Submitted by Psychological-Bad937 t3_zukwyg in WorcesterMA
Is God preparing us for the largest noreaster ever or what? Like Boston area loves talking all day about how Worcester gets more snow than anywhere else in the state yet Martha's Vinyard and Nantucket are having a White Christmas, Fitchburg and Gardner have gotten several times the amount we've gotten, and there's no forecasted snow in the next week.
I just wish there was a little bit of snow cover rn, considering the single digit weather
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People can debate if global warming is real and what the cause is. I think it’s simple. I’ve lived in MA my entire life. When I was a kid I remember sitting at the bus stop with a hoodie or a jacket and it being cold. Now there are 90 degree days and my kids wear shorts to school until the end of October. I used to play pond hockey all winter. Now I don’t even think our ponds ever have a chance to develop ice thick enough.
We are now in a pattern of weather extremes. Last 10 or so years we’ve had a weird October nor’easter that brings rain/ice and tons of wind. We have days in the dead of winter that are above 50 degrees with warm tropical like wind. We haven’t had a normal winter comparable to when I was a kid for a very long time.
this is the absolute truth. last time i remember a "real" winter was at least 2004.
as others have said, it's a Massachusetts thing. we typically don't get snow until January, but the winter season is usually around a lot later than most places.
I know we make up for snowfall later in the year, but the fact that it's so frigid with no snow on the ground at all especially during Christmas doesn't feel good, this whole weather pattern way too destructive.
On Martha’s Vineyard rn. The snow is pretty, but I have to do all the shoveling in like a half hour. I didn’t bring boots or heavy clothing. I’m ok with no snow
Global warming…we’ll get nailed eventually.
we don't get much snow usually until Jan. then we have it until end of May
End of May? That’s absurd. Last year it was nearly 100 degrees before Memorial Day.
Lmao yea that's been true atleast the past few years, I've never remembered any snow in May maybe besides isolated sleet
Are you wanting a northeastern blizzard? I'm good. A bit here a bit there.
Where is the snow?
You know. I know. We all know. It's coming. It will arrive, perhaps gently and shy with just a couple-inch introduction. Or it might come blasting through the door like Kramer into Jerry's apartment and drop a 13" load rudely on us.
Be so kind as to allow me to present my overly-long, yet-somehow-vaguely-engaging treatise from a year ago.
Can't wait!
Yea I came to Worcester from CA and haven’t been impressed with the snow yet(this year and last year)
I live in Templeton and we’ve gotten two big storms. Each got about 4-6 inches. I’m still shocked every time I go to worcester and there’s nothing
Don’t worry. It’s coming. There will be plenty by the end of Jan, snow days for Worcester studentsfor sure, at least 4 by end of Feb.
Fuck the snow give me back summer
When I was a kid in Worcester the first snow was usually in October and the last snow was sometime in April. During that stretch it snowed every week and there were very no snow days. Of course every neighborhood had a school within walking distance. The blizzard in 78 was the worst I remember. There's a YouTube video about the blizzard in Worcester.
These days it’s more common for it to be over 50 degrees in winter than for it to be cold enough to need more than a light jacket. I wish I were exaggerating.
I'm glad we haven't gotten any yet
I sleep in a car, so the less snow the better. I’m homeless because there’s no housing in eastern MA.
yes, global warming, but the Berkshires get more snow than here
Oh definitely, most of the hilltowns west of here also (unless we get absolutely specifically fucked by a noreaster in February) I was being semi sarcastic.
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Good. Snow bad.
Our winters have been getting milder with each passing year but a few decades doesn't tell you much. Could it be that it's cyclical and will eventually go the other way? I like New England's 4 distinct seasons. I'm retired and can look back at some pretty horrendous winter work commutes and don't miss that but New England is looking like parts of the south in winter now. It would be nice if it snowed enough to make it pretty but not enough to plow.
That’s what she said
NativeMasshole t1_j1jux4q wrote
You mad that we're not getting fucked by 3' of snow? I've been enjoying our more mild winters.