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Originally Posted by strider3700
Lots of talk about Winnipeg up here today. Today's normal temperature is a high of -3C. the record is +19C today is expected to hit +27C. Same with tomorrow. Yes you save on heating but if it's closing in on 30C already you have to expect the AC bill's are going to be brutal this summer.
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Around here, from May 1, to August 31, it averages about 65-67F (19C).
Once in a while we see a peak (May 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010 68.8 °F) but mostly, it stays pretty mild.
However, if we do get extremely hot weather this summer,
it's going to be hard not to link it back to the mild winter,
and start thinking we might be looking at a trend. (At least in this area).
I was watching how the polar jet stream would occasionally dip into this area
last winter and give us a good blast of cold. But mostly, it stay up north.
I guess that isolation makes for colder weather and more snow north of the border.
If it keeps holding the cold air masses in place up north during the winter
of 2012-2013, we could be looking at a big savings in heating cost in the NE.
Hopeful, the cost for cooling in the summer won't negate our gains.
Hot summers are hard on people around here. They aren't used to them.