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too cold

It is summer in Antartica, winter in Logan, Utah.
Both were within 1 Degree of each other a few days ago...
 
Carjosse said:
It is 10F today and will go down to -4F tonight. -4F is the usually temperature during the day until March. Probably will not see positive temperatures again till late-March or April. In other words, stop complaining.
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You would complain if montreal was 70 one day and 19 the next, that is a pretty big temp shock. You have to realize this is the south, we do not get massive cold storms just like you guys stay away from texas because of it's heat.

But in all fairness if I wanted cold weather I would move up north, between texas heat and humidity cali 120+ dry heats and kuwait and afghanistan 130-140 degree dry heat, i can handle heat all day, I even lived when my ac went out in the peak of texas summer, it would actually get over 150 in the house when it was maybe 100 outside, so I would open the windows turn on the fans and wait outside for the heat to escape when I would come home.
 
beerftw said:
You would complain if montreal was 70 one day and 19 the next, that is a pretty big temp shock. You have to realize this is the south, we do not get massive cold storms just like you guys stay away from texas because of it's heat.

But in all fairness if I wanted cold weather I would move up north, between texas heat and humidity cali 120+ dry heats and kuwait and afghanistan 130-140 degree dry heat, i can handle heat all day, I even lived when my ac went out in the peak of texas summer, it would actually get over 150 in the house when it was maybe 100 outside, so I would open the windows turn on the fans and wait outside for the heat to escape when I would come home.
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That used to be true, but since , as was pointed out, the warmer arctic is making the just steam wavier, which is now much more likely to shove COLD air down south more
 
Chomsky said:
You guys are lightweights! I was outdoors for much of the day yesterday, in temps 20 degrees colder! Very invigorating & healthy, and good for the appetite and getting a good night's sleep!
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I don't mind 20 degrees if the sun is shining and there's no wind, but that hasn't been the case the past few days.
 
it is now so cold that my Jeep Wrangler's doors are frozen. i haven't tried the "To Build a Fire" spittle test to see how long it takes it to crackle. thankfully, the dog and i are both indoors tonight.
 
Dittohead not! said:
or a northeast one.

Meanwhile, in California, the big news is rain. Precious water is just falling out of the sky for free! Wow! ten feet of snow predicted at higher elevations. That's like a rain of dollar bills. Reservoirs will be full next summer.

I'm not sure how cold it got, but they're still harvesting oranges here.
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Oh Yea,, out dancing naked in it.......

The temp changes are not really that odd... I have several acre's where I live, as does every house/Lot in the area.. There is a "flood Canal" that is basically a small valley that meanders through all of the properties to allow excess rain to flow down to the river.. My house is about 25 feet above the canal.. In the middle of summer I can walk from the house down to the bottom of the canal and feel the temp drop several degree's.. It's kinda mind blowing actually...

djl
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
You Texans need to pull your skirts down and grow a pair. ;) Try living through a Midwest winter.
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I just spent the morning shoveling out my driveway for the 5th or 6th time in the last couple days. I had to move the piles of snow along my driveway back because I could no longer throw the snow over them. I now have a pile of snow in my yard that's the length of my driveway, about 20' wide and 4' deep. Then I read that Atlanta is shut down because of 2.3 inches of snow...
 
faithful_servant said:
I just spent the morning shoveling out my driveway for the 5th or 6th time in the last couple days. I had to move the piles of snow along my driveway back because I could no longer throw the snow over them. I now have a pile of snow in my yard that's the length of my driveway, about 20' wide and 4' deep. Then I read that Atlanta is shut down because of 2.3 inches of snow...
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Well in their defense, there are no plows down South usually, but yeah, I totally get you. After I called out the whiny Texans on here I went out for a 10 mile run in 7 degree weather.
 
We're experiencing a bit of a heat wave right now. It's -19 with wind chill right now.

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TheGoverness said:
No snow, but it's still cold as ****.
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Well in my 40+ years of living in Cent. Oregon, this is the worst winter I can remember. I've seen more snow, I've seen it colder, but this winter is the first time we've gotten this long a stretch with both snow and cold. My employer has shut down production once already and we're not running on Monday (my position lets me work from home, so I'll remote in). Snow slides on the passes, electrical fires at work, snow removal crews working massive overtime and still not able to keep up. The best thing that's happened so far has been my neighbors all pitching and helping where they can. The guy across the street has been running his new snow blower almost non-stop to help the people who can't shovel their snow and when he gets them taken care of, helps out the rest of us. Still shoveling a lot of snow, but it's been a real help when he's had the time to get to our driveway. I had to drag back the snow piles next to my driveway to give myself room for more snow and I was standing in piles of snow that were hip deep to drag the rest of the snow back.
 
beerftw said:
Seriously in centex where I live it is 19 degrees right now, and at times last night my thermometer got to 7 degrees, largely defying the low the weather said would be which was 19 degrees, this is bs I was running my ac on christmas day.

Making this more odd is how widely the temps vary in a short distance, like it would be 19 at my house, 15 two blocks down and 23 a mile from here. This is texas, no one moves here for this much cold. On another note atleast we don't have snow where i'm at, unlike much of the rest of the south does right now.
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Hit 72 today here.

Still too chilly
 
beerftw said:
Seriously in centex where I live it is 19 degrees right now, and at times last night my thermometer got to 7 degrees, largely defying the low the weather said would be which was 19 degrees, this is bs I was running my ac on christmas day.

Making this more odd is how widely the temps vary in a short distance, like it would be 19 at my house, 15 two blocks down and 23 a mile from here. This is texas, no one moves here for this much cold. On another note atleast we don't have snow where i'm at, unlike much of the rest of the south does right now.
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If the thermometers being used are thermocouple based, a 4 degree error is not uncommon. I have 6 identical sensors that won't agree even when in the same indoor location. If you use thermistor type meters you will get better readings. And, where I live in Cache Valley (Logan Utah area) you can get 10-12 degree differences depending on how close you are to the river, or how far "up the bench" your house is located relative to valley floor.
 
UtahBill said:
If the thermometers being used are thermocouple based, a 4 degree error is not uncommon. I have 6 identical sensors that won't agree even when in the same indoor location. If you use thermistor type meters you will get better readings. And, where I live in Cache Valley (Logan Utah area) you can get 10-12 degree differences depending on how close you are to the river, or how far "up the bench" your house is located relative to valley floor.
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I think geographic location has alot to play in it. I knew some marines who would throw a fit in 29 stumps cali because it was 105 on post and 130 in their training area. Certain areas retain heat more or less, in their case when their training was between close hills, it seems to act like an oven.

Another in cali was the high and low desert. I lived in the high desert, close to 3k elevation, temps would get to 120 in the summer, but mostly around 105-110. I worked in the low desert, it would get to 120 more often than not in summer. Sometimes all our indoor thermometers would beat weather stations by a range like they would say 118 on theirs and every shop would say 131. Most consistent hot in that low desert valley was thermal, yeah they named that town appropriately.
 
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