COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's unseasonable weather is bringing golfers and hikers out in greater numbers, attracting more visitors to zoos and allowing the operator of a Lake Erie ferry to run for the first time in six winters.
While temperatures climbed through the 50s this week, some were even ice skating in shirt sleeves and trading in pants for shorts.
From December through January, average temperatures in Columbus were the 10th highest on record. Meanwhile, if the winter were to end now, the season would rank third for the least amount of snow in Cincinnati, which has had just 1.6 inches so far.
A National Weather Service meteorologist says the jet stream has been farther north than usual, keeping cold air from moving south from Canada, a trend expected to extend into February.
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