The operative words for our long-term forecast are: warmer and milder.
It is 5 degrees here this morning. Our high will be in the 20's, as was yesterday. Today, however, we have sunshine. We have had cold temperatures, wind, and some snow (didn't pile up though, much to my children's disappointment!) the last four days. Our daytime highs will be in the 30's for the rest of the week.
This is not the kind of weather we were having a year ago, when it really was mild! Global warming strikes again!
Now, if it has been doing that here, I can only imagine what our dear friends north of us are experiencing.