Does it seem like it's been warmer this past year? Well, that's because it was.
The overall average temperature for 2012 was three degrees warmer than 2011. Even the average coldest temperatures of 2012 were warmer than the average coldest temperatures of the previous six years. Last year was, in fact, warmer than any of the previous six years, according to weather statistics gathered by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer.
Guy Verhoff, Icon weather observer provided a summary of our December weather. Here goes:
The high temprature in December was 66 degrees on Dec. 3. The low was 14 degrees on Dec. 28. The average December 2012 temperature was 36.9 degrees. The normal average for December is 29.2 degrees.
The precipitation for December 2012 was 3.03 inches. The normal average precipitation is 2.69 inches. Additionally, December snow totals were 12.7 inches. All in all, we seem do be doing a little catch up from our dry November.
As some of the old timers tell it, Greg Conkling showed up here like a lost kitten sometime around 1986. He hung around until we got used to him and permitted him to stay.
At least, that’s the way I heard it. Maybe you heard differently.
The next meeting of the Bluffton Lions Club will take place Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 12 p.m. at Maple Crest.
This lunchtime meeting will feature Lion Dr. Bob Goulding as the guest speaker. Dr. Goulding, a Toledo optomitrist, long-time Lion involved with Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation, and civil war history buff will speak on “Johnson’s Island civil war prison”.
If members wish to reserve a meal, please go to [email protected] by Wednesday, Jan. 2 to submit a reservation.
New Year serenaders are invited to meet at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31 at Mennonite Memorial Home 410 W. Elm St., Bluffton, according to Dick Jordan. The event is an annual tradition encouraged by the Swiss Community Historical Society.
Warmup for singers at 4:45 p.m. for those desiring it. Following serenading at MMH, singers will go to Maple Crest at 6:30 p.m. where they will sing at Maple Crest's new year's eve party.
