3/4/14 - As we come close to surviving the coldest Michigan winter on the books over the last 35 years according to the experts, itâs no wonder everyone has cabin fever. The National Weather Service Office in White Lake Township says Detroit is at its second snowiest winter so far and Flint is at its 4th. Meteorologist Rich Pollman says both sites need another six to nine inches of snowfall to be at their records, which is a good proximity for Livingston County. He expects to come close to the record snowfall seasonal totals this March. Pollman says if we see snow for three more days, which looks to be a lock, there will be a record for the most consecutive days of snow cover in any wintertime. He says that just adds to the feeling of it being a cold, snowy winter because we havenât had any breaks. The National Weather Service keeps track of winter temperature stats for December, January and February but March is considered meteorological spring so Pollman says the story has already been told. Detroit had its 8th coldest winter while Flint had the 5th coldest on the record. As a whole, he says looks like the month of March will have a lot of below normal days and be colder than average but there will be a warming trend, just probably not as fast as most people want. (JM)
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