Since the end of October the Soo has had only 4 days when the high T was below the "normal" high T for the date, and 34 days when the high T was above the normal for the date.
A tad chilly
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Last weekend I visited my girlfriend's parents. They're growing a pineapple in their backyard.
Dec 10, 2015
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#2724
I hope they're patient. It can take years for a pineapple tree to ripen.
Haha!! Nice...
Dec 13, 2015
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#2728
This has been going on for several days now, temps running 15-20 degrees above normal. Two days of solid rain expected today and tomorrow should bring in some cooler temps in the 30s in the following days, but by this date the normal daily high is in the upper 20s.
Dec 14, 2015
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#2729
Sunrise is still an hour and 15 minutes away, and the temperature in the Soo is 50 F . The normal overnight low for this date is 17 F .
Re snow bomb... Good grief! In the UK, the police can fine a motorist for having even a few inches of snow on the top of their car. See e.g.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336708/Drivers-face-60-fine-snow-roof.html
Cystem_Phailure wrote:
Sunrise is still an hour and 15 minutes away, and the temperature in the Soo is 50 F . The normal overnight low for this date is 17 F .
Wow. One week from the solstice.
Although, A remember two (calendar) years where I was tracking my golf in Chicago, and I was able to play in every month, which means a minimum temp around 40F and no snow.
While it's relatively warm for this time of the year for you, I know it's the type of weather you prefer.
And you're not trudging through two feet of snow.
Nope, he's trudging through two feet of mud. I'm now with sleepingcat, let's get some cold weather and get the ground frozen.
Dec 14, 2015
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#2733
It's pretty active today. The Soo has already had more than an inch of rain by 11:00 a.m., and the current picture looks like at least a few more hours before this stuff moves off anywhere.
Dec 14, 2015
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#2734
Not so much in the way of mud right now-- that's more of spring thing when all the snowpack melts over a rapid period.
As I've mentioned previously I've always liked the cold weather and snow, but age is making a difference in what it does to me. Nosebleeds and bleeding hands and difficulties getting around in ice and snow with a cane weren't ever a problem for my first 45 years. 
The mud stinks since it makes it difficult to use any of the hiking trails. And with no snow there's no snow shoeing or cross country skiing so I'm just sticking to paved and gravel paths for the last few months which is no fun. No ice on the rinks means a high demand for indoor rink time which is forcing some kids to practice playing ice hockey in their tennis shoes on basketball courts. It's a sad winter in MN. On top of that a mild winter usually means more ticks this summer so we've got that to look forward too... But what bugs me the most is when the highs are hovering around freezing it means we get a lot of cloudy, gloomy weather and zero sunshine.
I went for a walk earlier and the weather was switching between drizzle, freezing drizzle, and light snow. The waves on the lake are getting pretty big. Here you can see them almost going over the canal wall:
That ship in anchored on out the lake is the Cornelia. It loaded grain in late October and then was held by the USCG for environmental violations and has been sitting there for the last month and a half. Typically the last ocean going ships must leave port by December 18th to make it out of the Great Lakes system and to the Atlantic before ice makes the voyage impossible. I’ve seen boats anchored out there rarely for a few weeks but never this long. It will be interesting to see if they get stuck for the winter.
Dec 14, 2015
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#2736
They won't be having ice problems, but they're pushing up against some dates. The Welland Canal lock system closes to general traffic at midnight December 26th this year. If ice is clear (and it will be this year), vessels will be allowed to transit the canal until the 30th if specific waivers have been granted ahead of the regular closing. Any ships that don't get out by then get to find a port to sit through the winter in the Great Lakes.
The Soo Locks are scheduled to close January 15.
Dec 15, 2015
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#2737
The Soo's 30-hour rainfall total from late Sunday through Monday was 2.65 inches, with 2.17 inches of that on Monday. No problem beating the previous rainfall record for December 14, which was a little less than 1 inch. Of course, there aren't many years when mid-December precipitation would be in liquid phase in the first place.
Radar from yesterdays storm.
A pretty clear example of how the lake changes the weather. Snow on land, rain on the lake, and a wintery mix of nastiness in the middle.
Dec 17, 2015
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#2739
Pretty dramatic boundary. The reverse process of a lot of lake-effect snows we get at the other end of the lake when wind comes onshore and snow bands start right at the shoreline and continue inland.
Dec 25, 2015
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#2740
The power came back on about 90 minutes ago after being out for more than 40 hours. A major wind storm 2 nights ago knocked out much of Michigan, some 150,000+ homes.
Normal snowfall in the Soo during the first 24 days of December is 25.8 inches. This year's snowfall = 1.2 inches.
Here in the central LP, the weather reminds me of Tennessee.