Rex Trulove
Like in so many other places, the weather here in Montana can change rapidly. In fact, Montana holds records for the speed of weather change. I awoke yesterday morning, the first of December, to a light dusting of powder snow everywhere and temperatures hovering around 5° F. I also had a flat tire, but that is off-topic.
It never did get up to freezing yesterday and remained cold all day. At the moment, though, it is 33°. An inch of snow is predicted, but the high temperature is supposed to get all the way up to 42° The warmer temperatures are what brings rapid snowfall accumulations.
Again, we are well off the mark for records. The record low for this day was -4° in 1931 and the record high was a decade later. in 1941, it reached 58°. All in all, we are doing far better than in some other parts of the country. The northeast is being slammed with snow and cold. It is colder still in Alaska, as one might imagine. The southeast US is slated to get very cold temperatures during the early part of this week. Still, it is milder here than in most of the state. In fact, it is currently snowing near Missoula, about 70 miles from here.
The picture is from St. Mary Lake, where the temperature is almost identical to here. That is melting ice you see on the lens.
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Is your weather better, worse, or about the same as last week?
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better
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worse
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the same
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sadly proof is in the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXXxHIYzwCg
Is that rain, snow, or mix?
rain that became snow at the end. it was a gray to gray day.
We have had a lot of rain and it has been cold, but not enough for snow.
Enjoy it while you can. We have one storm front after another lined up to come in off the Pacific and if the jet stream starts dipping like it often does late in the year, most of the US is likely to be subjected to cold and snow.
That is what I am afraid of, just move into a new place a few months ago and we have no idea how well the heater is going to work, or if it will,
At least you have some snow. Here in the Outaouais valley Canada, we have had a small snow storm last week and now it is all melted and all I see is green. The forecast here is for a warmer than usual winter. Argh, I want the same snow amount as last year but it seems my prayers are not going to be answered…
It is hard to predict very far in advance, but since the El Nino is over, it could be dry in some places. It probably won’t be here, but weather is a strange thing. Last year, we were mild and had less snow than normal, going into February. Then we got totally slammed and ended up with one of the biggest snow years on record.
I have not been here the last week but I know the weather is still very similar. Raining, some wind and no snow still here.
Although December isn’t usually the heaviest snow month we have, this time of year, if we have any precipitation, it usually comes down as snow.