Its funny in early november the forecasts was for this extreme winter that would stay cold all the way into febuary. Maybe march. Its kinda funny firstly because its painted as extreme but it would be what I would call a typical winter before the 90's. Like just average. It was the way winter typically was. Then on top of it the long range forecast break down and by the end of november its now showing the weather breaking and then being unseasonably warm right through febuary. This has basically been the new reality of winter in this area for the new millenium. You get about a month of winter in december or january and the rest is unseasonably warm. Typical to me way back when was by sometime in december but as early as november. Winter would set in and then not really break until march. You could get a situation where most of the snow was gone mid season but it was generally a long process of no snow along with high temps getting into the 30's. With all the dry air much of it was due to sublimation usually. It usually did not last long before more snow took its place.

Texas was slated for a mild winter this year, I'm about to see the thermometer hit 80 today. And not just today, the next week forecast has 5 days above 78. Mild is an understatement.

FIY you broke the title. Happy hot holidays!

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