Warmth seen lingering into early January
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Mild weather was expected to linger in most of the United States until at least early January, continuing a prolonged spell of balmy conditions that has cut deeply into heating demand, government and private forecasters said on Tuesday.
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Mostly clear skies were forecast across the nation's midsection Monday, and temperatures were expected to begin creeping upward days after a devastating ice and snow storm.
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The U.S. Northeast from upstate New York to Maine will have equal chances of above- or below-normal temperatures during February and in the 3-month February-April period, the National Weather Service predicted on Thursday.
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Life & style: In pictures: Even if your January health kick has fizzled out, you can still look the part in a sporty top
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Until this week, the mid-Atlantic got the cold shoulder from winter, and area residents just adored the snub. Those lower heating costs were as sweet as playing 18 holes on New Year's Day.
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Winter will be warmer than normal in  the U.S. Western and Plains states and colder than usual in the  Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, but the return of El Nino  is making it hard for forecasters to hazard a guess for much of  the country, meteorologists said on Wednesday.
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It's shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record.
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Very cold temperatures were expected to linger in the northern Plains and Midwest on Friday, with the coldest weather shifting eastward.
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Earlier blooms. Less snow to shovel. Unseasonable warm spells. Signs that winters in the Northeast are losing their bite have been abundant in recent years and now researchers have nailed down numbers to show just how big the changes have been.
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The U.S. winter will be longer and slightly colder than the last, private forecasters say, spelling a spike in heating oil and natural gas demand even as high oil prices drive up the cost of heating.
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The first weeks of January have been several degrees warmer than average in Finland.
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By RAYMOND H. ZERBA JR.  We saw very little really cold days in January, and most plants began coming out of dormancy. Writing about what to do in the garden in February is tough, because the weather is unpredictable.
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By WILLIAM KATES  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - After an unusually warm December and a mostly snow-free January, winter returned with a vengeance Tuesday to the upper Midwest and Northeast, dumping heavy snow on parts of New York and keeping temperatures well below zero in many cities.
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January is on course to be the second warmest the UK has seen since 1914, the Met Office says.
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Top forecasters predict normal to colder-than-normal weather for the U.S. Northeast this winter, but high fuel stockpiles may buffer consumers in the world's biggest heating oil region from price spikes.
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By Betty Lin-Fisher, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 7--With temperatures around nine degrees and a wind chill below zero on early Tuesday evening, Jeremiah Johnson huddled under three blankets in the alcove of the St. Bernard Catholic Church's former parish school in downtown Akron.
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As the first signs of winter push into the Northeast, researchers have some good news for fair weather fans â-pring is coming earlier than it used to.