Winter is the fastest-warming season for most of the U.S. — affecting snowfall, water supplies, winter sports, spring allergies, summer fruits, and more. In our warming world, the coldest days aren’t as cold and cold snaps are shrinking.
From 1970 to 2025, winters have warmed in 98% of 244 U.S. cities analyzed — by 3.9°F on average. Most cities (88%) now experience at least seven more warmer-than-normal winter days than they did in the early 1970s. Locations across the Northeast and the Great Lakes region have seen some of the highest rates of winter warming:
The mid east has had a couple decent snow events the last 40 years that I can remember.
That said it was ~1993 when a crazy snow ice blizzard hit and it seemed like the last dying gasp of the snowy winter of “back in the day”
Like the snow fucked off since there were no more chestnuts to roast on an open fire.
Yeah, I remember there being a massive blizzard around 1991-93 here in New England. Granted, I was a kid so it could be my memory taking liberties with the details but I remember not being able to see out my bedroom window because of the white out conditions and school being canceled for a couple of days.
It was around 1997 or so when something started feeling off about the seasons for me. Fall was becoming milder and the winters weren’t as wild as they used to be. It was when we started getting green Christmas’ when I was middle school that I first heard about climate change.
We have gotten some absolutely wild storms that exceed typical snowfalls but these days precipitation is rain.