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Winter Temperatures>

60 above zero:
Floridians turn on the heat.
People in Colorado plant gardens.

50 above zero:
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Denver sunbathe.

40 above zero:
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Colorado drive with the windows down.

32 above zero:
Distilled water freezes.
The water in Golden gets thicker.

20 above zero:
Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
People in Colorado throw on a flannel shirt.

15 above zero:
New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Colorado have the last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero:
People in Miami all die.
Denverites close the windows.

10 below zero:
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Colorado get out their winter coats.

25 below zero:
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Colorado are selling cookies door to door.

40 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Colorado let the dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero:
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Denverites get upset because they can't start the Mini-Van.

460 below zero:
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale.)
People in Colorado start saying..."Cold 'nuff fer ya?"

500 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Denver public schools will open 2 hours late.

That overlooks the importance of humidity. I've felt colder in 35F humid Jersey coast town compared to 10F in the Catskill mountains.

So cold the snow creaks beneath your feet, and is dry and easily shovable. Dam that wind!!!

Good one, Bobbie.

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco (1966). I never knew the earth could freeze with the sun still shinning!!!

-1bigsteve (o:

The coldest winter I can remember was '93-'94. It got above zero for three days during January and February. I was outside in a tee shirt when it hit ten above to celebrate! There was very little snow that winter and pipes were freezing at a depth of eight to ten feet.

I live in Illinois, and up until a week ago we were having a fairly mild winter temperature wise, and then in comes the arctic blasts! It's been in the single digets with wind chill readings below zero. Right now the temp is 8 but the windchill is 11 below, that's a bit nippy, but could be worse. The ground has been snowcovered for almost 2 weeks, and under the inch of snow is about 2 inches of ice. But the sky is blue and the sun is shinning, so it looks better then it feels.

We're up to 0 from -16 last night with about 2 feet of snow, but early winter was warm without enough snow cover.

Good one Bobbie!

The day of the night of the tornadoes, we were 80 degrees.
I actually sat out in the sun.

If we have the slightest chance of frozen precipitation here in Georgia, everybody freaks out. We had sleet last Thursday, and some metro schools shut down, and some people didn't go to work. You do have to worry about black ice here from time to time, but it is rare. If it snows, forget it, everything shuts down. Everybody gets a free snow day! It is funny to hear about and see people rushing to the supermarkets to get milk and bread! Why would you need milk and bread? Give me wine, cheese, and a good fire.

WOW, 80 degrees!! Can you bottle some of that and send it up here? I'll even take a tornado or two! It was -18 degrees with a wind chill of -34 when I went outside this morning.

Do you have tornadoes up your way Yooper?

We have tornadoes very rarely. They can occur, there was one in 1979 which bounced its way along and jumped right over me. I could trace the path through the woods, trees down in a distinct line for a distance in either direction. Further south, in Wisconsin, especially southern Wisconsin, they're fairly common.

It's snowing and blowing here today and looks like it's headed towards Fall River, (atlantic coast) sure hope it empties itself before it gets there! We're supposed to get 6-8 inches by this afternoon and there's already 4 on the ground. Bundle up and stay warm!!