slomove Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I know, it is chilly on the East Coast. This was our 12/30 drive (Santa Barbara/Ventura back country). Somewhat nice at 75 degrees. This weekend I was out there again and the temperature was 83 degrees at lake Cachuma, breaking the all time record by 2 degrees. I know, it is just a weather coincidence but still weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It'll be -4 (temp, not wind chill) here in VA. Kinda ironic one of the global warming zealots was stuck in ice and had to be rescued this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Great photo. :cheers: Going to be 12 degrees Fahrenheit tonight here in lovely El Dorado, AR. :chillpill: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manshoon11 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Define all time record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyotus 7 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I just had a note from a friend in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a few minutes ago......minus 49 Celsius with the windchill factor. Yikes. Glad I moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I just had a note from a friend in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a few minutes ago......minus 49 Celsius with the windchill factor. Yikes. Glad I moved. And he lives there on purpose? :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I just had a note from a friend in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a few minutes ago......minus 49 Celsius with the windchill factor. Yikes. Glad I moved. That makes current the -5F at my place seem like a heat wave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 As a weather nerd, I can report that it was 68 on 1/7/08 in Cincy, tomorrow it will be -10F. It is so cold that I took the wheels and tires off my Caterham yesterday and brought them in out of the deep freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 This global warming has not reached St. Louis. It is -6 this morning, and after a 12+ inch snowfall yesterday, here is what my back deck looks like. Note the snow almost up to the bottom of the chairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx7locost Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 -15F outside the house right now in the burbs of Chicago. -40 windchill. They say that we may break the record for the coldest high temp on record, not just for Jan 6th, but for all of our recorded time. I am soooo over Winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew... Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 -22 F (-46 with windchill) in Minneapolis currently with an expected high today of -18 !!! It seems the climate around here goes through this same "climate change" cycle about once every twelve months - sometimes its a little warmer but rarely is it any colder. And yes I do choose to live here :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlumba81 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 38 F up here in Alaska and raining. Its been a wet winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Man! And just when this global warming thing had me spooked. . . . . . Thanks, guys, for giving me peace if mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTTTCAR Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) This sucks!! We are outa here. Next stop Punta Cana. Gale Edited January 6, 2014 by HOTTTCAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee break Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 +22F and flurries in Atlanta and that is the HIGH for today. It's predicted to get to +5F over night. Not the coldest I've seen here. I recall something around -9F in the 1980's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hill Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Something seriously wrong when it's warmer in Alaska than Atlanta or Orlando... And they have the nerve to talk about global warming??? Be hard to convince a bunch of folks today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Define all time record. For Lake Cachuma that was 83 F for the first week of January. The previous record was 81 degrees for that time of the year in 2002, but no mention of a previous record or since when they started measuring. I happened to look that up on Weather Underground because I was wondering how hot when I drove through. Edited January 6, 2014 by slomove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) ....Be hard to convince a bunch of folks today... The whole thing has become a political token and both sides make it a matter of principle to be right and ridicule the other side. And on both sides many people are weighing in who are completely clueless and just regurgitating stuff they see on their favorite channel or the preferred blogs. And also on both sides special interest are fanning the flames. Personally, I believe that the current freak weather pattern is indeed mostly a random thing and has not much to do with climate change. After all, I don't know how warm it is in Kenya, Laos or Siberia right now. And, while I tend to believe that the actual long term (global average) warming trend is at least accelerated by human activity, I am quite fatalistic about it. We can not solve much smaller problems so why would one think we can do something about this issue. But then, I really don't have a clue, either... Edited January 6, 2014 by slomove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) I don't know about the rest of you guys, but if I had to be plucked off of a polar icecap because my ICEBREAKER ship got stuck in the ice, I might seriously revisit my views on global warming. Now where did I sit my coffee? :rofl: BTW, I just saw a dog chasing a cat, and it's so cold outside that they were both huddled together. Edited January 7, 2014 by xcarguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escondidoron Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Something seriously wrong when it's warmer in Alaska than Atlanta or Orlando… I grew up in southwestern Michigan. In the winter the local TV weather (out of South Bend, IN) would regularly report the temperature from Anchorage, Alaska. It was often quite a bit warmer (10-15 degrees) there than at home. This always caused quite a bit of consternation (well before the concept of global warming took hold) for those who didn't realize that Anchorage is a sea port. As a result the ocean water moderates the temperature in that city to a large degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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