It could be the warmest on record in the Chicago/Minneapolis area.

As we progress into late spring, it appears that most of the southern U.S. will experience very warm temperatures, with any cool weather confined to more northern latitudes.

There'll be a lot of arctic air coming into southern Canada in about a week and there's a pretty good shot that a lot of it is going to make it into the Northeast eventually - during the last half of the month.

I would guess that the next 20 winters will be colder than the last 20.

This 25-30 [year] cycle is consistent with cycles in global ocean temperatures, which are the primary drivers of weather patterns.