Frigid!!

Bottesini said:
That's amazing!!

My stepmother still keeps talking about some terrible storm in the 1970's when she could not take me to school or go get my dad. I don't remember it at all.
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Makes me wonder if one could do a search to find this information, providing such information has been archived.
 
Tousi said:
Makes me wonder if one could do a search to find this information, providing such information has been archived.
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yes of course. it's available for public and it's free.
 
Jiro said:
yes of course. it's available for public and it's free.
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I figured that; what I mean is I am a computer dummy and can maybe do superficial searches. Plus, is that information even there, accurate and apply to any zip code? How long back, etc, etc....I'll try later....
 
Tousi said:
I figured that; what I mean is I am a computer dummy and can maybe do superficial searches. Plus, is that information even there, accurate and apply to any zip code? How long back, etc, etc....I'll try later....
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Tell me your teenage zip code and I will search for the weather and year.
 
Tousi said:
I figured that; what I mean is I am a computer dummy and can maybe do superficial searches. Plus, is that information even there, accurate and apply to any zip code? How long back, etc, etc....I'll try later....
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yep yep! all the way to a very specific information - date and zip code. pretty nifty. I don't know how far back it'll go but should be good enough for your needs.

google keyword: weather history / weather report history

try this - Weather: Long, short range weather forecasts, predictions, daily weather history, radar (it goes back as far as 1946) but there are plenty of other source for you to play around with.
 
Posted at 9:57 AM on December 4, 2009 by Mark Seeley (3 Comments)

After seeing infrequent and little snowfall during a warm November, Duluth residents have seen the first four days of December 2009 bring light snowfall to the area, with much colder temperatures. Snow and cold are expected to continue to be part of the forecast there well into next week.


For those who might be lamenting the onset of winter-like conditions in Duluth, I would like to remind you of what December is capable of!

The first half of December 1950 brought nothing but snow in Duluth. Records show that snow fell on 12 of the first 14 days, totaling 42.6 inches. The city was all but paralyzed with 2 feet of snow on December 6th. Thankfully the frequency of snowfall tapered off during the second half of the month, but the monthly total of 44.3 inches is still an all-time December snowfall record for the city. With all of the snow remaining on the ground, Duluth residents woke up to below zero temperatures (as cold as -21 F) on 13 mornings during the second half of December 1950.

After enduring that month, residents of Duluth were ready for just about anything. Talk about a character building experience
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Updraft | Minnesota Public Radio

This it?
 
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Thanks, Jiro, I'll use the link you just gave.
 
Bottesini said:
Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Faribault, Minnesota, United States of America

Here is that history I think.
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Thanks, Botti. The time period was between 1952-1960. I see the lowest was -37 so I'll have to assume the temps and add the wind-chill factor to get to that century mark I was talking about in post #27. And the keyword there was "sustained" for car batteries to actually crack which is quite a feat. These cars were also sitting outside during that time. I distinctly remember seeing a cracked battery where water and acid had gushed out and froze solid....was eerie seeing that....
 
Art Davidson wrote a book about his experiences on the first winter ascent of Mt McKinley. His party was stuck on the side of the mountain and a sustained storm trapped them for days. It's called Minus 148 Degrees.
 
Tousi said:
Thanks, Botti. The time period was between I see the lowest was -37 so I'll have to assume the temps and add the wind-chill factor to get to that century mark I was talking about in post #27. And the keyword there was "sustained" for car batteries to actually crack which is quite a feat. These cars were also sitting outside during that time. I distinctly remember seeing a cracked battery where water and acid had gushed out and froze solid....was eerie seeing that....
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next time you see that - lick the battery acid and lmk if its freezing, or burning hot, or .... whatever...
 
Oh yeah... if you're in Edmonton....

Make sure you got clothes that is fitted for -50C. Too lazy to convert it to F at the moment.

Why? It was -49C with windchill last year.... I had to run to the grocery store to pick up food after running out of food stuck in my house for a week. My hands got stiff by the time I reached the store.

Called the taxi home. Had mild frostbites. :S

Why? :P Not good enough gloves.
 
souggy said:
Oh yeah... if you're in Edmonton....

Make sure you got clothes that is fitted for -50C. Too lazy to convert it to F at the moment.

Why? It was -49C with windchill last year.... I had to run to the grocery store to pick up food after running out of food stuck in my house for a week. My hands got stiff by the time I reached the store.

Called the taxi home. Had mild frostbites. :S

Why? :P Not good enough gloves.
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ill be wearing my sweater. thanks.
 
I have seen your pictures.

A hairy dude like that don't need to be wearing anything in the winter.

How hot it get in the summer though?
 
kokonut said:
-70 F isn't a stroll in the park and is deadly serious. In calm weather at -70 your flesh freezes in seconds. Not to mention breathing it would your lungs suffer immediately from the extreme cold. It's easy to say those things because we go from our warm house to our warm car to our warm office to our warm grocery stores and so on.
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There's very few places other than the south pole that even gets this cold in actual temps. Your flesh will freeze in seconds as youve shown. Your lungs will freeze if you breath -70f air without heating it. Youd need to be inside a space suit with a heater pack to stay warm enough not to become a mansicle.
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The coldest winter I've ever been in is -27 C Degrees (-16.6 F). This was in Ontario, Canada.

I do remember when I first arrived in Canada, it was sooo cold even it had no snow during first few weeks (this was in early January). It did took me a long time to adapt to Canadian's freezing winter.

By the time next winter in Canada, it doesn't feel so cold like it was when I arrived in Canada first time, as the freezing winter feel nothing. So I do miss the freezing winters. :lol:
 
This is what my roommate said about his 5am bike ride.

Mister Potts said:
Goddamn, was it cold this morning. My ass and feet was COLD. Thought
something was wrong with the clothes or wasn't cranking out enough.
Turns out it was -8 according to weather.com not including wind factor
from the SSE 5 mph or something like that. And other people were
commenting that it was like -24 or something in Ft Collins and here it
was -14 so. If you include the wind chill... I came close to freezing
my ass off. Literally. :P Still wasn't that bad overall, hahahaha. Oh,
and I'm starting to feel my recovering capability to be returning back
to its former level so feeling good about it.
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