How's your weather . . . 2019

[RpR]

At 3:20 P.M it is -20 F, real not wind chill bs, with a brisk wind.

Weather officials in the state of Iowa have warned people to "avoid taking deep breaths, and to minimize talking" if they go outside.

That is 200 miles south of me, well I went out yawned and then sneezed, my tongue broke in two, thank God for Gorilla Glue.
I had seen mid-day -18, I put a starter in my car that day but this is the coldest I have seen with the sun up.
I was outside shoveling snow without a cap NOT a good idea but I have seen some that must have anti-freeze in their ears as they never have a cap on.

[richardw]

Had the hottest day for a few years on Thursday when it reached 37.9deg - 100.2F, dont get enough of that sort of heat to warrant an aircon but one would have been nice on that day, I do though have ice cold ground water so hosing myself down was carried out while working out in the garden.

[reed]

We it 57 F and supposed to be warmer tomorrow, almost 70 F warmer since last Thursday.

[steev]

Rained off-and-on OTF all weekend; a bit of slush today; hail in Oakland ~6:30.

[RpR]

14 degrees Fahrenheit right now and snowing light fluffy snow.
We needed snow and another foot or two before spring would actually be nice.

We have sub-zero coming for a few days and down home at my South garden the water in the drinking faucet in the kitchen in cold enough one's teeth do not like too much at once.
I did not have to go down to the cellar and put a space heater by the water pipe but really should get some pipe wrap.
I will have to look at the Farmers Almanac and see how much it agrees with this weather about the only thing so far that is different is the amount of precipitation forecast.
How cold spring is will determine how long to maturity corn I put in as last summer none of my dent corn reached full maturity.
While we set some new records for daytime low highs, the night temps were not even close to record lows.
The warm nights, comparatively, continue as back a decade or so when we had highs of less than -15, up North they were hitting minus 50 to 60 below at night.

[steev]

Just started rain; they predict Sunday will the only dry day through Sunday next without at least light rain.

[triffid]

Apparently it's warm enough here at 10°C for two caterpillars to embark on an abseiling excursion into our courtyard. Storm Erik must have whet their appetite.

[mskrieger]

Winter came to New England, too. Lots of snowy days, freezing/thawing, snow, icing, awesome driving. Oddly, my lemon thyme seems to have died. Normally it is evergreen...it was little distressing to tramp out into the snow and find it all brown A casualty of the huge temperature swings, perhaps? Or maybe the months and months of drenching precipitation gave it a disease, and I just didn't notice. Sad.

[steev]

Rainy last week; supposed to be rain all this week; we need the water, but I need to work; got two letters from credit companies (related to my buying a truck) saying my credit rating is 0; I've not bought anything on credit the past decade; aside from this truck, I have no desire to buy anything on credit; cash on the barrel-head is what I like. Once I've paid off this truck, I don't expect I'll ever buy anything on credit again. Credit rating? I don't give a husky fuck.

[walt]

Kansas had another cold spell last weekend and another is expected this weekend.  Last weekend it rained all day, until lowering temps started freezing the rain, then covered the ice with a few inches of snow.  Meanwhile wind was blowing hard.  Truck blew off the interstate.  And part of my job is snow and ice removal at a truck stop.
No. I'm not the one in a warm cab on the tractor removing ice and snow.  I'm the one working where the tractor can't reach.  Sucks.

[imgrimmer]

It is spring in northern Germany. We never had lunch outside in February before and now we have lunch outside since a week. I take a sunbath every midday. It is supposed to be that way not before May.

[triffid]

It's also unseasonably warm here in England. 20C, walked down to the beach in a t-shirt. Concerned it'll bring bud break along too early, only to be followed by a cold snap.

[reed]

Buds on many trees are swelling here, very likely to be frozen in next cold snap. Such is very common here now. Frogs have been out and active off and on last month or so but noting for them to eat. Last cold snap I found two frozen in thin ice on the surface, one I'm pretty sure survived. Used to be I could easily count up to thirty frogs at a time in my little garden pond in the summer, last year twelve was the most I could count at one time. I think more than anything else the interruptions to their hibernation is responsible. Also has been bugs, mostly flies and wasps out during the warm spells, their dead too I reckon.

[jocelyn]

Winchill of minus 28 here today, blowing snow. No school again, driving is poor.
Plants are all napping under the now, so they won't mind the cold.

[mskrieger]

More ice, snow, temps in the teens F at night, then thaw, goes up to 55F at noon, then a wind storm, back to the teens....typical New England late winter. The flora is responding normally. Some daffodils and snowdrops have green shoots poking out of the ground an inch or so, and some of the really tough stuff such as roses have noticeable buds turning reddish, but not swelling yet. Just contracted with an arborist to take a limb off the weeping beech and prune the crabapple "anytime before April", and I feel pretty comfortable there won't be bud break before then.

walt, your job sounds brutal. Aren't you too old for that crap? Respect for elders, you should be the one in the warm cab.