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Gold_Reindeer OP t1_j2h2ggb wrote

Reply to comment by jennybens821 in I’m new to the area is this weather normal? by Gold_Reindeer

So basically it’s abnormal but it’s normal for it to be abnormal

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jennybens821 t1_j2h2snp wrote

Precisely. Download a good weather app and get in the habit of checking it before you go out.

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Gold_Reindeer OP t1_j2h3bll wrote

Any recommended ones the ones I used back in Florida are horribly inaccurate now

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1000thusername t1_j2h73nw wrote

Use one of the Boston news station ones. While their temp forecasts on the numbers-only screens generally draw from similar sources, we have a lot of nuance here, especially when it comes to snowfall or where is going to get storms and where won’t that you will want and which the national weather apps don’t provide. Also, the Boston ones take into account proximity to ocean lowering or radiating temperatures and affecting snowfall where the national apps just throw one temperature out for the entire region. (For example, it can easily be 90+ in central MA and 70-75 in Rockport and Gloucester…)

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HeyaShinyObject t1_j2i0hx8 wrote

There's an app called eWeather that gives regional forecasts for Southern New England (he's based in CT, but discusses the whole reagion. You'll get the nuance that is often missing from the TV station forecasts, but not as much detail on specific locations.

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Square-Dragonfruit76 t1_j2idtbj wrote

All weather apps and stations get most of their data from the government. Meaning that you'll pretty much get the same predictions no matter what. Some places just have way more predictable weather than others. In Chicago, it is very difficult to predict the weather. But in Boston it is much easier.

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upnarms285 t1_j2l0mck wrote

Follow “the New England weather guy” if you’re on FB - he’s great (and doesn’t dramatize the forecast).

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friedlock68 t1_j2htawx wrote

It's not normal to be this abnormal. Multiple days in the mid to high 50s is not normal for NE. This is climate change.

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