KeithinCali

Top 20 coldest major cities (in winter, dec thru feb) in the US. http://www.weather.com/sports-recreation/ski/news/20-coldest-large-cities-america-20140107#/1 A couple surprises maybe. I correctly guessed #1 but was surprised that a few other cities didn't make it. It appears "major city" is designated as among the top 100 most populous which works out to a pop. of over 200,000. So about the size of Southampton/Derby or larger.

Well the US is a big country. So there's a wide variety of different regional climates and phenoma going on. Although the engine of the gulf and the lack of geographic barriers to northerly plunges of the artic stuff from Canada is a fortuitous set up and makes things interesting for the eastern 2/3rds of the country. However, I happen to live in the corner of the country where the weather is dull, predictable, and typically undramatic. If you think your country is "mega boring" weather/climate wise you'd certainly suffer as a weather enthusiast living in Southern California! All the chaotic weather they get in the midwest, east, and on the gulf is as foreign to me as it is to you.

Earlier this year meteoroligists predicted that SoCal had a 50% chance of above normal rainfall from end of February on through March and April. Largely based on the notion that "Pineapple Express" indicators were looking more positive and the so called "atmospheri rivers" may be instigated. Can't say it's looking that way is it? Isn't the Eastern Pacific cooling at the moment?