We had significantly lower temps all year here in the Pacifist Northwest, and everyone is expecting a particularly nasty winter. Between yesterday and today, there will be about 22 inches of new snow in the Cascades, which is pretty early for that much accumulation at any altitude.
I had 3 cords of firewood delivered this year and we’ve already had the stove fired up several times, especially in the mornings last week when it was in the high 30’s at dawn.
Just out of curiosity, how much is a cord of firewood going for in the Pacific NW? I’m in WV and was wondering about the differences in pricing between the two areas, considering both areas are heavily forested and fairly mountainous.
Actually, it’s been going on now (colder temps) for more than a year.
I always save my monthly electric bills from Puget Power.
Each month, it shows average temperature for the month, and the average temp for the same month last year.
I believe every month this year was colder than the same month last year, and every month last year was cooler than the same month in 2008.
I’ll have to dig them out and maybe do some stats...