Nicer Weather Here is Melting Most of Our Snow and Ice
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
Midland, Michigan
April 19, 2018 7:06pm CST
This is a picture of the back and side of my yard taken when I was sitting in my car this afternoon. We still have a bit of snow in clumps at the end of the driveway from when the plows went through earlier in the week, but most of the remaining snow and ice in the driveway has melted today.
It was still a bit brisk, so I thought I needed my scarf, gloves and hat along with my coat, but driving to my mom's was warmer than I expected. Course, that is probably due to the fact that I had on a turtleneck sweater, thinner shirt and two fleece, zipper sweaters that I wear almost all the time.
It was nice to see blue skies once again and sun. How is the weather where you live? If you had the snow or ice storm has it finally left your area too?
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Apr 18
that sounds a lot like the weather Anna has seen recently. I'm pretty sure we won't see that yet this month, but you never know what jet stream is going which way or whatever it is that causes such weather highs. It seems that no month has been normal these past three or four years, so anything could happen, but hopefully it's closer to norm than it has been.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
24 Apr 18
@DianneN you miss that already don't you? Although if CT is like Michigan right now, it almost feels like weather down south as it followed so close on the heals of icy weather.
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@LadyDuck (457967)
• Switzerland
20 Apr 18
@MarshaMusselman It was 84 F yesterday and today. This is too hot for a month of April, I cannot remember we ever had this temperature in April.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
24 Apr 18
@LadyDuck I don't know that we had those temps in April either before, but in 2012 we got several days of eighty degree temps in March, and then a month later a hard frost which killed almost all the new growth including the newly budded trees and fruit trees too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Apr 18
How high is that, Anna? It was 45 yesterday here, but still somewhat brisk. By next week it may get nearer to 60 but that remains to be seen.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
20 Apr 18
No snow here and hoping not to see it ever again! Who am I kidding? Winter will return soon enough, won"t it~
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Apr 18
A lot of southern states still had colder temps this month, though Pat, even if they didn't get the snow and ice. Were the temps there in NC colder at anytime this month than normal? I remember that spring comes there in March, normally, rather than April like it mostly does here other than this year.
My tulips are starting to creep up past the ground level and probably by next week certain flowers may be blooming once our temps stay where they belong. We may get colder nights for a while first though.
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
24 Apr 18
I went from wearing a winter jacket over two sweaters with gloves, scarf and a hat to barely needing a coat. We love it, but its so weird.
It reminds me of an Easter growing up when we had several foot of snow and then on Easter it was in the seventies. We played in the snow in our summer wear.
Most of it melted by the time we got to Grandmas, but there was still some left on the north side of her house.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Apr 18
The ground was white this morning. Most of it had disappeared by 10 AM....flurries at noon....but the forecast is showing weather that seems more spring like.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Apr 18
THe upcoming forecast for us it more along normal lines finally. We've not had snow or freezing rain since this past Monday. Our driveway would have been clean already except I didn't bother doing any shoveling. I missed my window to do so when the snow was melting a few days ago. When I finally got out there it was again pretty frozen. I tried to remove some but gave up soon after. I think that finally I can put the snow shovels back into the garage until next year.
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Apr 18
I'm curious where you live that it's still that cold. Do you expect warmer temps soon or are you in your winter months now?
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