Whoever ordered this kind of weather - good job!
A month ago as our trip to Croatia was nearing its end, I was starting to dread the upcoming Midwestern February. I've been in Midwest long enough to know that here February is the cruelest month, even though (especially because?) there are no lilacs breeding out of the dead land. We are usually blanketed in snow or ice, with temperatures on occasion going all the way down to zero Fahrenheit. I oftentimes point out that even though I grew up in a city that had the Winter Olympics, the winters I knew as a boy were never as severe as this.
Now that February is half over, I can start feeling like we've been incredibly lucky this year. The days when the high temperature was below freezing were relatively few, with more sunny days than I ever remembered at this time of year. Consequently, my SAD was largely under control, and I was one (relatively) happy camper for a change.
If i were more credulous, I would ascribe this unseasonably warm weather to "global" warming, but a) last year the especially brutal winter was given the same cause, and b) while in Midwest we are enjoying the balmy days, back in Croatia they are having one of the worst Winters on the record. The simple law of averages implies that globally, things are about the same as they have always been. Locally, however, I am not complaining.