The long hot winter

This is what winter should look like today in the hilly parts of Kansas, and yes there are hills here especially all along the northern and the eastern tiers of counties.  (though my farm land and my brothers are both flat as hell)

So far the end of December and January have been like spring, 50's day time and sometimes a light frost at night.  Many new high temp records set.   The central part of the state had one little snow, two inches maybe, melted within 24 hours.  West near Colorado line they had one hard blow that closed I70 overnight once.  Last winter we had one fierce cold snap for 3 or 4 days, the rest was like this, a long hot winter, it means more bugs to have mild winters, and more disease in animals both wild and farmed.