Weather in the North

For those of you who asked if I was joking about the snowflake thing, the answer is no. It's not uncommon for us here in Northern Michigan to trek through snow on Halloween, in fact, many costumes are made to fit over snowsuits & are advertised as such.

Case in point: Today's high is 53F. Tonight's low is 40F. Tomorrow's high temp is projected at 70F. This is the weather we deal with, and the reason why it's not uncommon to see trees that are still green with snow on them. They just don't have a chance to change colors and fall to the ground before the snow falls.

Another interesting fact for those of you in the southern parts of the USA is that the only month we haven't had snow here is August. Yes, it did snow on the 4th of July a few years ago and yes, we did still have our annual parade and fireworks :) A little snow has never stopped us before and probably won't ever stop us in the future. In addition, it isn't unusual to see snowmobile's parked in the school parking lot. They are much more versatile on snow than most vehicles and many people own them anyways so why not? That old joke about how you know you live in a hick town if there are tractor's in your school parking lot? Well, we don't have tractors, we have snowmobile's.

Enjoy your warm weather, I know I would :)