Not the winter I had as a kid

[mnuser]

Looking outside and it is raining again. This is what I remember as a kid growing up in central ND. It is like we get one good one out of every five. No doubt things have changed.

 

[ezra]

I can remember a hand full like this growing up . I can think of many that we did not ride till after new yrs .

 

[xcr440]

I should dig out the picture of my brother, sister and I standing in my mom and dads front yard on January 21st, in our shorts and t-shirts, 54 degrees, not a trace of snow anywhere. THAT is another month away! I can't imagine what this board will be doing if that's the case.

 

[groomerdriver]

I remember playing golf in SE Wisco on Xmas Day back in the early 80's.

 

[xcr440]

I guess it would be nice if I pointed out the actual year, 1981. Then two of the next three years were record snows. You just never know.

 

[firefighter1]

I remember a lot of bad winters in the 80's, I think we forget that. Even the late 70's had some.

 

[Skylar]

I remember lots of snowless Christmases when I was a kid. 70's-80's.

 

[Jonger1150]

Yes, you had winters like this as kids. We have great records that prove this without any further debate also.

BTW... February 2015 was the coldest month of ALL-TIME in Flint, MI.

My closest climate station.

Lots of older riders try to compare everything to the 1970's. This was a period of anomalously cold winters. That's really not a fair comparison.

 

[catalac]

It still sucks and doesn't mean we have to like it!

 

[gary_in_neenah]

Looking at the radar, this would've been a heck of a storm if the temps were abut 25 degrees colder...

 

[Builder Bob]

1965, I received a Schwinn Collegiate bicycle for Christmas, rode it for a few days, as I recall.