I am not sure about other states but it seems like it’s spring in Kansas right now… the only problem is that its still January. Last year we moved downtown, only five or six blocks from my work, so I decided that I would try to ride my bicycle to work instead of driving. It would help to save money, get excersize, and it is faster to ride to my work than to drive a couple blocks to my parking spot and walk to my office. I figured that I could bike most of the year with the exception of rainy day and winter… nobody wants a soaked co-worker. Today, mid January, as I rode home for lunch with my jacket unzipped, I realized that it is unusually warm out for this time of year.
Growing up in Kansas, I remember having ice storms in October, this year the first ones didnt seem to come until late November and early December. But after a handful of really fridgid weeks, here we are, back in the mild temperatures again. Today the high was around 58 degrees, which for Kansas is a bit warmer than usual. Since today is not over, I am not able to get todays high and low temperature records but I was able to get yesterdays, which I imagine are similar. The record high was set in 2002 at 75 degrees, about 17 degrees warmer than today! The average is 39 degrees which is about 19 degrees colder than today, so although were not breaking any records, its still quite a bit above average. And for all those people in Haiwii, who this 58 degrees is the end of the world, the record low was set in 1979 at -11 degrees.