DSteiner51 wrote:
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Years ago when I studied Geo thermal I was told the average temperature stays within 1 degree from year to year, thus a cold winter = a warm summer and a warmer winter = a cooler summer etc. Seems around here that has held up since I started paying attention. I'm not exactly looking forward to this summer as there is only so much clothing people will let me take off in public...
Years ago I was fortunate to get to know a wonderful lady (who has passed on) who grew up on a small farm. These days it would be called "off grid", back then it was called living. She always said "Nature makes up"; meaning cold winter - warm summer, cold summer - warm winter. She was a treasure trove of "olde timey" weather knowledge and sayings, which inevitably turned out to be accurate.