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What’s the temperature?

Tuesday, 26 December 2017, 12:45 BFH Uncategorized 85

I was just talking to Tammy (nator)  and she said it’s 26 degrees… below zero where she is.

Don’t appendages break off in that temperature, like fingers, toes… and worse?

Serious question – does the furnace ever shut off when it’s that temperature, or does it run constantly?

(UPDATE: It’s actually twenty-FOUR degrees below zero. Thank God.)

 

So, what’s the temperature outside where you are right now?

It’s 76 here.

85 Comments on What’s the temperature?

  5. I have the ceiling fan on with no shirt.
    I’m not rubbing it in, because when I lived in NY I hated when friends in the south did that.
    I miss things about NY, but not the weather.
    It’s 22 at my old house right now.
    No thanks.

  8. 23 degrees here in NY’s Scenic Hudson Valley, and we had a white Christmas yesterday after Christmas Eve thunder snow overnight! I’m still recovering from surgeries so am mostly stuck in bed, but the kids and dogs went out to play and had lots of fun!

  12. Back in a previous life I spent several years in the Arctic. Coldest actual temp I saw was -76F. Fortunately it wasn’t too windy. Another time we spent three consecutive days working outside during a blow and we had wind chills of -110F all three days. 40 degrees and rain in Western Washington seem balmy by comparison.

  14. Does the furnace ever shut off when it’s this cold? That depends on many variables, including the R-factor (insulation) of the house, air tightness of the house, area of windows and doors, wind and sun, capacity in BTU of the furnace etc.

    Currently it is 9F in the sunshine here. The forecast highs for the next 6 days are 1, -4, -6, 1, 1, and 0F. Forecast nightly lows are all -15, -17, -9, -11, and 13F

  18. When I lived in the Colorado Rockies there were a couple months when the wood stove went 24/7. Even then the pipes froze a few times. That’s one reason I left. Spent too much time in the summer splitting wood.

  25. 18 here and my dads furnace went out yesterday. This is why you ( me ) buys those electric heaters when they clearance them out when the spring stuff hits the shelves. Let’s just say he was thankful I did. Would love to put ina wood burning stove here, but not feasible.
    It is no fun being cold. We had all five kids sleep in the living room with us when we lost heat one time. That is not fun I tell ya.

  34. Back when I lived in Iowa, when it got really cold, like -10F, I’d get up early on weekend mornings, don a snow suit, head out to the local hiking areas and go on 6-9 mile hikes. It was great. I’d have the entire woods to myself, and the view was pretty cool. Plus I’d feel all manly man and shit.

  36. -18 with a wind chill of -25 before light this morning. Now it’s blindly sunny and -10, here in NW Wisconsin.

    The water froze up today so I’ve made four trips so far out to the pump house to turn the thermostat up on the base board heater in there. This last trip I took a small electric heater to help things along. I’m expecting water any minute now.

  41. 34 here in Seattle. we still have 1.5 inches of snow on the ground. We had 3 inches fall Christmas eve and into Christmas day, Lovely spent the whole day in PJ’s.

  45. I woke up to twelve degrees in Syracuse. Right now it’s brisk, sunny sixteen. The remainder of the week will be in single-digits.

    Thanks to Lupus this weather makes my fingertips turn blue and white. So I’m not sure how many more winters I’ll endure before I leave for a warmer climate.

  48. Currently 32 in the peoples republic of maryland.
    I’m in the garage working on my car. I have space heaters on trying to make it comfortable.
    Forecast is progressively colder until Jan 1st low in the single digits.

  49. When I first moved to MN, around Christmas it was 40 below zero one night. The next morning it was about 30 below. I got in the car to go to work, the seat had no give. I even think the tires were frozen in the shape they were where the part that was on the ground remained flat as I drove! Sounded and felt like driving a tank, but it survived. That was the coldest I’ve ever felt.

    Now that I’m in Michigan, it’s snow snow snow, but the temp is 12 degrees. I’m happy!

  56. 15 in Ohio and our wonderful weather people told us how it “feels” outside! And let’s not forget if you go sledding the faster you go the colder it “feels”! No joke!

  57. It’s 16 degrees in Spokane right now which is not too bad. It could be far worse, during the Winter of 1968-69 we had at least 5-6 ft. of snow on the ground and it stayed far below zero for nearly a month after Christmas that yr. It got as cold as 30 below during Jan. 1969 and one Sat. morning when the Sun was shining brightly and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and it was about 15-20 degrees below zero myself and most of the neighborhood guys got together and played football at the the local park, we were all 15-16 yrs. old at the time and had a blast as long as we kept moving and running around which lasted for about an hr. or so till we finally gave up.

  60. It was -11 F this morning, currently -3 F, in Chippewa Falls, WI where I am now.

    It is 15 at home, a little warmer, but they also got 54-inches of lake effect snow the last 2 days, so we are glad we are here, and not back home.

  61. 31 degrees and sunny here an hour or so northeast of Seattle. Woke up to 5 inches of snow on Christmas Day-unheard of in these parts. Did my cardio for the day-shoveled our steep driveway. It was kinda fun!
    (I know…I know…)

  62. The worst thing was wearing canvas Converse high top Chuck Taylors. Those damn things have no insulation and boy did my feet get cold but when you’re 15 you don’t think about that except that it was fun. And the 2 Winters I spent in San Diego and one overseas didn’t make me miss Winter a bit till I got home.

  63. Mr. Illustr8r grew up in Fairbanks AK. He used to play hockey outdoors and they’d call the game if it dipped below -20. People would come to the games and sit in the stands. I can’t even…?!?

  64. @ Matty,
    We used to live in Southern PG, then Northern St. Mary’s… Do not miss it at all and ready to get out of the Commonwealth.

    40 and sunny here in Central VA….. still too cold for me.

    “Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell

  71. Fur, thought I’d respond to your question: “Don’t appendages break off in that temperature, like fingers, toes… and worse?”

    No, but your snot freezes below zero. Had a friend visit me in MN from England and was worried that something was wrong with her nose. It was 10 below and she came back in the house just as she was going out with some friends because she wanted to ask me if she needed to see a doctor. Try as hard as I could, I still laughed.

  73. Late to the party, but here it is currently 0. Wind is up, though, so it does feel much colder. Forecast for -17 by tomorrow morning. The beginning of a bit of a cold spell.
    It was a beautiful, sunny day with lots of snow on the ground. Glad I don’t do the Boxing Day shopping like so many do here in Canada.

  75. 76 F
    FEELS LIKE 76°

    10-15 MPH Wind… I laid 200 Block in the Florida Keys Today

    and didn’t even sweat….Noseeums still attacked Me with a

    vengeance though…mostly on My eyelids and inner ears..

  82. I was in IOWA and it was so cold, the car made no noise what-so-ever when I turned the key.

    Friend had an oil pan heater, plugged that in, took out the battery, and brought it inside for about 4 hours.

    WIND. That 35MPH wind blowing across empty corn fields made the already below zero temperature become a cold I never thought possible.

  83. S. Texas wind chill of 38F. That means no sweating, scorpions, rattlers or southerly wind blowing Mexican pollution and Eagle Ford Shale VOCs into our area. Only massive quantities of ash juniper pollen.

    IMHO there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing, bad shelter and bad preparation; all remediable.

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