mild winter
Warm cold months
A mild winter is one with temperatures warmer than typical for the region, often with less snow or frost than expected.
The phrase is relative—a mild winter in Minnesota might still freeze someone from Florida: We had such a mild winter that the tulips came up early.
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- balmyMildly warm, soothing
- frostThin ice coating
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- thawReturn to liquid
slush · jacket · sweater · grey · overcast · shorter days · drizzle · dormant · bare · bare trees · branches · hibernation · cabin fever · fireplace · hot cocoa · cozy · indoor · heating
- Australian Weatherheatwave, bushfire, cyclone, dust storm, drought
- Subtropicshumid summers, wet season, dry season, trade winds, hurricanes
- desert climatearid, aridity, dry heat, extreme heat, scorching heat
- Indian Weathermonsoon rains, monsoon season, loo, nor'wester, norwesters
- Texas weathertornado, hail, heat wave, thunderstorm, hurricane