Vince_Condella's Blog

This has been one chilly month - or so it seems.  Today was no bargain.  A breeze off the lake and Lake Michigan surface water temperature around 40 degrees: yikes, that means any location near the lakeshore has no chance of warming up.  And sure enough, today's high near the lakeshore was only in the mid 40s.  Mitchell Int'l. Airport only reached a high of 49, while Waukesha made it up to the low 60s.

Will it ever warm up around here?  This is the time of year when spring seems to take forever to get here.  But adding up the numbers for this month so far shows that we have had 6 days colder-than-normal, 4 days warmer-than-normal, and 2 days right at normal.  Adding it all up yields a temperature for the month that averages only 0.1 degree below normal.  Yep, only one tenth of one degree. 

As a frame of reference, our average high and low for this time of year is 65 and 45 based on the past 30 years of data.  So today's high of only 49 was well below the long-term average.  Also keep in mind that the "official" weather stats for southeast Wisconsin measured at Mitchell Int'l. Airport, and this location isn't always representative of southeast Wisconsin.

Hang in there.  One of these days spring weather will arrive and stay around for a few days.