Winter 2025/26 Banter Thread

[hawkeye_wx]

I really have not disliked the dry and mild conditions over the last couple weeks.  It has allowed the street and sidewalk construction at the end of my street to be completed.  I live near the end of a dead end street.  They just installed a hammerhead turnaround, which will make it much easier for trucks to turn around, including snow plows.  There was a port-o-potty on my property, which was finally removed yesterday.

[A-L-E-K]

when us?

 

 

[Brian D]

January 15

1972: Cold air invades the region with a minimum temperature of -33 degrees F at Alexandria, -32 at Eau Claire, and -29 at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.

[RogueWaves]

12 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

when us?

 

 

It's sick how much snow they're getting even Moscow has like 26" otg. And they have a slightly warmer climate than Detroit. Worst since 1970 per the news. 

[TheClimateChanger]

1 hour ago, RogueWaves said:

It's sick how much snow they're getting even Moscow has like 26" otg. And they have a slightly warmer climate than Detroit. Worst since 1970 per the news. 

Moscow is not warmer than Detroit. It is significantly colder, moreso in the summer but winters are colder too. The mean daily maximum in January is only 25.0F, which is less than the mean daily mean [average of max & min] for Detroit (25.8F), with the daily mean being 5F colder (20.8F). For the year, it's way colder. The normal annual mean is 3.6F colder than even Minneapolis. A normal year in Moscow (43.3F) is 0.7F colder than the coldest year ever recorded in Detroit (44.0F, in 1875).

The difference is greatest in the late summer. The normal August in Moscow is 2.2F colder than the record coldest August in Detroit (65.9F, 1915) and the normal September is a full 4F coldest than the record coldest in Detroit (57.4F, in 1918).