Weather report. How cold?

dmccarty · Jan 21, 2013

Gracious, you people should be frozen solid. You must be drinking beer to keep from freezing...

Winter finally arrived in my area of NC. The low will be 25 tomorrow and 20 on Wednesday! The high all week wont get over 41 until Sunday. Too cold for me. You danged polar bear Yankees need to keep this cold weather up by youse guys! :laughing::laughing::laughing: We hooked up a heat lamp for the chickens tonight.

I saw a weather record over the weekend that said in 1977 it was -7 or some such and in 1943 it was in the upper 80s. I was living in KY in '77 and we had a couple of feet of snow and the Ohio river froze! :shocked:

Later,
Dan

tractchores · Jan 21, 2013

Wow, its warm here comparably! It was in the 20's today, but should be below zero the next few nights with highs in the teens. I used to live further from the coast and remember fighting to start the car in -40 don't miss that at all.

vtsnowedin · Jan 21, 2013

Only four below this morning but the forcast calls for much colder tonight. The wind was blowing yesterday and the snow conditions were just right for snow roses to form. It looks like the wind faries were having a snow ball fight in my daughters fields and some of them are a foot tall. The weatherman said it was the first time in thirty years with those conditions. I can't say he is wrong as I don't remember the last time I saw them.

Soggy Bottom Outdoors · Jan 21, 2013

Dmccarty;I was in Ky the winter of '77-'78. Kids got out of school for Christmas break, 21 or 22 of December and didn't go back to school till Feb. It's in the low teens now, wind 10-15. I have a neighbor that calls it the "Wind Chill Factory".......he don't get out much.

crowbar032 · Jan 21, 2013

I was born in January 24, 1977 in Dayton Ohio, so every year on my birthday I get to hear the story of how Dad's 1966 Impala was one of the few cars that would start. A police officer was stationed at the hospital entrance so no one would steal the car since it was running and Dad couldn't shut it off. Weeks of -20's and many of the records still show up from that year on the weather reports.

Thankfully I don't remember it and it hasn't been that cold since around here. Tomorrow morning it is supposed to be 5 with 15-20 mph winds. That is plenty cold for me. Bring on spring.

imgone52 · Jan 21, 2013

We had 22 degrees and 4 plus inches of snow. Now the snow stops, skys clear and temps drop. Zero to -10 for the next few nights. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Marveltone · Jan 21, 2013

dmccarty said:
Gracious, you people should be frozen solid.

We are.:cold:

You must be drinking beer to keep from freezing...

We do!:drink:

Winter finally arrived in my area of NC. The low will be 25 tomorrow and 20 on Wednesday! The high all week wont get over 41 until Sunday. Too cold for me. You danged polar bear Yankees need to keep this cold weather up by youse guys! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Hey, we're friendly up here. We like to share!

We hooked up a heat lamp for the chickens tonight.

I use a milk house heater. It'a about 28 in the coop during this sub-zero plunge. Not bad.:thumbsup:

I saw a weather record over the weekend that said in 1977 it was -7 or some such and in 1943 it was in the upper 80s. I was living in KY in '77 and we had a couple of feet of snow and the Ohio river froze! :shocked:

Later,
Dan

All of the rivers and lakes freeze for the entire winter up here. Entire ice fishing communities spring up on the lakes. Looks like frozen Hoovervilles!:laughing:

Marveltone · Jan 21, 2013

vtsnowedin said:
Only four below this morning but the forcast calls for much colder tonight. The wind was blowing yesterday and the snow conditions were just right for snow roses to form. It looks like the wind faries were having a snow ball fight in my daughters fields and some of them are a foot tall. The weatherman said it was the first time in thirty years with those conditions. I can't say he is wrong as I don't remember the last time I saw them.

Cool! Never saw snow roses before. Thanks for sharing!

Joe

MIKE R · Jan 21, 2013

I guess all this global cooling is having an effect on everyone!!! I'm not trying to start a argument.

A police officer was stationed at the hospital entrance so no one would steal the car since it was running and Dad couldn't shut it off

That's what I do most of the time with the truck if I'm only going to be less than 1/2hour at a place. Just leave it running. I'll leave the tractor at a high idle for over a hour sometimes while I shovel the walkways and along the garage.

Always carry Booster Cables and a tow strap in this cold weather and can't forget my warm gloves and rabbit fur hat. (I do get laughed at, wearing it to school but at lease I'm warm)