Our winter outlook back in late October featured a very slow start to winter with above normal temperatures for December. So far, that has worked out.
Interestingly since December (through Jan 10), we've only had 3 DAYS BELOW NORMAL (high & low average). Looking back I can't find a winter with this few BELOW NORMAL days in northern Ohio. Graphic shows last 30 years (left side) with a few notable historically warm/cold winters on right.
About 80% of Ohio is running 5-10 degrees ABOVE NORMAL since the start of December.
Average temperatures across the entire mid-west, Great Lakes and Ohio Valley is ranked close if not the warmest on record.
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Midwest/Ohio Valley/Great Lakes Temperature Ranks Since December 1 |
In fact temperatures across roughly half of the US are now ranked in the top 10 warmest thus far.
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Temperature Ranks (Dec 1 to Jan 7) |