In article 20140207065242.0c62d16f@home-1,
Graham P Davis writes:
There is a factor connecting this winter with 1962-3. In that winter,
I recall that the NE Pacific and Atlantic south of the Grand Banks
had large cold pools which, it was believed at the time, caused a
mild winter over the USA and severe cold over Europe with a high
pressure anomaly over Iceland and low over the Azores during
JAn-Feb.

This year the two areas are warm, the Pacific area particularly so
from well before the start of the winter. The two warm areas have
this year combined to produce a severe winter over the eastern
USA and the stormy, zonal weather across the Atlantic and
Europe.

I noticed in today's paper that Anchorage, Vancouver and Seattle have
all turned a fair bit colder. Let's hope that's the sign of a pattern
change.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"