"Winter" in Boston

"Winter" 2015-2016 in Boston so far:

• December 2015: 10.6 degrees above average (warmest on record)
• January 2016: +3.5
• February 2016:  +3.0
• March (through 3/12): +4.8

It was the second-warmest meterological winter (December-February) on record in Boston. All of the three warmest have come since 2001.

Hey, it's hard to complain about a winter in Boston that was closer to Washington, DC temperatures. But what's a New England winter without pond hockey? And my wife got her first bug bite of the year yesterday, a reminder payback comes due in the spring and summer when pests run wild after warm winters.