Coldest temp of the year

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Seasoned Oak

Seasoned Oak

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Weather channel is calling for what would be the coldest night of the winter so far for central PA
They keep jumping around with the prediction but it usually -9 to -11
If that pans out it will be the coldest iv seen here since the mid 90s when it got down to -17 for a brief period of time. For some reason i always seem to read about 7 to 10 degrees warmer than the local forecast.
Today local forecast said 0 and at the same time i had 10 for a low.
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Coal Township PA 17866:4:US
 
B-Mod said:
We had -25 this morning in central WI, no biggy, I bet this winter we have had close to a dozen -20 and colder nights..
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We frequently have winters where it rarely get into single digits. Mostly 20 overnight and mid to high 30s daytime. This year is like the old fashioned winters i remember as a kid.
 
Taken on my way into work this morning (yes, that is a minus in the front).
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Seasoned Oak said:
We frequently have winters where it rarely get into single digits. Mostly 20 overnight and mid to high 30s daytime. This year is like the old fashioned winters i remember as a kid.
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I was thinkin' the same thing. Remember in the 60's when we rarely saw the ground without snow from January to March. Except for that one year, I think it was '63, It was pretty warm most of the season.
 
Seasoned Oak said:
We frequently have winters where it rarely get into single digits. Mostly 20 overnight and mid to high 30s daytime. This year is like the old fashioned winters i remember as a kid.
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some are predicting cold winters to be the norm. the atlantic has not shifted to it's cold phase, the amo.then when it pairs up with the pdo we get winters when we were kids. that is only a prediction, but does last 20 years or so! amo+pdo =el nino, and hurricane killers
 
53F today and rainy. I will take this in a heart beat.
 
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I have tree damage, needs to be addressed before tomorrow, when we are supposed to get a so-called heavy snowstorm, although I don't consider eight inches that big a deal, as long as we don't get ice with it.
I had to hire someone, as the considerably tall pine trees that line my property dropped more than I can handle, and there are some huge limbs that are still hanging broken from tree to ground about 30 ft up. Want to get those down before they fall on the power line again, or worse, the house.
At any rate, I will be off work today, out there with the team in temps that won't get up to 20. Wish me luck and warmth.
 
Actual temp at my place is 5 Deg Weather service say its -8
 
Frozen Canuck said:
Your halfway there Jags, just need it to hang in there exactly like that until the end of March. A puny 45 more days or so.
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:mad::mad::mad:

We have frost so deep that some municipalities are asking the patrons to keep the water running so that the mains don't burst.
 
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I dont know about where you are, but frost that deep here would create one heck of a sloppy long mud season.

We've been colder than normal but thankfully we had a good snow pack early to help insulate the ground.
 
Next big event. How much snow tomorrow. Check 5 different weather sources get 5 different answers. Just have to look out the window tomorrow i guess.
 
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Seasoned Oak said:
Next big event. How much snow tomorrow. Check 5 different weather sources get 5 different answers. Just have to look out he window tomorrow i guess.
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Les Nessman had it right with his "Eyewitness Weather"
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It was -14 this morning. I'm ready for spring.
 
Jags said:
:mad::mad::mad:

We have frost so deep that some municipalities are asking the patrons to keep the water running so that the mains don't burst.
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Exactly why they are 13' or more below grade here. Only 40 or so more days to go, hang in there & hope it stays cold, we need more time to fix those pipelines.

BTW Florida is nice & warm. Had a few good laughs while there, it got down to 52::F & they were talking about the snow apocalypse, snow magedon, white devil, devil ice, & 100 or so other weather terms I had never heard of. Plenty of the end is neigh kind of stuff.

The Boss & I had a few good laughs, we had to try to explain to the kids why they were so scared of snow in Florida. They thought Disney World would look real nice all covered in snow, plenty of nice smooth overpasses to toboggan on according to the kids. They thought all the water parks would make good skating rinks too. Go figure.;lol
 
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Weather usually breaks here in march. Still gettin single digits overnight this week ahead.
 
Frozen Canuck said:
BTW Florida is nice & warm. Had a few good laughs while there, it got down to 52::F & they were talking about the snow apocalypse, snow magedon, white devil, devil ice, & 100 or so other weather terms I had never heard of. Plenty of the end is neigh kind of stuff.

The Boss & I had a few good laughs, we had to try to explain to the kids why they were so scared of snow in Florida. They thought Disney World would look real nice all covered in snow, plenty of nice smooth overpasses to toboggan on according to the kids. They thought all the water parks would make good skating rinks too. Go figure.;lol
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My parents live just south of Sarasota FL, and say they have never seen so many tourists as this winter....they described 'gridlock' in their normally quiet area. Everyone seems happy about the extra cash flowing in, though.
 
Jags said:
:mad::mad::mad:

We have frost so deep that some municipalities are asking the patrons to keep the water running so that the mains don't burst.
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Same here. They are running it on the radio every half hour. A friend of mine works for the water dept and said they have seen frost down 42" on some repairs.
The township went around digging out ditches/sluices last Thursday for our weekend thaw and the sluice in front of my house was froze solid with ice.:eek:
 
woodgeek said:
My parents live just south of Sarasota FL, and say they have never seen so many tourists as this winter....they described 'gridlock' in their normally quiet area. Everyone seems happy about the extra cash flowing in, though.
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Yes met plenty of Canucks down there. Likely 80% of the tour bus around Kennedy.

Gridlock was predictable in Orlando, 5 min after a Disney park closed the Interstate was down to 20 - 30 mph.

We got kind of close to your folks when we took the kids to Legoland outside of Tampa. Gridlock there too when the park closed.

Ah yes, the old double edged sword of tourism, love the extra cash, what it does to the neighbourhood….well not so much.

Tell your folks 90% of us will be gone by April, too hot down there after that. Nice swamps though…need more Gators.

New rule all Crocs & Gators min 25' long & they think humans are the tastiest snack ever….that will get your folks a whole new kind of thrill seeking tourist crowd.;) Kinda like the folks who go surfing in shark infested waters in Hawaii. They just tell me the waves are too good to resist.:eek:
 
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Frozen Canuck said:
Yes met plenty of Canucks down there. Likely 80% of the tour bus around Kennedy.

Gridlock was predictable in Orlando, 5 min after a Disney park closed the Interstate was down to 20 - 30 mph.

We got kind of close to your folks when we took the kids to Legoland outside of Tampa. Gridlock there too when the park closed.

Ah yes, the old double edged sword of tourism, love the extra cash, what it does to the neighbourhood….well not so much.

Tell your folks 90% of us will be gone by April, too hot down there after that. Nice swamps though…need more Gators.

New rule all Crocs & Gators min 25' long & they think humans are the tastiest snack ever….that will get your folks a whole new kind of thrill seeking tourist crowd.;) Kinda like the folks who go surfing in shark infested waters in Hawaii. They just tell me the waves are too good to resist.:eek:
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Sort of like the annual polar bear run through Churchill eh?
 
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NOAA SE Michigan station is 6 miles from my house, they saw -19, but I live in a little bit of a hollow. I saw -23 sustained.
 
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