It was about 70 degrees Fahrenheit on Christmas... Then it's been in the 50's yesterday and today. I've been going out in shorts! And no snow to be seen. ~Thylo
We are having it very mild, but cloudy and not a lot of rain compared to the west coast and especially Cumbria. A lot of things are still blooming as we haven't had any frost and the earliest daffodils I know are flowering 2 months earlier than usual. I don't know if it is just temperature or soil moisture as well. We had a very dry year over all, and one of the ponds I know dried out a lot this summer but some of the plants that usually bloom in July are flowering now as the pond has refilled.
We have had a lot of rain during the past week or so, probably the lead up to getting hammered with snow. There is water going over most of the top of my friendly neighborhood beaver dam. Northeastern CT often won't freeze up for real until after New Years.
It finally snowed yesterday. Now we have black ice. Monday I was at work and overheard people saying that they had gone to church on Christmas Eve in sleeveless outfits, that the priest had remarked that it was the first time they had used the air conditioner on Christmas Eve, etc.
Monday night it didn't exactly snow but instead small clumps of ice fell from the sky and are now covering everything ~Thylo
I am currently in Phoenix for a training class and a surprisingly high percentage of participants moved here from Alaska. One gal said today that growing up in Fairbanks their summer high was in the 80's F, but now it is sometimes reaching 100F in summer. Tell that to people who still don't believe in global warming.
We had very high (40C) temps in Melbourne for Christmas, followed by a couple cool days (20C) and yesterday was back up at 40C. It has been a hot and dry summer so far, and we still have two months to go!!
Melbourne isn't far from Antarctica, is it? What is it like during the winter? Does it ever snow? Or is it milder?
There is no major land mass between Melbourne and Antarctica (let's neglect the island of Tasmania), but it is quite far - maybe four or five thousand kilometres away. Winters in the city are mild - about 2C at night and 15C during the day. It never snows in the city, but the surrounding hills get the occasional dusting of snow (above 500m), and the mountains a couple hours away are covered in snow for 3 months of the year.
That's interesting, bear in mind though that you are a darned sight closer to Antarctica (I heard you have penguins!) than most of us. I know you aren't right up against it, but I know that you are closer and that there are some temperate areas in the Southern Hemisphere so I thought it was worth asking. Are the mountains perhaps where one might need a snowblower? Because I was reading a snowblower manual once and it had warranty information for Australia and New Zealand (NZ I can understand) in it.
Yes, I can see snowblowers being used on the mountains during winter at ski resorts, but note that in a good year we may only get a paltry 5ft of snow at the highest resorts. Last week we had a 44C day. I was outside for about 10mins and my skin got burnt to a crisp. A very strong cool change blew through, and the next day the maximum was just 18C!! That's 26 degrees in less than 24hrs. Today is supposed to tip 36C.
Yesterday we had a good 1 inch and on Saturday we're supposed to be "slammed" with 6 inches of snow. A day before I go to Florida
I went to Florida for the New Year and when I left it was hanging around 60-70 degrees up here. A few days later I came home and it was 9 degrees! Also interesting to mention that it was between 60-80 degrees down to Florida. ~Thylo
It's been quite cold in Warsaw recently, it got down to -16 C a few days ago (3.2 F) and in the last three or four weeks the warmest it has been at any point is around 2 C. There has been quite a lot of snow too, and I don't think there has been any point in the last two weeks where there wasn't snow on the ground. This seems quite cold to me, but apparently this is normal for a Polish winter! (last year was my first winter living outside of the tropics, and apparently it was particularly mild). Looking forward to slightly warmer weather in Kenya in three weeks time, though...
Yes, we are supposed to get a Noreaster on Friday. I am told that it is early enough to pray that it doesn't hit us, but I am mentally (soon to be written down) making a list of things that I need to do to make the event marginally more comfortable (okay actually I love snow). I'll have to sift through my summer photos in case someone wants before and after photos this year.
Sounds like all you northern hemishperers are having a late but cold and snowy winter. Nice!! Yes, be sure to take and post before and after snow pics!
So it snowed about 18-24 inches today.... All the snow caused a major delay for my trip to Florida. We were supposed to fly out at 8 am tommorow and now we're flying out 6:39 pm. Thanks a lot Jack Frost!!!
8 A.M.: Wake up. Cloudy sky, no snow. What? 10:30 A.M.: Still no snow. Thought it would have started by now. Sit there in a huff. All that work to get ready and no snow. Roughly 12:30 P.M.: After hearing remark that there is nothing impressive on the radar goes and looks at radar. Sees snow. Thinks "what gives?' As if on cue flakes start falling out of the sky.
