Climate scientists are eager to study our unusual winter. By 2050, it could be the Northwest’s new normal. Average amounts of moisture fell over most of Washington, Idaho and Oregon this winter, but warmer temperatures meant that most of the precipitation fell as rain instead of snow. The snow deficit in the mountains isn’t a direct result of climate change, scientists say. They attribute the lack of snowfall to warmer ocean temperatures off the Washington coast and a persistent high-pressure ridge. Both phenomena fall within the range of normal climate variations, but they raised average temperatures 4 to 10 degrees in March/Becky Kramer, SR. More here.

Question: Would you mind slightly milder winters in North Idaho?