Its been a while since the last entry but a winter season recap is as good of a reason as any to make a post. The 2017-2018 winter season appeared to drag on and not stop. After a mild February a cold and seasonably snow March and April reminded us that we do live in the middle latitudes. The region did not experience any major area wide snowfalls but the prime snow belt in Pennsylvania experienced a historic lake effect snow after Christmas into the beginning of the New Year. After a very mild October, cold settled in during November and became firmly entrenched from Christmas through the middle of January. During this stretch low temperatures dipped below zero on four days and high temperatures in the teens were common. Once this pattern broke a largely mild weather pattern with minor snow episodes held through the end of February. Cold settled back in during March with below temperatures and snow fall. In April the cold continued but became more unseasonable with snow falling through the middle of the month. Meteorological winter ended with temperatures averaging near normal and the snow season ended with snowfall totals slightly below normal for most except near to above normal for areas south of Cleveland and east into the snow belt.
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