If you don't know where to start: Weather Report

[oloriel]

Ahahah, I just looked at what I wrote about the weather in early February back in 2007:

Otherwise, this January has been disgustingly warm, and I can't even begin to say how depressing it is to read about people complaining about snow on my flist when all I have to wipe off my car here is POLLEN, for someone's sake. Oh, true, we got some snow last week. Lasted a whole day, too. And even four days of frost before that, hurrah! The good news is, I suppose, that the frost didn't even manage to kill the cherry and other blossoms freelancing their way through this so-called winter, but it might still have sufficed to satisfy those fruits that need a few days of frost in order to bud at all. This will be an interesting year. Full of midges, too.
Oh well, winter might yet come and surprise us all. And probably last well into May once it comes.

That... pretty much fits this winter, except we got more than one major winter storm this year (actually, we're getting at least one every other week). And we had three days on which it snowed (but didn't last longer than a few hours). And a few more frosty nights. But on the whole? Same thing. By now, the hazels are fully in bloom, which is unfortunate because in spite of it all, it is "too cold" (i.e., below 15°C) for the bees to fly. (Also, too stormy.)

There are now two options for this winter. Back in 2007, winter did not come and surprise us all and last into May; instead, we had a "normal" March and a seriously funked-up April. (April is, of course, the month of funked-up weather, but in 2007 it wasn't the normal "three seasons in a day" April weather, but rather, warmth and drought for 30 days.) The good thing was that the drought killed all the fledgling midges that would otherwise have been a true pest after the non-existent winter, and also the snails -- never again did I have so many zucchini plants and sunflowers as I did in that year...

Alternatively, we could get a proper winter yet. If we do, can that please happen within the next two or three weeks, and then be over? Because even though I didn't get my winter this year and I like proper winters... it's now February. By February, I begin to long for spring - even in a year that didn't really have a winter.
During Felix' afternoon naps, I've already begun to fight back the brambles; satisfying on the one hand, because it's necessary and I'm getting it done, but depressing on the other hand, because it's tedious. Also because brambles are vicious creatures. I'd rather do some "real" gardening for a change!

Oh well. It's not like I can influence the weather, anyway, but I thought I'd put my request out here just in case. ;)

Comments

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

What are your average temperatures in winter?

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

The average of the past years is messed up, so useless. In a normal winter, temperatures in December and January would range between [rarely lower than] -15°C and +5°C. Average would be something between0 and -5°C, I suppose. This December, temperatures ranged rather between 7°C and 13°C, and in January, just around freezing (-1°C at night, up to 3°C by day). The coldest we've had this winter so far has been -3°C. And that concludes our numbers post ;)

[chili-das-schaf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the weather is seriously messed up. I worry about the birds a bit. Some of them start to build nests and when the real winter is only to come ... :/

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, by now it really would be better for everyone involved if real winter didn't come anymore. I guess chances are OK, considering that it's mid-February already and the days are getting steadily longer. So maybe it'll remain reasonably mild until Spring properly kicks in. But of course, there might as well be freak frosts or even ice storms. :/

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Gestern habe ich draußen übrigens die ersten Babyvögel gehört. Jetzt darf es wirklich nicht mehr Winter werden! *grumpf*