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| Lynx in a cold storm, mostly AI with some windy help from AC |
According to Weather and Climate, we last edged over the freezing line by a mere degree on February 01. It has seemed so cold for so long that I am surprised that it happened at all this month. I checked back farther and found that the previous temperature above freezing occurred on January 27, also by just a single degree. I remind you that these were the high temperatures of the day, which could have lasted for just a short while.
In total, over the first two months of the year, we've had only six days that edged that slightly above freezing, the two warmest days reaching the exalted heights of 2.1, and one of those two days was way back at the very beginning of January.
The very coldest temperature was -23.8 on February 02, with the day before coming in second at -22.5. The coldest day in January was just a couple of days earlier than those: -22.3 on January 30. Basically, the last week of January and the first week of February were extremely cold, but it has pretty well been very cold for almost two months.
Moving on from highs and lows to average daily temperatures (high temp + low temp ÷ 2), we find that the average daily temperature has not exceeded 0 since January 01. The coldest average was -17.4 on Feb 1. In the first 21 days of this month, 17 days experienced temperatures below the normal daily average. In January half of the days were above average and half below, so that was pretty typical, but the February cold has been quite something.
I am posting this today, February 24, because I knew from the forecast that the temperature should climb to 4C today but was surprised that it became almost that warm yesterday, which was more than what was forecasted. At this point, 4 degrees seems almost subtropical, but beginning Friday, we will go back into the freezer, and we shall remain there at least through the first week of March.
It was quite breezy and balmy out yesterday, says she, walking out and about without the excess winter duds on.... It made me get out the seed catalogues and do some ordering!
ReplyDeleteAt Country Depot (Almonte) the wind just about knocked us off our feet. We decided not to go on our intended walk.
DeleteWe're getting the same -- yesterday it made it to 48F. I say keep it coming!
ReplyDeleteApparently, we are due for a setback. 😡
DeleteWe had a less brief sign. We’ve had two days of nearly 60 F temperatures causing me to venture outside without a jacket a few times and even start a few seeds in my greenhouse.
ReplyDelete60 would be great for a few days. We often get a beautiful day or two in March. I wonder if it will happen this year.
DeleteWhat fun computing and looking at temperature changes. I awoke about an hour ago to 42 degrees F, and rebooted the app to see if it was stuck on last evening. Yesterday at 60 F I actually sat out in the sun...but had a wooly scarf around my neck with my long sleeve tee shirt. Bliss!
ReplyDeleteUs too! What a wonderful feeling! I went for a walk yesterday with just a heavy sweater. Last night, when we went to bed, for the first time, we opened a window! Too early to take a blanket off the bed!
ReplyDeleteWe reached 50 F yesterday. That's like an 70 degree difference from a few days before. Today is expected to be warmer. Very u-February-like weather.
ReplyDeleteWe have had a melt starting here too. I can see the driveway gravel now and our road is clear of packed ice now. A sign of spring this morning was a sighting of the tom turkeys displaying their finest in the field behind us.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty breezy up the Valley yesterday. All of the icicles have fallen off my roofline, THANK GOODNESS. The ice around is getting unstable in places. We had a gentleman go through the ice and lose his life just up from us yesterday. The coming cold snap will be good for the canal skaters.
ReplyDeleteGood grief. I didn't think there had been enough warming for long enough.
DeleteParadoxically global climate change has affected what used to prevent those cold Arctic winds from sweeping down over North America. Hang in there my friend. Will be glorious and you live in a civilized nation. We have a lot of work to do on this side of the line! Aloha dear to you and Sue
ReplyDeleteSpring will be glorious
DeleteI just hope that we aren't with you in your boat anytime soon.
DeleteThose are COLD temperatures! We are in the low fifties with our atmospheric river and now a windstorm. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteYikes! How glorious Spring will seem!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so artistic with the snow blast
ReplyDeleteBrrrrr, that picture feels cold!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're number crunching like this you're very anxious to have spring appear.
ReplyDeleteDidn't it seem tropical! (ツ) from Jenn Jilks !
ReplyDeleteIt was 4 degrees here today and sunny. It was like spring! It would be great to string together a week of that temperature. Maybe some of the ice would melt.
ReplyDeleteI like 4 C; it's the same as 40 F. That is the only relationship between the two scales.
ReplyDeleteIt is always interesting to me to look back at weather trends. You all have certainly had a winter. It warmed into the 50s here today and I was burning up!
ReplyDeleteWe got the roof shovelled. I think the little gods that control weather must have noticed, because THEN we got the melt. We usually get one in January, however, so this one was late. Note that it is the best year for the Canal in about five, so the skater daughters are delighted. The ED keeps her blades at work and sneaks out for an hour when the traffic is down in her office and on the ice. She says the ice quality is better than usual. Also a factor of the cold, I am sure.
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