Too Warm a Winter?: No

Sometime in mid-October I trekked out to a Marshall's and bought a thick, woolen pea coat (yes, I'm from New England), so Boston-weather-proof that I was sweating within seconds of trying it on. The coat having passed the indoor sweat test, I then bought a pair of waterproof, GoreTex insulated duck boots (again, New Englander), and about ten pairs of calf-high wool socks. After spending last winter freezing my tuckus off on the first floor of Weld and defrosting my toes after venturing outdoors in my hole-ridden rubber boots, this winter I was going to be snug in my cable-knit sweaters and hot pink, flannel footie pajamas, sipping green tea in front of my window as I watched the snow smother the brilliant red of Dunster's bell tower. Instead, winter never came, and this "winter", whose fury was concentrated in a particularly fierce Halloween blizzard, was a beautiful, wonderful thing.canada goose jackets
According to a meteorologist cited by the Boston Globe, this winter was the second warmest and the fourth least-snowy that Boston has seen since 1872. Between the first of December and the twenty-ninth of February (the meteorological "winter") the average mean temperature was an above freezing 37.2 degrees Fahrenheit, with the average high being a perfectly balmy 44.7 degrees Fahrenheit. In other words, Boston's temperatures this past season were what they normally are in the month of March, just as this March's temperatures have been what they normally are in June.Men's authentic moncler jackets is the the necessary coat for any handsome man in both spring ang autumn .
When discussing this winter's temperatures with anyone here or in the other Midwestern, Southern, or Northeastern regions that also experienced abnormally kind weather this year,The rivers have been Online Spyder Outlet Shop with moderate flows. the phrase "global warming" is likely to pop up once or twice, either in jest or in a Al Gore-style prediction of coastal doom: "dengue fever, West Nile virus…algal blooms….and most of Boston underwater!", reads the New England Aquarium's prediction for 2100. We get it; global warming is scary.If the below-freezing Cheap Expedition Parka Sale for several days. However, one could argue that because globally, land area temperatures were the coolest in the past three months since 1994, global warming is actually not to blame for Boston's winter reprieve.
In all likelihood, however, light jackets in January were brought to you by the climate scourge that could eventually wipe humanity off the face of the planet. Happily, I'll be dead by then, so I'll say it again: this winter was a beautiful thing. No, I didn't get to wear any of my fuzzy cold-weather favorites, but with the thermostat consistently hovering around "tolerable" these past few months, this winter was not only more bearable, but more productive than winters past.
This winter, unlike last, I did not have to stop typing every four minutes to vigorously rub the frostbite out of my fingertips. I did not have to spend my homework hours nested in my bed under two blankets, a comforter, multiple scarves, and my extra bath towels. I actually stepped outside to attend events, meetings, and office hours that were not entirely mandatory, and when outside, I had space for thoughts other than "It is so cold oh God why so cold make it stop so cold toes numb nose exposed so cold so cold so freaking cold.Two words to help you buy discount women canada goose coats."