Coldest night of the decade (so far)?

[Zacharias]

Tonight in my area we are going down to -31 C (-24 F) and the windchill factor will be -41 C (-42 F).

I imagine it will be about the same in Roy Hunter's area as well.

Anyone from farther north on the board, with worse temps?

[shertex]

You should conduct an experiment tomorrow morning....start all your diesels.

[Zacharias]

Originally Posted by shertex

You should conduct an experiment tomorrow morning....start all your diesels.

It won't be an experiment. I have to go to work .

I think -29 C was my previous record, for my w116 SD. But it had a coolant circulating heater and a battery blanket. My 300d only has a block heater and a small battery warmer (made for an ATV or similar).

[JimmyL]

The heck with your cars, how do you live in temps that cold?????
My central Texas brain just can't get wrapped around that type of weather.
Give me 113* any day.......

[dieselmania]

Originally Posted by JimmyL

The heck with your cars, how do you live in temps that cold?????
My central Texas brain just can't get wrapped around that type of weather.
Give me 113* any day.......

what he said. Our high today was 111 degrees higher than your low!

[Zacharias]

Originally Posted by JimmyL

Give me 113* any day.......

Actually where I live is on the same latitude as Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia. Yeah.

Heat, you say? Well that is the flip side of living here. Unfortunately, it comes with humidity. We get weeks on end of temps around 35-38 deg C (95-100 F) with humidity over 80 percent, during the summer.

Personally, I dream of Arizona -- from what I read, a nice variety of climates, you can go from snow high in the mountains to desert in less than one day. If what I read is correct. THAT would suit me .

[Jeremy5848]

Originally Posted by Zacharias

Personally, I dream of Arizona -- from what I read, a nice variety of climates, you can go from snow high in the mountains to desert in less than one day. If what I read is correct. THAT would suit me .

I used to live in Tucson, Arizona, home of Mt. Lemmon, the southernmost ski resort in the lower 48 or so it was bragged. From the snow at the top to the desert at the bottom was about an hour, IIRC. OTOH it could also get rather nippy on clear nights in the winter and I have a picture of the University of Arizona campus with six inches of snow all over it.

Jeremy

[TnBob]

Expecting 16F in Middle Tennessee tonight


Phoenix (desert) to Flagstaff is under 3 hours. Flagstaff is just over 6900 feet so expect snow.

[Stretch]

-31? What's the humidty?

I was in Maine a few years ago in similar temperatures and I kept on getting static electric shocks from every sodding car I passed...

...it was truly a pain in the arse.

When the wind didn't blow though it didn't feel as cold as -6 back here in water logged Europe.

[whunter]

Originally Posted by Zacharias

Tonight in my area we are going down to -31 C (-24 F) and the windchill factor will be -41 C (-42 F).

I imagine it will be about the same in Roy Hunter's area as well.

Anyone from farther north on the board, with worse temps?

Current as of posting
2 °F
(-17 °C)
I just got back from the pharmacy, the 240D fired on a single glow and three revolutions.

Todays forecast:
A chance of snow showers in the morning...then snow showers likely in the afternoon.
Mostly cloudy.
Accumulations up to an inch.
Day time Highs 14° F to 18° F.
West winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
Wind chills around -11° F (-23° C) below.


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[vstech]

it's supposed to hit 20F here tonight... does that make you feel warmer?

[barry12345]

The serious cold only lasts a short time as close to the ocean and gulf stream as we are. In the southern or central canadian maritimes.

The last day and into the weekend will probably be our average yearly cold snap. To me it is coming a little late this year. I had hoped we had missed it this year. This morning it is 0F and going up a little.

[dieselmania]

Originally Posted by Zacharias

Actually where I live is on the same latitude as Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia. Yeah.

Heat, you say? Well that is the flip side of living here. Unfortunately, it comes with humidity. We get weeks on end of temps around 35-38 deg C (95-100 F) with humidity over 80 percent, during the summer.

Personally, I dream of Arizona -- from what I read, a nice variety of climates, you can go from snow high in the mountains to desert in less than one day. If what I read is correct. THAT would suit me .

Yes it's nice here most of the time. We do get some rain too, about 11 inches a year on average. Doesn't sound like a lot unless you are here the day it falls.

[Zacharias]

Originally Posted by Stretch

-31? What's the humidty?

As a general rule always elevated, summer and winter, but today it's 57 percent, which is livable. We can go for a week on end at over 90 percent when we have a damp spell in the summer or fall.

[Maki]

This hasn't been much of a decade for cold. It got down to -6 here early Tuesday. When that's the *high* temperature I'd say it's starting to get chilly.

It was in the 50s here (southern Wisconsin) a couple weeks ago.