Cold!

[orangeman]

Was talking with a fella this morning out in Regina - he was telling me it hit -53C with the wind chill there last night

that's just mind boggling

Are the thermals doing their usual job ??. 

[Puckoon]

Getting a nice break from the cold this weekend. Headed to southern california for a soccer tournament. Weather report reads 79 for the duration. Happy days.

[heganboy]

tonight in new york, -14 feels like -22.
brrr
this brings me back to the whole crazy concept of winter sports -why?

[stew]

The wind chill in Green Bay is -45 today, I absolutely hate this crap. I need to move to Florida or someplace, you cant function in this type of weather.

[Tyrone Dreamer]

People complain about the Irish weather but at least we dont get extreme conditions.

[Puckoon]

Irish weather is fecking miserable most of the time. I dont mind the extremes. Its the constant wet (or threat) that got me.

[5 Sams]

We used to be sent home on the union sites on full pay when it hit 35celsius in Melbourne. The Aussie lads used to have the radios pinned to their ears waiting for the weather reports to hit the magical figure of 35c.

Theres boys on another thread giving off about how the civil servants are swinging the lead....happens everywhere as far as I can see.

[armaghniac]

This week's North American cold spell has been a notable one, with daily minimum temperature records falling in eleven states since Sunday. A record low for the month of January was set this morning in Caribou, Maine, which recorded -37°F. This is the second coldest temperature ever recorded in Caribou, next to the -41°F recorded on February 1, 1962. No other monthly records were set at any of the 381 major airports in the U.S., though Bismark, North Dakota came close yesterday morning (January 15), when the mercury hit -44°F. This was the second coldest temperature ever recorded in Bismark, and was only 1° from the all time low of -45° on January 13, 1916 and again on February 16, 1936. Bismark is also on pace for their snowiest season on record (61.2" so far).

Record heat in Alaska and California
The temperature swings this week in Alaska have been astounding. At Nenana, in central Alaska, the high was -42°F on Monday, with a low of -52°F. On Thursday morning, the temperature shot up 106°F from Monday, topping out at a positively tropical 54°F--the warmest January temperature ever measured in Nenana. Several other Alaska stations also set record highs for the month of January this week. Record highs for the month of January were also set at four California airports:

San Jose 75°F January 12
Sacramento 70°F January 12
San Francisco 72°F January 13
Red Bluff 78°F January 13 and January 15

[DrinkingHarp]

It was colder today here in Chicago than the most northern part of Alaska (-32  wind chill -43). My nose hair froze just walking to the truck only 50 feet away.

[Zapatista]

I'm for Finland next weekend and am being told it could reach -20 around -10+ is more likely though. Still f**king freezing!! Might be going ice fishing if I have time which is pretty cool

[downgirl]

Snow in Cork today...cars coming in with an inch on top and flurries throughout the day, quite a big one this afternoon.  Things must be bad if Cork is getting snow!!

[Aerlik]

Jeez folks I'm just back from a place called Warburton in the middle of the Gibson Desert picking up a wee patient who is not in the best of nick.  Anyway, it was 30C yes Celsius at midnight.  God forbid I have to go out there anytime soon in the middle of the day.  Feckit, I hate nightshift.

[Puckoon]

Record heat in Alaska and California
The temperature swings this week in Alaska have been astounding. At Nenana, in central Alaska, the high was -42°F on Monday, with a low of -52°F. On Thursday morning, the temperature shot up 106°F from Monday, topping out at a positively tropical 54°F--the warmest January temperature ever measured in Nenana. Several other Alaska stations also set record highs for the month of January this week. Record highs for the month of January were also set at four California airports:

San Jose 75°F January 12
Sacramento 70°F January 12
San Francisco 72°F January 13
Red Bluff 78°F January 13 and January 15

I spent the weekend south of LA - and the weather was perfect. 80F every day. Powerful.

[Treasurer]

I don't mind the cold, but the roads this morning were the worst I've ever driven on - took me over two hours to do what's usually at 35 min journey, passed four accidents on the way - one looked serious enough.