“If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.” – Mark Twain

Winter in New England is a challenge.  It’s not the cold so much as one can put on more layers of polar fleece or flannel or move up a weight of long johns, unless it gets in the negatives and then you have to worry about things like pipes freezing.  It’s more about the uncertainty.

Uncertainty of what the next day will bring is the stressful part if you have a doctor’s appointment or something.  Other than that, winter in New England can be beautiful.

Although as a photographer, you have to take advantage of the conditions when they present themselves and often trivial things like scrapping ice off the windshield, snowblowing the driveway and shoveling the walk come first before being able to go out and photograph.  And if you are looking for some sunshine to brighten up your landscapes, that might be a bit of a rare occurrence.

My advice is to pick some targeted areas during the rest of the year, and then head out to those spots when the weather is agreeable.

Seems like over the past 15 years or so climate change has been wreaking the traditional New England winter.  Fall seems extended.  While we lived in Maine the local ice fishing derby keep having to be pushed off by a month due to lack of ice and here in New Hampshire my son’s high school cross country ski team often had to practice on the astro turf of the football field due to lack of snow.

Right now in late January we are experiencing another mid winter melting period of rain and above freezing temperatures which is killing the fun of winter as the snow is melting on the cross country ski trails.

As the earth’s climate warm one of the causality is a good old fashioned New England winter with snow on the ground all winter.  Instead we are getting these wetter, warmer winters with freezing rain and late heavy large snow dumps along the coast line in late winter.