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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnimaginable cold.
Wind chill 65 below zero. Gusts up to 66 mph. Mt Washington, NH.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)They have truly aweful weather there. I think they still.hold the wind speed record at 212 mph.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)No bad weather, but on the way up there was a plaque of those who died on the very climb I was making...all because of unexpected weather fronts.
I got to the (almost summit) only to find stairs leading to the actual summit...I had to lift each leg up on each stair...I had exhausted every muscle in my body!
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)I'm glad I don't have those heating bills
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,721 posts)About 20 years ago the town of Tower, MN had an actual low temperature (not wind chill) of -60.
Ligyron
(7,633 posts)This used to start happening in Dec with most nights in upper 50's.
It's been way too hot this "Winter" up til now.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)This past weekend was cold, at least by our standards, but it was the first cold weather we've had all winter. By the end of the week it will be back up in the 70s.
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)Ligyron
(7,633 posts)But we wanted to experience a little coolness for the holidays. That way one can at least identify with the Christmas season movies where all is snow and frost.
Nope, didn't happen. May as well have been in Australia this time of year. Sheesh!
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)We came back to Delaware and temps in the 20s-30s. This morning temps were 13 with a wind chill of -1
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)bigtree
(85,998 posts)Seen at a Lukoil in Russia, -40 out
anarch
(6,535 posts)"hey, let's put the top down, it's a balmy -40..."
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Damned cold outdoors. 68 degrees in the house, though. I stayed inside all day.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)And not likely to go below zero for the next ten days.
But of course, it is the height of summer there.
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