Payson, AZ- having a "heat wave"

Today, in Payson, it is 60 degrees! In January! It is SO warm that it has me thinking garden, even though I know that Spring has NOT sprung, we WILL have snow, the temperatures won't stay reliably warm until at LEAST April, and probably May. Payson has rather unpredictable weather. I have, several times, seen a foot or two of snow in April, but I have NEVER seen it this warm in January.

I wanted a White CHristmas- but the closest I got was the pictures, below.

This is the view, in December, from the hill near the airport in Payson. Several times before Christmas we had rain all day, turning to snow in the evening. Rain again, in the night, melted it off before morning.

The trees looked flocked, the wind was blowing, and it was COLD! Note the pieces of snow on the camera lens- the wind was blowing it almost sideways.

If you like CHANGEABLE weather, Payson is the place for you. It has 4 mild seasons, not as cold as Flagstaff in the Winter, not as hot as Phoenix in the Summer, and Fall and Spring are just gorgeous!