On 13 Mar 2007 20:49:30 -0700, "AA0II" wrote:

It was 74 degrees here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa today.

The strange thing is that there are STILL snow piles left over. The
snow piles in some parking lots STILL look majestic, though they're
considerably smaller now. Even my backyard still has a tiny patch or
two of ice in sheltered shady areas. The pond by my workplace is
still filled with ice.

OK, the shallower snow vanished from the sunlit areas days ago. OK,
I'm sure it takes time for the warmth to percolate through a large
snow pile.

It just feels strange to see remnants of winter when it's this warm.
I've never seen so much snow and ice around when it's this warm.
Normally, the snow and ice are long gone before the temperature
reaches even 60 degrees, much less 70. (OK, sometimes the biggest
snow piles in town don't 100% vanish until mid-April.)

What's the highest temperature at which you've ever seen snow or ice
remnants from the winter? Have you ever seen snow or ice remnants at
your location when the temperature was 80 degrees? 85? 90? 100? (I
guess the snow piles must last a long time in the snowy mountainous
areas like the Cascades, Sierra Nevadas, and Rockies.)

Here in Omaha yesterday (03/13), 84F.

Snow is a good insulator, and those piles of (fairly compacted) snow
take a lot of HEAT to melt.

Jim