April or maybe May out there. Freaky for the second week of January. Stories this week blame it on La Nina, with Eric Horst of Millersville University insisting - as he always does - that none of this has anything to do with global warming.

But this graphic, from Millersville’s own Web site, is both telling and frightening. It shows monthly temperature anomolies - dark blue for temperatures much below normal, light blue for those slightly below normal; white for normal; light red for temps slightly above normal; and dark red for temps significantly hotter than usual.

Compare the years 1914-1990 to the years 1990 and beyond - the last decade in particular. Used to be a lot of red and blue. Now it’s mostly red; 9 of the last 11 years have been hotter than normal.

Merely “cyclical?” Maybe. Though as a co-worker who just got back inside quipped, “This doesn’t feel normal.” Maybe it’s the new normal.