Eleazar Saints
Connector Contributor

This year has been extreme with varying weather patterns across the country.

Depending on where you were, the weather has been either good or bad.

Here in New England, mother nature spared us in terms of an overall bad winter.

Two years’ prior multiple snowstorms buried Massachusetts over seven feet.

California, I believe, had its driest February in 2015.

This past winter temperature varied from extreme warm days in February followed by extreme cold. I think overall winter was slightly above normal in terms of snowfall.

This year in California there was a bit of rain helping the unprecedented drought. This is good for Californians.

As the summer comes to a close, the weather overall in New England has been normal. There were warm days, rainy days, and a fair amount of dry days.

When I went to Long Beach, New York for 12 days, the weather overall was good with some hot days and some wet days.

Down in Texas the weather has been bad. Hurricane Harvey took aim at Houston and the surrounding areas. 52 inches of rain fell in a matter of a few days.

Texas has times where it is wet. This is normal to see the streets flooded. There are also times when it is dry.

Sometimes certain parts in Texas will be dry with no rain for months. What made Harvey unique from other hurricanes was the aftermath.

Over 30 people died as a result. Over millions of dollars was damaged in terms of property.

I believe it will be a long time before Houston and the surrounding areas affected will fully recover.

Houston received more rainfall in three or four days, than Boston and Lowell receive in a year. Following Harvey was Hurricane Irma.

Irma took aim down south in Florida. 12 inches of rain fell in certain places. It is a bit abnormal but not extraordinary.

Florida has times when it rains consistently. It also has times when it is dry. Florida is humid thunderstorms and downpours are nothing new.

There were property damages done as expected from any hurricane. Irma was nowhere near as intense as Harvey. Not as many fatalities occurred.

Following Irma was Hurricane Jose. Predominately all of the East Coast lucked out.

Jose went off to sea on Sept. 20 which effected very few areas. The south shore of Massachusetts and Cape Cod were the exceptions.

Boston and points north did not get as much rain.

I saw on seven news weather Jose was off shore. Power lines also were down in Taunton.

The weather has been abnormal this year. From Earthquakes in Mexico, to California once again in a continuous dry pattern.

As the hurricane season progresses, the next named hurricane on the horizon is Maria.