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Colder Than Usual Winter?
Jan 15^th, 2009 at 5:23am

Well, have the predictions come true? It's minus 13 degrees F (-25 C) here now, with a high today of 5 F (-15C) with 20 to 30 MPH winds. I doubt it warms up that much. The north has been getting hammered with snow, which just heads straight east. We have a few inches of snow from yesterday, but it's been mainly ice so far this winter. Peoria got 6 to 8 inches of snow yesterday.

The Pacific northwest has gotten a lot of snow, and it's been colder than usual there (Cathi, I hope you've gotten dug out by now). I hate to think of the temp at Potter's house. (I really don't like cold weather anymore ... BRRRR!)

What's the temp where you are? And you warm climate folks... try not to gloat too much. Wink

Stay warm!

Edited to add, the high is now going to be -3 F. On goes another layer...

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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #1 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 5:58am

Blimy thats cold! Brrr dont think i could stand that! i love heat,am a nightmare always have the heating on full as i hate pilling on the layers of clothes,if it gets warmer i just open all the windows! ha here in the south east uk its 7 c where i am, not that bad,but still to cold for me! hehe
good luck to you getting through the cold patch,hope it warms up for you soon!

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lashultzwfe CH.com Veteran Offline Make it a Great Day! Posts: 178 Milton,Wisconsin USA Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #3 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:14am -13 below with windchill warnings to -30 to -40 below, glad to be heading south to St. Louis for a little warm up, at this point the single digits seem balmy..... Diane
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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #4 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:30am lashultzwfe wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:14am: -13 below with windchill warnings to -30 to -40 below, glad to be heading south to St. Louis for a little warm up, at this point the single digits seem balmy..... Diane Exactly what they are calling for here, Diane. See ya in St. Louis!!!!! Be safe.
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lashultzwfe CH.com Veteran Offline Make it a Great Day! Posts: 178 Milton,Wisconsin USA Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #5 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:37am Diane Exactly what they are calling for here, Diane. See ya in St. Louis!!!!! Be safe. Jackie, You also be safe, and we will see you later today.... Diane
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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #6 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:45am It is -34C, -29F here this morning and the same for tonight. Looks like another couple of days of driving around on my frozen, flat spotted tires LOL Also, by breathing in this crisp arctic air I can stop a shadow almost instantly.
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #7 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:50am Set a record Tuesday. Hottest Jan 13th on record in San Luis Obispo. Topped out at 88 degrees.
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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #8 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:00am Bob P wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:50am: Set a record Tuesday. Hottest Jan 13th on record in San Luis Obispo. Topped out at 88 degrees. Oh no, Bob.....you poor folks. Bless your hearts.......
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Mosaicwench CH.com Sponsor Offline www.mosaicwench.com Posts: 3507 Near Milwaukee WI, USA Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #9 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:14am Bob P wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:50am: Set a record Tuesday. Hottest Jan 13th on record in San Luis Obispo. Topped out at 88 degrees. Call FEMA - you may get something out of it!
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purpleydog CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2732	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #11 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:20am Mosaicwench wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:14am: Bob P wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:50am: Set a record Tuesday. Hottest Jan 13th on record in San Luis Obispo. Topped out at 88 degrees. Call FEMA - you may get something out of it!
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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #12 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:22am

barry_sword wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:45am:

It is -34C, -29F here this morning and the same for tonight.
Looks like another couple of days of driving around on my frozen, flat spotted tires Shocked

LOL
Also, by breathing in this crisp arctic air I can stop a shadow almost instantly. Wink

Ain't that the truth! One good thing about cold weather, feels mighty good on my eye.

I hear ya about the flat spots on the tires. Always a little more bumpy, it seems, driving when it's really cold out.

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purpleydog CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2732	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #13 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:26am Damn, now it's -15F with a - 27 wind chill. Once I get to work in an hour, I'm not going out again until I leave for the day. Thank goodness my boss is doing the pick ups today.
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purpleydog CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2732	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #14 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:28am M.R. wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:03am: -4 right now. The lake is keep us a little warmer. Howz that global warming working for ya. Mike Ummm, working out good, Mike, real good, LOL.
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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #16 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:43am

purpleydog wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:22am:

I hear ya about the flat spots on the tires. Always a little more bumpy, it seems, driving when it's really cold out.

I never noticed the sound of driving on sub-zero snow until a transplanted Floridian pointed it out to me.

It's really a creepy sound!

(And get back to work, JrBrew!)

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midwestbeth CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 1123 Edwardsville, IL Gender:	Re: Colder Than Usual Winter? Reply #18 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 8:09am It is so cold, they canceled school!! No snow or ice on the ground. Last weeks it was in the 50's and beautiful, next week it is going to be in the 40's. y'all picked the coldest week of the season for a meet and greet. This is not normal weather here. brrrrrrr Beth
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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #19 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 8:28am

purpleydog wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:22am:

barry_sword wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 6:45am:

It is -34C, -29F here this morning and the same for tonight.
Looks like another couple of days of driving around on my frozen, flat spotted tires Shocked

LOL
Also, by breathing in this crisp arctic air I can stop a shadow almost instantly. Wink

Ain't that the truth! One good thing about cold weather, feels mighty good on my eye.

DITTO!!!

As for the cold, it's -20 currently with a windchill of -42. They said on the news yesterday this is the coldest it's been in a decade. a DECADE?? Ohforpetesake, that's only 10 years ago, they act like it's been 80 or something. Yesterday it got to, oh I dunno, -7, and they acted like it was the apocolypse. Roll Eyes

We have a rule here, it's only really cold if it's hard to breathe outside, otherwise it's "not bad". LOL

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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #21 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 8:44am

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The worlds temperature has been flat for a few years, and started dropping in 2008.

Temps here in NY have been at 0F for 3 days. This is not to bad, we have had morning temps as low as -30F before. I guess we are in the tropical zone.

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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #22 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 9:38am

I agree with Mel - this isn't so bad . . . . -13, sunny, kinda pretty from inside with long underwear and a turtleneck. I've seen a lot worse.

Like the day in 1982 (-26 before windchills) when a friend got married and the tires of her "getaway car" were frozen to the pavement. Now THAT'S cold.

The schools closed yesterday before the cold weather even arrived . . .pshaw!

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Re: Colder Than Usual Winter?
Reply #24 - Jan 15^th, 2009 at 10:04am

It's 29 degrees F this morning. Very gray--there's a temperature inversion in the valley right now, with the colder air bottled up in the lower elevations. Supposed to break up later in the week. That being said, I see that it's 9 degrees F in McCall, two hours to the north of us.

It's been a pretty average winter--a bit more snow than usual, but not as much as last year.

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