Draw a line from North Dakota down to Atlanta, then over to the Ocean and up to Newfoundland. Folks in that area of the USA and adjacent Canada will remember the winter of 2025-2026. 1914 and 1950 were similar.
The chart here shows the below normal temperatures. The green area shows the temperature commonly experienced at the airport (KCLE). 
As 2025 ended the readings were in the blue, and then it warmed (the pastel-salmon color). It dropped into the cold zone by mid-month. Tuesday of this coming week might get up to 40°F, but that will be temporary. The rest of the month will be slightly better than now, but not much.
Here on the Naneum Fan there has been almost no snow and temperatures varying only a little in the 30 to 40 range. Still, I think March will be welcomed by everyone.
The most exciting local news was when a big rig on I-90 went off the road into a pond. There were two tanks being towed with about 75,000 pounds of Palm Oil. The newspaper report didn’t answer the obvious questions.
My Ford truck got a routine service. By the end of this week I’ll have 50,000 miles. I bought it used and only add about 9,000 miles per year. I need to check on the purchase date reading.
On Friday, I had about 10 unknown phone calls. Mostly there is a town name and sometimes not. On two, after my phone message there was background noise and voices. They did not address me, it was more like a room of people in the background.
Today, Sunday, I was searching on the web and went to a site that started warning me of viruses on my machine. There were flashing warnings popped up saying click here for a scan and removal. One said I had 7 viruses and another said 3. I had to get into “Settings” and the security listings to delete the offenders. This has happened before. Norton is the usual name being (falsely) used. Today there was also a Windows one. Anyway, they keep coming so no work can be done.
I’d like to be able to send a signal back to those sites that would destroy their computer. 🙂
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John