With temperatures set to soar into the 90s this week, students are reacting to the unusually balmy weather. According to a study by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, this winter was the fourth-warmest winter on record in the United States.

The National Climatic Data Center says that temperatures in Missouri have been well above average this year, with the state receiving a notable lack of wintry weather as a result.

Junior Lucas Delort appreciated the flexibility warm weather allowed for outdoor activities.

 “I could start going outside and doing more things that I would not normally do,” Delort said. “It is better for day-to-day activities since I bike from my apartment to class.”

 Delort said that the warmer weather has made it easier for him to get around, but added that he does have concerns about the trend of above-average temperatures continuing.

 “If it snows, I would have to walk to class. I would be happy to see more winters like this,” Delort said. “I feel relieved, but not if it means a hotter spring or summer.”

 Freshman Yvonne Tran also had mixed sentiments.

 “The weather has allowed me to be outside, go to Kayak’s to study, and do service projects I would not normally do during the winter,” Tran said. “[But] I would prefer to have a proper winter. I enjoy playing in the snow and am disappointed.”

 Freshman Chiara Rosenbaum expressed that she missed the opportunity to experience a more typical Midwestern winter.

“Since I am from Los Angeles, I am disappointed to have not been able to experience a real winter,” Rosenbaum said.

 Rosenbaum also voiced some concern that the warmer temperatures may be the result of global warming.

 “I would not like to see more winters like this. It may come to a point where the next generation will not know what winter is,” Rosenbaum said. “My friends are also concerned over global warming as well.”

 Top Care Lawn Services, the company that provides Washington University with landscaping services and snow cleaning, has had to adapt to the atypical weather as well.

 “With the weather being nice, they have provided more landscaping services than usual,” Rusty White, vice president of operations at Top Care Inc., said. “Obviously we would [normally] be providing more snow-cleaning services. The revenue as a result has dropped noticeably.

 “However, the money that we have been receiving from Washington University has not changed, because we are making up for the snow-cleaning by providing landscaping services,” he said. “We have had seasons like this before and do not feel threatened by mild winters.”