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1-Old-Man

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21. Its been 32 all day here but its supposed to drop like a stone tonight - high winds too

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Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:50 PM

Jan 2013

I just turned on the weather radio and they are predicting single digit temperatures (F.) tonight along with winds up to 30 mph, resulting in a wind chill somewhere south of -20. If I heard the report correctly they expect it to linger for two or three days, then it will warm back up.

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It is -9F! [View all] question everything Jan 2013 OP

Just got cloudy though. It was partly sunny until 10:30. n/t FSogol Jan 2013 #1

That's almost warm enough for skates to run on the ice, what's the problem? HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #2

A balmy -8 here this morning. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #4

At -8 the eyelids don't freeze shut when you blink HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #10

I'm having to run a fan Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #11

Good idea, it's hard to sweat at -8 HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #12

You know it's getting a little nippy out when Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #15

You know it's cold when fisherman keep their worms warm HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #17

I remember a few years ago when it got Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #22

I got noth'n to come back with after that. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #23

A better sense of balance and strong ankles question everything Jan 2013 #5

Well, it's January and it's Minnesota. So there you are. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #3

Used to have windchill of -70 or -80 some 30 years ago question everything Jan 2013 #20

-40ºF wasn't all that uncommon when I was a kid in Hayward, about 100 miles north Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #24

'CCO just said -10F and -32F wind chill Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #6

-20 up north, wind chill of -40 to -50. Fortunately it's not that windy. Brickbat Jan 2013 #7

Going to be 79 here today... PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #8

Chicago's not that bad: surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #19

56F and sunny on the California north coast today.... mike_c Jan 2013 #9

I bet that didn't do the pot crop any good. (nt) Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #13

LOL-- it's only indoor, this time of year.... mike_c Jan 2013 #14

66F here with a high if 73 expected under clear skies. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #16

28 degrees just north of Boston Marrah_G Jan 2013 #18

Its been 32 all day here but its supposed to drop like a stone tonight - high winds too 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #21