bethben Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My friend's dh mentioned that we are only 100 degrees away from a really nice day. Wow. That's quite the swing of temperatures! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My friend just posted on FB that there's 100 degree difference between the outside temp and where his furnace is set. Unreal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I read somewhere it's warmer on Mars. Not sure if that's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 I read somewhere it's warmer on Mars. Not sure if that's true. nope Antarctica At 9 a.m. Monday, the temperature in Minneapolis was a sitting at about -20. At the same time, the temperature at Concordia Station in Antarctica was -19. ESA Concordia Station, Antarctica Ice cream freezer Most grocery store ice cream freezers are kept at about -20, a perfect match for morning temperatures in the Twin Cities. Not quite as cold as Mars The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station on the planet Mars most recently recorded air temperatures between -60 and -125 degrees Celsius, equal to -76 to -193 Fahrenheit. Temperatures in Minnesota bottomed-out at about -35 F. A WIND CHILL WARNING is in effect until Tuesday at noon, with wind chills of -40 to -60 Monday morning and frostbite times of around 5 minutes. The high temperature in the Twin Cities will top out at -16 Monday afternoon, dropping to -20s with wind chills between -40 to -60 again Monday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Gs6tyiNX4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Our school is cancelled for tomorrow due to the cold. :glare: I'm not thrilled as it means graduation for youngest will be pushed into June - and it's only the beginning of Jan yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Gs6tyiNX4 Ok, the bubbles freezing is officially the coolest thing I've seen today. Still not going outside, though. :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Ok, the bubbles freezing is officially the coolest thing I've seen today. Still not going outside, though. :0) We did it this evening, but at 21 degrees or so, it wasn't as dramatic as in the video. I'm going to try it first thing in the morning. I have to go out in it anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 From a FB post on perspective: Perspective is a funny thing...A friend recently asked me to cheer her up by telling her how cold it was here because she was freezing in PA chill....It's currently 30F here today. The kids and DH are heading out for a day of snowboarding. DS came to me to discuss the equipment requirements for the day. It's the first day they've been out this year so I was reminding him what he needed. "Gloves, snowpants, goggles, helmet...Do you think you need your thermals under your snowpants?""No, it's way too warm for that. We only wear our thermals when the temps are in the teens below zero. And I really don't think the temp is going to drop 40 degrees in one day."A forty degree drop is the difference between a bikini (80) and a winter coat (40) for some of you. For our kids it means, perhaps, ( but probably not), that we should add another pair of underwear!So, if you can't stand the east coast cold right now, come to Alaska for a few weeks. We'll give you all the perspective you could ever want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Gs6tyiNX4AMDG Whoa, neat bubbles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Gs6tyiNX4 these will be the mornings activities :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovetoread Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 We did the bubble trick yesterday when it was only -20. Today with windchill it was -50. I was outside to take care of animals, but not blowing bubbles :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 We're at -3 this morning. Definitely the coldest I've seen at this house. (I grew up with much colder, -30s were common.) Swimming is on the agenda for today, but in an indoor, heated pool relatively nearby. ;) They say the wind chill puts it at -20. The cats tell me the wind chill is at "No, I don't want to go out." Even our dedicated outdoor-loving cat who seems to get Hives (mentally) when he's in for more than half an hour has been happy inside last night and this morning. When I went to the door to see if he wanted out he gave me a look saying, "Feel free to go without me," and went over and hopped in a chair. That never happens. The one time (eons ago) he accidentally got locked in at night he woke me up around 1am for door service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It is 8 degrees this am in NC. Our schools are delayed as well. They said this is record breaking. Lowest record was 12 degrees. In SC the schools are on a 2 hour delay because the low is supposed to be 14 (above!) in the morning. Kids are not prepared to stand outside and wait for the bus in that cold--we don't have the clothes. I guess I could do it for mine if I had to but they'd look like ragamuffin sausages with frozen feet because sneakers and cotton socks is as warm as it gets here. Seeing this post...I need to quit whining...we are only about 50 degrees from a nice day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 It is 8 degrees this am in NC. Our schools are delayed as well. They said this is record breaking. Lowest record was 12 degrees. School is closed here in PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I read somewhere it's warmer on Mars. Not sure if that's true. Some of the temps that the Curiosity rover has recorded on the surface of Mars were warmer. (See a Smithsonian article here.) Overall, Mars is still much colder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 From a FB post on perspective: Perspective is a funny thing...A friend recently asked me to cheer her up by telling her how cold it was here because she was freezing in PA chill.... It's currently 30F here today. The kids and DH are heading out for a day of snowboarding. DS came to me to discuss the equipment requirements for the day. It's the first day they've been out this year so I was reminding him what he needed. "Gloves, snowpants, goggles, helmet...Do you think you need your thermals under your snowpants?" "No, it's way too warm for that. We only wear our thermals when the temps are in the teens below zero. And I really don't think the temp is going to drop 40 degrees in one day." A forty degree drop is the difference between a bikini (80) and a winter coat (40) for some of you. For our kids it means, perhaps, ( but probably not), that we should add another pair of underwear! So, if you can't stand the east coast cold right now, come to Alaska for a few weeks. We'll give you all the perspective you could ever want. I know all about that perspective! I grew up in Alaska and I know all about the cold. I have lived in Texas now for 2.5 years and it is amazing how quickly you become jaded. It is 15 here and I am freezing!! The funny thing is that when it gets cold here, it is often warmer in Alaska. My mom still lives there and we talk about the temps a lot. She will tells me it is -25 there and it will be 70 here. Then a week later I am whining about 20 and she says it is 35 there! Lol Another weird thing I have noticed about the south is the huge temperature swings in one day. It can be a low of 25 at night and then 75 during the day. Or when cold front comes in the temp can go from 75 to 20 in a couple hours it seems. I don't remember the temp changes in Alaska being that extreme very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I remarked to a friend that we had moved hay in 100 degree temperature swings. Last summer it was 96 and humid when we were putting it up in the loft (rule #1 of putting up hay----it can only be done in very hot and humid weather) and last week we switched some of her alfalfa for my grass hay and it was -4 (rule #2---if it absolutely can't be the hottest day of the year then you are allowed to move hay in record cold). She spent 15 years in Barrow AK so knows cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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