December 2017 - January 2018 Arctic Outbreak (North Carolina, Maine, Sydney, skies)
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Dropped to a low of -4° F last night and headed for a high of 7°. Just saw on the news that wind chill at the station nearest me is currently -27° F. Lowest i can remember in many years, probably 2014.
This week is officially coldest on record... all time coldest... we have tied one record low, busted a hardiness zone and will soon SMASH the record for time below freezing... previous record is 159 hours in 1982... over 120 hours now with no reprieve... we werent supposed to be this cold but multiple days that were supposed to get over freezing underperformed massively... ofc. Never in 130 years of history has it been this cold for this long after tomorrow... not 1977 , 1985, 1917, 1989, 2015, 2014, 1996, 1978 or any year you can possibly think of. Temperature departures currently 20 degrees below average.
A lot of animals and native vegetation even , is taking a beating. Lots of normally green cooler weather grass has browned, ponds and certain creeks have frozen over... we have thousands of birds migrate here during the winter to our coast and even here i see migratory seagulls.... this is extremely detrimental cold.
Any insects i see in winter will likely not appear also...
The heating bill will likely be the HIGHEST it has ever been...
As for the snow i got ****ed over with a mere inch... a lot of it melted with temps around 30 yesterday... sun burned through a lot of it with many clear areas now... any shaded areas though still fine. This cold was ****ing pointless... no snow really, just all time record cold that was destructive with hardly any benefits except a few less skeeters in summer.
Im done with weather... at least ill get 60s next week. Maybe 70s later on...
Wow, the heat in California is impressive. It's like this protective force field protects the whole state of CA from any cold weather. Is that a 90 degree reading I see in Yuma, AZ? Impressive.
Sorry for this question that may have been answered a lot of times, but what are the all time lowest daily highs for the three main stations in NY (Central Park, LaGuardia and JFK). If possible, data from other locations severely affected by this outbreak would be welcome.
^NYC's is 2F/-17C, in 1917. This is not in danger and likely will not be any time soon.
LGA: 8F (1985)
JFK: 8F (1977)
EWR: 5F (1985)
Anyways, it's -10F here in Lake Placid up from a morning low of -14, loving every second. Spent the morning walking around town, now gonna rent some snow shoes and go out on the lake, then later planning on ice skating.
Sorry for this question that may have been answered a lot of times, but what are the all time lowest daily highs for the three main stations in NY (Central Park, LaGuardia and JFK). If possible, data from other locations severely affected by this outbreak would be welcome.
Thanks!
doubt any records will break; 1917-18 and the 30s had some big cold snaps. Top 10 for Central Park all below 10°F:
^NYC's is 2F/-17C, in 1917. This is not in danger and likely will not be any time soon. I don't know about LGA, JFK, or EWR.
Anyways, it's -10F here in Lake Placid up from a morning low of -14, loving every second. Spent the morning walking around town, now gonna rent some snow shoes and go out on the lake, then later planning on ice skating.
you wearing anything to keep your face warm?
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