Potential for severe cold unlikely in Great Lakes

Potential for severe cold unlikely in Great Lakes

An ag meteorologist says this winter has been one of the warmest on record for some Great Lakes states.

State climatologist for Michigan Jeff Andresen tells Brownfield an upper air pattern across North America has brought colder than normal temperatures to the western half of the continent and warmer than normal to the east.

“Our January was the third warmest on record since 1895, more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit above normal—all of the winter months thus far have been warmer than normal,” he says.

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