Yes very goofy. Too bad very little of the nightly news tell us the true culprit.
I have Heather and rose blooming. Planted some Fall Safron Crocus less than 2 months ago and one is blooming already.
Most of what is happening is a result of the strongest El Nino on record. Due to world location, it affects the USA strongly (warmer). If this is followed by a strong La Ninya, which is often the case, next Summer will be some whacky weather as well. El Nino is purely a weather phenomena. Another significant factor is the Aleutian Low which is simply piling on at this point.
https://wunderground.atavist.c...
has some good info.
Very much more detailed and technical info here:
http://www.oceannetworks.ca/wa...
(Weather garu wannabe and former AMS member for ~ 20 years - in my former life I was am Energy Economist and did massive studies of weather data. One of my studies based on Edmonton Alberta data went back 120 years.)
