Red means warmer than average. Now that the colder than average weather (blue) has taken up residence in the Arctic, the warm returns to fill the void over the US. #weather

Turns out, yes.

Same pattern, but I don’t have the rain data handy. I’ll look into it.

…pictured here. Much drier than normal in #florida through April.
Thus, it will likely be a precarious fire season. Burn 🔥 bans are in effect.

Records come from NOAA ThreadX by way of a program by Climate Central. Every record reached is counted. So if a record high as reached Dec 1 2020, then again Dec 1, 2021 and Dec 1, 2023, it counts as three records.

Since 2020, Tampa and Miami have only had 1 record low each - both this season. Ft Myers 2. But each city has had well over 100 record highs! Yeah, record highs are outnumbering record lows ~100 to 1 there. That’s how freakish this week’s cold has been. 2/