Saturday, December 21, 2019

Today - December 21st - Is the Day of the Winter Solstice

Winter is here officially.

Well,  at least it will be later on today,  at 11:19 p.m. EST.

It always feels like a good idea to recognize some simple things like that.

Three months of Winter officially begins today.

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  1. I'm actually glad. As long as it's going to look and feel like winter anyway – and up here that's been the case for nearly two months already – it might as well officially be winter. Plus at least now we know that the sun will gradually start setting later for the next six months. I don't need to remind you how depressing it is when the sun rises at 4:26pm and sets at 4:43pm. The countdown to spring is officially on!

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    1. Yeah, the weather has been a bit erratic here. Well below freezing for a stretch, then today felt like spring. You probably have had far colder, and likely more snow.

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  2. Today it's actually quite mild for this time of year: it's 40º, and we're expecting a high of 47º later this afternoon. But overall it's been cold, and there's been at least some snow on the ground for most of the last month and a half.

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