# We broke a record !!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170 "2014-04-15T12:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/1 "2014-04-15T12:48:35Z")
Metro (Detroit) Airport offically got 3.1" of snow last night. We only got a light coating up here, but still, this winter is now officially the Snowiest Winter on Record[sup]TM[/sup], breaking a record that goes back to the winter of 1880-1881. I’m so f’ing sick of snow… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/2 "2014-04-15T12:58:51Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I’m so f’ing sick of snow… The central Rockies got 15-18 inches Sunday. Another storm is on the way for Wednesday. I’m running out of room to plow it to. I’m used to it, but this time of year is always a little tough. Last week it was reaching into the 60’s. Yesterday morning it was 0F. A wopping 16F this morning. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/3 "2014-04-15T13:16:37Z")
I’m tired of people complaining about the snow. They keep saying the same thing over and over like a broken record. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/4 "2014-04-15T13:28:28Z")
Congratulations. We received another inch of global warming snow and cold temps in the NW Chicago area also. Snow is a good thing. It adds to the water tables. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/5 "2014-04-15T13:39:47Z")
Seriously what the ever loving fuck. It’s mid April and yesterday it was a lovely sunny 20 degree day. Today it’s freezing and snowing. Snow is a good thing in December, January heck I’ll even give you February but April is just wrong. WRONG! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/6 "2014-04-15T15:37:30Z")
except it’s no longer winter. it won’t be recorded as a winter snow storm. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/7 "2014-04-15T16:06:26Z")
Wow…its still snowing in some places… @\_@ ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/8 "2014-04-15T17:12:20Z")
More shocking because last week it was almost 70F here. We got maybe an inch of snow (it was mixed precipitation) Brian ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/9 "2014-04-15T17:17:58Z")
This is what is going to convince people that “Global Warming” is a real thing, isn’t it? Not Al Gore. SNOW IN MID-APRIL is what’ll do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/10 "2014-04-15T17:23:48Z")
Thunderstorms yesterday and last night. Flood watch. 8am this morning: 62 degrees. 1pm: 49. And still falling. Freeze warning tonight. Hardly a record, of course, but fairly odd here for this time of year. The [severe weather map](http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp) at Weather Underground was a mess yesterday. Still a lot of stuff right now, but better. (And curse you new-owner The Weather Channel: the “new and improved” design is slow and ugly. Just great.) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/11 "2014-04-15T18:30:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > This is what is going to convince people that “Global Warming” is a real thing, isn’t it? Not Al Gore. SNOW IN MID-APRIL is what’ll do the trick. It’s not as though snow in mid-April is all that damned unusual. There’s a reason that they tell people not to plant frost sensitive plants until mid to late May. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/12 "2014-04-15T20:28:16Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > This is what is going to convince people that “Global Warming” is a real thing, isn’t it? Not Al Gore. SNOW IN MID-APRIL is what’ll do the trick. Damn you Al Gore! First you invent the internet, then you invent global warming! Curse you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/13 "2014-04-15T21:17:08Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Metro (Detroit) Airport offically got 3.1" of snow last night. We only got a light coating up here, but still, this winter is now officially the Snowiest Winter on Record[sup]TM[/sup], breaking a record that goes back to the winter of 1880-1881. > I’m so f’ing sick of snow… An hour north of you in Genesee county and we also broke the record previously held since 1974-75. Also, number of days below freezing, number of days below zero and number of consecutive days with snow on the ground. So NOW I AM READY FOR SPRING, DAMMIT! ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/14 "2014-04-16T05:23:11Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > except it’s no longer winter. it won’t be recorded as a winter snow storm. Yes, it will. [The snow year runs July 1 - June 30](http://www.freep.com/article/20140414/NEWS05/304140062/weather-metro-detroit-snow-rain). “Winter” is often used instead of “season” colloquially for obvious reasons, but any snow that falls before July 1 would be included in this snow season. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/15 "2014-04-16T05:47:09Z")
Temps in the 80s all this week here in Sacramento. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/16 "2014-04-16T06:21:14Z")
This is just one of the reasons I moved from the mid-west to a warmer climate. Celebrating snow in mid April? Jeepers Creepers. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/17 "2014-04-16T10:02:11Z")
English midlands, no snow settled in over a year. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/18 "2014-04-16T20:10:08Z")
My SIL just posted a photo of his snow-covered backyard in Brooklyn. We had the same in Montreal, but that’s not unusual. But yesterday’s high was 16C and if we get above 0 today, it will be just barely (4PM temp -.3). They just cancelled a baseball game in Minneapolis on account of snow. Well, they wanted an open-air stadium. ---
**Author:** ![Purin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Purin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/19 "2014-04-17T01:37:33Z")
I recently moved to Tennessee from Michigan. I’m so so so glad I missed this winter! (In Michigan, that is.) :B ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-broke-a-record/686170/20 "2014-04-17T04:21:31Z")
They forecasted 7 - 10 inches of snow for my area, and we only got about an inch. Still, Winternity will never end.