Snowless Des Moines

I saw this Des Moines Register article a few days ago about the lack of snow we have had this month.

With just over three days left in December, Des Moines is on the verge of tying the all-time record lack of snow since weather recording began in 1884.

Des Moines has received 1/10 of an inch of snow this month based on measurements from the Des Moines International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.

That’s the smallest snow measurement used by meteorologists. That's also how much snow was recorded in December of 1889 and again in 2002.

My wife helped with a wedding shower yesterday. The person who hosted it was worried that people wouldn't be able to come because she heard their was precipitation in the forecast and thought they would be a bad snowstorm. I said it was going to rain because, "You have to remember that global warming thing." She told me to get my nose out of those books.

You don't need your nose in a book to figure it out. All you have to do is leave your snowboots in doors and go outside and enjoy the 50 degree weather in December.