5 25.8 plus 1.0 22nd
Mar 44.8 24.1 34.5 plus 0.8 20th
Apr 55.6 35.7 45.7 plus 2.0 6th
may 62.6 46.5 54.6 plus 0.8 18th (tied)
Jun 72.1 57.9 65.0 plus 2.1 6th (tied)
Jul 81.3 62.6 72.0 plus 3.3 2nd
Aug 76.5 57.4 66.9 minus 0.3 33rd
Sep 69.7 50.9 60.3 plus 1.6 20th (tied)
Oct 58.5 39.5 49.0 plus 1.3 29th
Nov 51.8 35.8 49.0 plus 5.5 1st
Dec 43.3 25.6 34.5 plus 6.9 2nd (tied)

Year 57.3 39.7 48.5 plus 2.8 1st

... Portland Maine 2006 monthly precipitation data...
(rank: 1st = wettest, 136th = driest)

Month precipitation departure
from normal rank
Jan 3.71 minus 0.38 62nd
Feb 2.75 minus 0.39 90th
Mar 1.02 minus 3.12 133rd
Apr 3.02 minus 1.24 78th
may 12.34 plus 8.52 1st
Jun 9.18 plus 5.90 3rd
Jul 5.65 plus 2.33 11th
Aug 2.38 minus 0.67 80th
Sep 3.57 plus 0.20 49th
Oct 8.38 plus 3.98 5th
Nov 5.50 plus 0.78 31st
Dec 3.36 minus 0.88 81st

Year 60.86 plus 15.03 4th

... Portland Maine 2006 monthly snowfall data...
(rank: 1 = snowiest, 125th = least snowiest)

departure
month snowfall from normal rank
Jan 13.7 minus 6.8 80th
Feb 9.6 minus 3.2 99th
Mar 1.0 minus 12.0 119th
Apr 0.0 minus 2.7 83rd (tied)
may 0.0 minus trace 23rd (tied)
Jun 0.0 normal ----
Jul 0.0 normal ----
Aug 0.0 normal ----
Sep 0.0 normal ----
Oct 0.0 minus 0.1 48th (tied)
Nov 0.0 minus 3.2 122nd (tied)
Dec 4.6 minus 9.0 110th (tied)

Year 29.4 minus 37.0 ----

Note... snowfall for the year is given for the calendar year.
Normally snowfall totals and rankings are give for the season
... From July 1st through June 30th.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by likwid

Still think global warming is a myth?

Yup.Global warming is not caused by man in any significant way.

The earth is in a cycle of global warming that has very little to do with man.Man has accelerated a cyclic process by a mere couple of hundred years that has been in motion for time and again for 100s of millions of years.Man's contribution to this cycle is insignificant.

The earth is 4 BILLION years old!When man is gone the earth WILL recover.Hate to let you down but humans just aren't that important.

Signed,
Albert Arnold Gore Jr.

[tynan19]

El Nino.

Bart, if you drive about a 45 minutes North into the Twin Mntn or a little farther to Pittsburg there may be a little snow left. Anyways check out Horsefeathers in downtown N. Conway.

[pmueller]

Horsefeathers, mmmm one of my old time favorites. Back in the day.

[tattoobob]

Looks like some droughts coming in the spring, there will be no melt off and the rivers will almost die off unless we get a rainy spring up north, like last spring. the bunker and herring runs will suffer

[JohnR]

This time - El Nino

It's the acceleration of what would be the normal Earth's warming and cooling process which seems to be caused by man. But shouldn't we err on the side of caution? If we screw this up, we're screwed.

Originally Posted by tattoobob

Looks like some droughts coming in the spring, there will be no melt off and the rivers will almost die off unless we get a rainy spring up north, like last spring. the bunker and herring runs will suffer

Hope this does not happen...

[crash]

All I know is that my hunting season was royally screwed up. But since I hate winter, I'm fine with that.

[MarshCappa]

People that invested in Ski Seaon Passes are really pissed. Usually I ski anywhere between 10-30 times a year and usually have a couple or more days under my belt by this time. I'm at zero days now and with no plans in the works to go. I only hope this dosn't make for an extended winter. But this weather makes me want to get my fishing gear out of the shed in search of holdovers.

[fishpoopoo]

personally i like the warmer weather (hate winter and hate heating bills).

el nino is the biggest driver here. who knows if greenhouse gas emissions are really causing all of this (and i'm all for being green in this regard) - there are natural cyclical forces at play too.

i heard that NYC is going to his SEVENTY degrees this Saturday (Jan 6 in the year of our lord 2007).

these warm temperatures are driving oil and natgas prices down - nice for the pocketbook. should see gasoline prices drop too.

[bart]

Originally Posted by tynan19

El Nino.

Bart, if you drive about a 45 minutes North into the Twin Mntn or a little farther to Pittsburg there may be a little snow left. Anyways check out Horsefeathers in downtown N. Conway.

thanks for the tip

[likwid]

Originally Posted by tynan19

Anyways check out Horsefeathers in downtown N. Conway.

tourist trap and overpriced.

red parka/moat mtn brewing company/wildcat tavern

[MakoMike]

My son just decided to head to Park City for some skiing, can't say that I blame him. If the itch is bad enough that's one way to scratch it. Me, I'll give up skiing for the lower heating bills.

[likwid]

Utah's season has sucked so far also.
Way better in CO.
Europe is slowly shaping up.

[likwid]

There was also a dearth of snow in northern Maine, with Caribou getting only 42.2
inches during the year. Meteorologists said the previous low snowfall amount for a
calendar year occurred in 1987, when Caribou got 75.8 inches.

87 wasn't an El Nino year...

[tynan19]

Originally Posted by likwid

tourist trap and overpriced.

red parka/moat mtn brewing company/wildcat tavern

Food is great and love the upstairs atmosphere.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Bassturbed

personally i like the warmer weather (hate winter and hate heating bills).

el nino is the biggest driver here. who knows if greenhouse gas emissions are really causing all of this (and i'm all for being green in this regard) - there are natural cyclical forces at play too.

i heard that NYC is going to his SEVENTY degrees this Saturday (Jan 6 in the year of our lord 2007).

these warm temperatures are driving oil and natgas prices down - nice for the pocketbook. should see gasoline prices drop too.

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the thing is.... that nature will have to make up for a lack of snow this winter with more rainfall iin the spring, summer , and fall...
with bigger storms and more extreme weather events...
Or in other words...|canalman's weather |