Some pretty remarkable and glaring stats from GSP this met winter. There are no below freezing temps in the 2 week forecast, GSP has not been below 50 degrees since the 21st, and has not had a high below 50 since 2/7. Since Dec 1st; GSP has only recorded 20 days with a high below 50 and only 2 below 40 (38,36). No daily highs below freezing, or even close. By contrast, today is the 14th day in met winter with highs above 70, and 10 nights with the low above 50!! There have only been 44 nights reaching 32 or below and only 1 night below 20 (18).
This immediately me think of 2011-2012 so I looked at it. By comparison for GSP, there were only 15 days with highs below 50 and only 1 below 40, with no highs below freezing. On the flip side, there were only 4 days reaching 70 or higher that winter. There were only 25 nights reaching freezing, and only 1 below 20 (19).
This winter had more "extremes" (nights below freezing and highs above 70) but the averages are only .6 off; 47.1 2011-2012 compared to 46.5 for this year.
Very little cold making it into the upstate this year, even compared to one of our all-time warmest. The one difference was the well-timed Jan system delivering a nice snowfall to the upstate while 11-12 was the only year in history GSP failed to record a trace.
