Starting to be a nice day today tips at 36 right now.  Tomorrow I will finally get to hit the ice.

Oneida lake is scary right now and I will not venture out, the ice there ranges from 8 to 1 inch with pressure cracks and gas pockets everywhere.  I will be heading up north. This warm up will put Oneida in the terrifying category and anyone going out next weekend is not playing with a fuil deck

                                                                                              
 
 
 
Punxsutawney Phil does not see shadow, predicts an early spring!
POSTED 6:28 AM, FEBRUARY 2, 2016, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPDATED AT 07:24AM, FEBRUARY 2, 2016
 
 
 
                                                                                                                  

At least he didnt bite the guy this year.
Don't know what the heck that meant weatherwise.

I'm thinking Jan 90 gave us weather such as we are having at this time then, WHAMO snow through the end of March.
 
 
 
But, I'll stand to be corrected on the year.............

Positive in my eyes ,, a week of sub zero then a nice slow rise for the following 6 weeks.
To darn warm to make ice 😂
NO rain !! NO snow !! Just ice

Winter will smack us sooner or later- just appreciate what we have had so far

troutbum21
We have a long way to go.  I guess some of you forgot the big snow we got on March 31-April 1, 1997 when power was out throughout the northeast for a week or more in some areas.
Enjoy the respite while you can. 

I work EMS in a rural area, I remember those late winter blizzards Very well!! I am enjoying the comfortable working temps but in another way I do wish it was just a bit colder to keep the ground harder, this mud is horrible and the 'mud season' of winter/spring conversion is my least favorite time, usually only a few weeks but looking to be much longer this year. Dogs and chickens are constantly muddy!

Winter will set bark in next week. We all know Feb will bring a few storms and cold weather.

Mid 50s yesterday with a bit of a late drizzle- mid 40s about 9 PM.
This morning woke to a heavy snow falling- bout 2  inches already.
The kind that sticks to all the wires and trees after a rapid temp drop while things are all wet .
Pretty, but  built a fire in the stove awaiting any possible power outage.

Inch an hour till bout 1 PM-slippery and darned near white out at times-got about 8 but was horrific to drive in being so slippery underneath (even with 4w).
Lost a huge pine branch bout 12 inches around- right into the brook through my yard.

I have yet to shovel any snow and that's the way I like it .
Temps did drop down to 17 degs last night and should tighten up those open shorelines again.
Going to take a break on the ice and give it some more time to rebuild.
Probably get bored by tomorrow though and might see how my local puddle fared tomorrow

BeenThereDoneThat.
I'm thinking Jan 90 gave us weather such as we are having at this time then, WHAMO snow through the end of March.   But, I'll stand to be corrected on the year.............

Nice to see everyone carrying along. Btdt, 2007 was very similar weather pattern wise as this one has been thus far on the eastern shore/tug hill region... mid February came along and record snowfall totals for single event were broken in both parish and redfield... 147" for redfield and I believe 110" for parish. I'm very interested to see what happens when this upcoming Arctic air event comes across that 4 degrees above average surface temps :/

Spot on trevor, which is why I'm shocked we haven't gotten it too bad yet. I had 4-5 foot of snow pack in my backyard last year at this time. Only a fresh 2 inches from last night at the moment. I'd be surprised if we got more than 60" thus far. This upcoming Arctic air event may be the ice breaker though. In all honesty, after two winters in a row that were both riddled with record lows and pounding snow fall, most everyone in the region is completely content with this winter so far. Coming up on mid February now... but as we know, mid February to beginning of April could be a pounder with the current lake conditions. I've read quite a few articles on how El Nino has already peaked and is currently waning. That lake is large and warm. I'll be shocked if we don't get a dose of heavy lake effect between now and april

Tuna, read a post about out west of Chinook showing up in harbors to eat... hoping for some healthy 2 and 3 year Olds this year