Arctic Hounds Unleashed: Long Duration Late January Cold Snap

[VivaManchVegas]

9 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Never forget those middle school days walking a mile to school in bz cold. The 60's early 70's were brutal. 

Covid lock downs definitely broke the will of many.  It seems like events are cancelled much easier now. 

We got up to 25 degrees today after a low of -1.  I am all set with snow and cold for the year.  I did get back into skiing after a 8 year hiatus.  Legs feel like rubber today but it was fun. Got to do something to at least make you pretend you like snow and cold. 

[ineedsnow]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I can't believe they called off. WTF.

they have to make sure little Johnny doesn't shiver 

[ORH_wxman]

30 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

How do you look on that kind of info? Is it through Iowa state?

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org
 

go to “consecutive days” under the single station drop down. 

[dendrite]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I can't believe they called off. WTF.

I mean will ORH even go below zero in the morning? And they always have wind.

I kind of agree with Kevin…I think these new cold warnings seem more alarming since people aren’t used to them yet.

[Ginx snewx]

1 minute ago, ineedsnow said:

they have to make sure little Johnny doesn't shiver 

Be careful some will start with politics 

[dendrite]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

Be careful some will start with politics 

Looks like you just did?

[Ginx snewx]

5 minutes ago, VivaManchVegas said:

Covid lock downs definitely broke the will of many.  It seems like events are cancelled much easier now. 

We got up to 25 degrees today after a low of -1.  I am all set with snow and cold for the year.  I did get back into skiing after a 8 year hiatus.  Legs feel like rubber today but it was fun. Got to do something to at least make you pretend you like snow and cold. 

Awesome I took a decade off 35 to 45. Like riding a bike 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, dendrite said:

Looks like you just did?

Wut? Hey quick question. Birds ain't eating much low eggs too? Cold  ?

[VivaManchVegas]

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

Awesome I took a decade off 35 to 45. Like riding a bike 

It took a half a run to get my mind and legs in sync.  My son is now hooked so I have a ski buddy.  He is picking it up fast. 

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I mean will ORH even go below zero in the morning? And they always have wind.

I kind of agree with Kevin…I think these new cold warnings seem more alarming since people aren’t used to them yet.

It’s just plain asinine   There was never any cold or wind chill issues growing up. We ignore 

[dendrite]

4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Wut? Hey quick question. Birds ain't eating much low eggs too? Cold  ?

How old are they? Mine stopped laying and molted. The 2 year olds just started laying again the past couple of weeks, but a few have stopped again. So yeah, I think it’s cold related. Their hormones are probably telling them to worry about surviving over reproducing.

My older girls have not been enjoying this stretch.

[Ginx snewx]

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

How old are they? Mine stopped laying and molted. The 2 year olds just started laying again the past couple of weeks, but a few have stopped again. So yeah, I think it’s cold related. Their hormones are probably telling them to worry about surviving over reproducing.

My older girls have not been enjoying this stretch.

1//2/3 thank you 9 birds 

[Ginx snewx]

FYI 18z euro she gone 

[WxWatcher007]

53 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

That's embarrassing. 

 

Anyways, ORH has had a pretty good streak going of not hitting 20F. Today is day 6 and tomorrow will be day 7 of continuous sub-20F temps. We haven't had a signature crazy cold outbreak but it's been consistent solidly BN cold just bleeding down the monthly departure. 

7 days would be ties for 3rd longest streak on record with late Dec-early Jan 1918, Jan 2000, and late Dec-early Jan 2018.

We might get to 9 days on Sunday but I think Monday will finally break the streak before we can reach 10 days. 10 days is the record....both 1979 and 1961 hit 10 days. Still an impressive streak even if we stop at 9. 

It's one of those things where we're certainly not breaking any all time or monthly records, but the duration of the cold is legitimate. 

23 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Never forget those middle school days walking a mile to school in bz cold. The 60's early 70's were brutal. 

1961 was a big one. 

11 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org
 

go to “consecutive days” under the single station drop down. 

It is a fantastic site. Thanks for sharing a week or two ago. 

11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I mean will ORH even go below zero in the morning? And they always have wind.

I kind of agree with Kevin…I think these new cold warnings seem more alarming since people aren’t used to them yet.

An effort at simplifying language by the NWS, right? Despite what Kev says the wind chill has been a thing for decades. I think it's more that we've had so many warmer than normal and outright blowtorch winters that the general public, which does not care about the weather in the way us weenies do, forgot what normal cold actually is around here. This one is extended to be sure, but the point still stands. 

 

[ineedsnow]

one thing I've noticed this winter is I haven't found one spider in the house.. you would think with all this cold they would be looking for some place warm 

[HoarfrostHubb]

3 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

one thing I've noticed this winter is I haven't found one spider in the house.. you would think with all this cold they would be looking for some place warm 

I found one of those big stink bug things a week ago.  Scared the crap out of me for a second 

[Ginx snewx]

4 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

It's one of those things where we're certainly not breaking any all time or monthly records, but the duration of the cold is legitimate. 

1961 was a big one. 

It is a fantastic site. Thanks for sharing a week or two ago. 

An effort at simplifying language by the NWS, right? Despite what Kev says the wind chill has been a thing for decades. I think it's more that we've had so many warmer than normal and outright blowtorch winters that the general public, which does not care about the weather in the way us weenies do, forgot what normal cold actually is around here. This one is extended to be sure, but the point still stands. 

 

All I remember were travel advisories and winter storm warnings 

[HoarfrostHubb]

When I went to ULowell (UMass Lowell now) I lived in a dorm on the north campus for two years that had a steam tunnel connecting it to the main buildings.  We could go to class in shorts and flip flops when it was below zero. 

[Brewbeer]

31 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Be careful some will start with politics 

That already happened, check previous page, the usual suspect 

[ma blizzard]

10 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

When I went to ULowell (UMass Lowell now) I lived in a dorm on the north campus for two years that had a steam tunnel connecting it to the main buildings.  We could go to class in shorts and flip flops when it was below zero. 

good 'ol Eames hall 

[Ginx snewx]

If you don't like cold and snow don't look at the weeklies. All the way to 3/11

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

If you don't like cold and snow don't look at the weeklies. All the way to 3/11

 

[Ginx snewx]

U.S. NATURAL GAS FUTURES EXTEND GAINS, PRICES UP BY 20% TO HIGHEST SINCE DECEMBER 2022 AS FREEZING WELLS CUT OUTPUT TO TWO-YEAR LOW

[Damage In Tolland]

10 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

If you don't like cold and snow don't look at the weeklies. All the way to 3/11

Will cars be warm in the sun?

[radarman]

Snowmobilers can probably rally the CT river from Noho straight to Bellows Falls

Edit- Might have to cut around Turners

[DavisStraight]

8 hours ago, NoCORH4L said:

In Southbridge? No way. 

Lived in a valley, fake cold.

[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

The nearby Farmington co-op had -39/-38 in January 1994, their coldest mornings 1893 thru 2022.  In 1994 they had 7 AM obs time so those 2 minima might've been registered 2 minutes apart.  Other sites with midnight obs had the 2nd day 7-10° less cold.

I looked into my Fort Kent records, and the longest run of subzero minima was 18 days, Jan 16 thru Feb 2, 1982.  I'd expected a longer streak in that much colder climate; sometimes only a single-digit low would prevent a run of 25-30.

I might get 2 here, you have a shot at a bigger string.

[DavisStraight]

40 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

one thing I've noticed this winter is I haven't found one spider in the house.. you would think with all this cold they would be looking for some place warm 

They dead

[ineedsnow]

its so dry in my room that everytime I move my legs over my blanket I hear crackling.. and if I move my leg up the hair on my legs pull towards my blanket 

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, ineedsnow said:

its so dry in my room that everytime I move my legs over my blanket I hear crackling.. and if I move my leg up the hair on my legs pull towards my blanket 

Maybe put some underpants on ?