Here in Minnesota, we got a record snowfall last week - 22 inches in some
places nearby.  Now it's 50 degrees F and all the snow is quickly melting.
A fairly typical mid-March snowfall in late February.  This following an
abnormally late start to winter, almost no snow and a January that was the
warmest on record.  Our climate does appear to be changing.


"DAVID WILLIAMS -> Miles Maxted"  wrote in message
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 ->> Do I recall that your part of the globe copped some very bad
 ->> storms recently ?

 ->> Miles.

 DW> That depends on how broadly one defines "your part of the
globe". Down
 DW> in the States, there was a storm a couple of weeks ago that did a lot
 DW> of damage, spawning tornadoes, etc.. Here, we just got the edge of it,
 DW> which caused some snow to fall, but nothing terrible. We have had some
 DW> remarkably cold weather this March. A few nights ago, the temperature
 DW> went down to about -25C. But that's okay, once in a while. It kills off
 DW> all the nasty bugs and reptiles that would otherwise come slithering
 DW> in. Now, spring seems to be arriving. The temperature went above
 DW> freezing point today, for the first time in a while. They're predicting
 DW> we may see 10C next week.


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