We’ve now had about a week with weather over 40 degrees, and the last two days have been almost 60! It’s been a nice break, since it was in the 20s for almost a week before that. We had snow and ice that didn’t melt off our driveway for a while, but it’s all gone now. But there’s a cold storm coming tonight, with rain turning to snow over the weekend. It’s really fluctuating a lot lately. I just looked back at weather.com’s tracking of last month’s temps, and we had quite a few days in the 60s. The ski resorts are open in the mountains, but I wonder if they have good snow.

I saw an AP article the other day saying the melting of Arctic ice this year was much, much faster than anyone predicted. One scientist in the article said we could get to a tipping point where all the ice melts in a decade. That may be hyperbole, and I’ve not heard that claim before, but I have to admit I haven’t studied this issue. I’d like to get a bunch of data on Utah climate and see if Utah winters have warmed or if snowfall has been less than in the past.