Hurray! We had snow last night. :smile:

It's about 1mm deep - possibly 2. lol

It's 1 F here in Minnesota. I don't much care for winter. At least the electricity for the computers also heat the house. Getting older so some day might just head south.

Cold snap finally ended.
 

Since Dec 13, 2008 we have only had one day with daytime high above normal of -11C. (Dec 28 was -8C). Today will be -6C.

During that time we got as low as -38C over night with windchills as low as -50C some days/nights.

[quote=petrw1;157962]Since Dec 13, 2008 we have only had one day with daytime high above normal of -11C. (Dec 28 was -8C). Today will be -6C.

During that time we got as low as -38C over night with windchills as low as -50C some days/nights.[/quote]


Now, THAT is painful! I guess us U.S. folks are wusses compared to Canadians. lol

dont worry i think the UK people even worse
the lowest that i have noticed on my outside thermometer this winter is about -5.8C which is quite cold where i live

[QUOTE=gd_barnes;157988]Now, THAT is painful! I guess us U.S. folks are wusses compared to Canadians. lol[/QUOTE]

This was a colder December/Early January than most but even after 50 years I still can't get used to the cold and still wonder why I'm still living here.

How about this one then? These guys/gals are nuts!

[B]Antarctica Condition 1 Weather[/B]

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2SeEzxMuE[/URL]
:grin:

Today, the local news said that there was a high fire danger due to strong winds and low humidity. Temps were also unseasonably warm, even for my area.

Still though, wildfires in mid-January? Wow.

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[QUOTE=petrw1;158204]This was a colder December/Early January than most but even after 50 years I still can't get used to the cold and still wonder why I'm still living here.[/QUOTE]
I'm still not used to the summer heat after 15+ years of living here. It gets up to 105 degrees (40 degrees C) on some days, and there's the occasional threat of a power outage due to high electricity demand. I'm not thinking about moving unless global warming turns out to be really bad, but the ideal weather for me would be somewhere like Reno, Nevada or Santa Fe, New Mexico. Summer highs are in the low 90s (33 degrees C), and winter lows are in the high teens to low 20s ( - 7 degrees C). So it's cold enough for snow, but not that cold.

[quote=Mini-Geek;157807]The low for this winter (so far) is 24.6.[/quote]
A new low was hit today - 24.4.

[QUOTE=gd_barnes;157868]Here's a thread for misc. discussions about the weather. I think we all find it kind of funny what different people consider as 'extreme' weather, both hot and cold, so bring on your unusual (or usual) climate observations, both locally and internationally.[/QUOTE]
This might qualify as 'extreme' ...
[url]http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5259817/heatwave-kills-hundreds-birds-wa/[/url]

At my location near the 35th Parallel (North), we had 30 inches of snow in the month of December alone, about half of our average snowfall for a winter.