Not just a snowy season in La Crosse...

If you think it has been a rough winter in the Midwest, others might agree...  They also might let you know that it has been snowy elsewhere. Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than any time since 1966. China is surviving the worst winter in the century. Southern China usually sees fairly balmy temperatures but this winter temps have been so low that many have gone days and even weeks without power because it was to cold to repair power lines. This winter has also been making headlines in parts of Canada. In just the first 2 weeks of February, Toronto saw over 25 inches of snow. That alone smashed the record snowfall for the month which was previously set in the 1950s. It hasn't just been the snow, that has made the affects of old man winter obvious, many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February. In fact the average temperature in January was 0.3 degrees cooler than the 1901-2000 average. It is statistics like these that leave the question of Global Warming up in the air.

Until Next Time,

Andrew Thut
News 19 Forecast Team