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Niel|1420636316|3812937 said:sarahb|1420598780|3812799 said:I love weather, but this cold is for the birds.
Come on Sarah
I'll take cold and light snow over 27 and lake effect a million times over.
Karl_K|1420869051|3814455 said:It was cold enough with the wind that i put on pants to go to the store today but not to take out the garbage.
-2.4f now but doesn't feel cold because the wind died down. Shorts weather.
Was +2F with a 30-40mph wind earlier when I was out at the store.
JaneSmith|1420870396|3814468 said:It was -25C here. Brr. It is now -8 and my husband had the audacity to say 'its actually nice outside now it's warmed up.'![]()
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I used to walk to work, about a forty minute walk. I'd stick my nose outside and see how it felt. I was pretty accurate with my nose thermometer technique. One day it seemed cold, about -25, so I bundled up and off to work I went. I'd have to stop and defrost my eyelashes every few minutes because the condensation from my breath was making them freeze shut. My eyes were the only things exposed, as usual, but I'd never had the freezing problem before. Anyway, I get to work in the usual time, no probs, and my co-workers rush over and start taking my scarf and mitts off looking for frostbite! Dudes, chill! They were all concerned about the silly young foreigner. It was cute. I was fine, but it turns out that anything less than -20 just feels horribly cold, and I'd been walking in -40! Oops.
The coldest I've ever been in was -53. I've no idea what the windchill was. The hottest I've been in was 46 in the Kalahari (missed 52 by a couple of days). I'm truly not sure which is worse, they are both horrible in their own fashion.
AGBF|1420927891|3814682 said:JaneSmith|1420870396|3814468 said:The coldest I've ever been in was -53. I've no idea what the windchill was. The hottest I've been in was 46 in the Kalahari (missed 52 by a couple of days). I'm truly not sure which is worse, they are both horrible in their own fashion.
I'd have to do the calculations to Fahrenheit to have an accurate sense of your posting, Jane.
kama_s|1420808213|3813954 said:Canadian checking in...*sigh*. It's been -30C with wind chill this past week. But life continues just the same. Schools still open, people still walking outside. A touch of snow, but the sun has been out for the most part (rare, for this time of the year).
JaneSmith|1420870396|3814468 said:It was -25C here. Brr. It is now -8 and my husband had the audacity to say 'its actually nice outside now it's warmed up.'![]()
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I used to walk to work, about a forty minute walk. I'd stick my nose outside and see how it felt. I was pretty accurate with my nose thermometer technique. One day it seemed cold, about -25, so I bundled up and off to work I went. I'd have to stop and defrost my eyelashes every few minutes because the condensation from my breath was making them freeze shut. My eyes were the only things exposed, as usual, but I'd never had the freezing problem before. Anyway, I get to work in the usual time, no probs, and my co-workers rush over and start taking my scarf and mitts off looking for frostbite! Dudes, chill! They were all concerned about the silly young foreigner. It was cute. I was fine, but it turns out that anything less than -20 just feels horribly cold, and I'd been walking in -40! Oops.
The coldest I've ever been in was -53. I've no idea what the windchill was. The hottest I've been in was 46 in the Kalahari (missed 52 by a couple of days). I'm truly not sure which is worse, they are both horrible in their own fashion.
before I ruined my elbow I wouldn't even wear a coat until it got below 10 above, just a light windbreaker.AGBF|1420927556|3814677 said:Karl_K|1420869051|3814455 said:It was cold enough with the wind that i put on pants to go to the store today but not to take out the garbage.
-2.4f now but doesn't feel cold because the wind died down. Shorts weather.
Was +2F with a 30-40mph wind earlier when I was out at the store.
I cannot live in a climate like that. On another board I am on a woman from Alaska and a man from Minnesota have been calmly discussing walking dogs 3 miles in -15 degrees F temperatures. (The Alaskan woman says she gets "wimpy" at -20F.) My genes should have prepared me for cold winters, but something got soft here in Connecticut, I guess!
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Trekkie|1420963740|3814830 said:Mild day in my corner of Africa. Just 38C/100F.
I'm pregnant, so as you can imagine, I'm really feeling the heat!