# Are you done shoveling/blowing snow for the winter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981 "2024-02-23T13:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/61 "2024-02-27T14:35:33Z")
Going biking shortly: 60F, going up to a high of 73. Rain this pm. Tomorrow’s predicted high 32, then back up to the 50s-60s. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/62 "2024-02-27T14:39:48Z")
2 degrees F with 4" new snow, down from 50F yesterday. Not really worth plowing. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/63 "2024-02-27T14:55:40Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Here in Toronto, Environment Canada predicts 14 degrees and raining on Wednesday, and -1 with a chance of flurries on Thursday. Please explain to this weather dunce how it can be 14 degrees and still be rain. LOL ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/64 "2024-02-27T14:57:46Z")
14°c = 57°f * * * * * * It is 50° here all ready and suppose to reach 62°f later. A good day to change the starting cord on the snow blower, which I hopefully won’t need except to run it dry later in the year. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/65 "2024-02-27T15:12:11Z")
I’m about to take a road trip. Snow fall is done. Bright sunny day. Temps hovering between -25 and -30 en route. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/66 "2024-02-27T15:23:41Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > 14°c = 57°f Oops! LOL We Americans take pride in being the only first world country that hasn’t switched to a math/science based metric system because we want to keep our system which really has no rhyme or reason to it. By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask you, how many “hands” tall are you? 😈 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/67 "2024-02-27T15:28:12Z")
Yeah, it’s pretty wild here. Mid-70s and then a low in the 20s tonight. I looked up the largest temp swing for Chicago, and it occurred in 1900, with a swing from 62 degrees to 10 (!?). So this one may come close. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/68 "2024-02-27T15:46:30Z")
Our current forecast is for -31C (-24F) overnight tonight, and +7C (45F) for a high on Thursday, which is admittedly over two days but is a 38C/69F swing. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/69 "2024-02-27T16:45:52Z")
Whoa! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/70 "2024-02-27T17:00:19Z")
Got up this AM and it was 41F and a prediction of under an inch of snow. Started snowing hard a half hour ago. Temp is now 26F, 1-3" predicted and a snow squall warning. Fun fact: yesterday the last snow in our yard from last week’s snow melted off. Winter: It ain’t over til it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/71 "2024-02-28T04:35:08Z")
Back from Toontown. Roads were fine but chilly. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/72 "2024-02-28T16:12:36Z")
When I got home yesterday afternoon around 12:30, it was gorgeous outside with the temp at 45F and sunny. (Monday’s temp was 55F) The dogs and I took a walk in the woods. I wore a lightweight jacket, no hat or gloves. By 3:00 the temp had dropped to 20F with a 30 mph wind. There was a little spitting of snow but not enough to even cover the ground. This morning the windchill temp was -22F. Tomorrow it’s forecasted to be 53F! That’s Minnesota weather for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/73 "2024-02-28T19:33:09Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > That’s Minnesota weather for ya. Same thing here in Kansas. Yesterday’s high temp, which was around 2:00 pm, was 77F. The low temp, at midnight, was 14F. Still no snow since early January, so I’m going to start my snow blower and run it out of gas this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/74 "2024-02-28T19:58:17Z")
I’m going to withdraw my prediction of no more snow for the season (southern Ontario here). All I can say right now is that the weather is damn weird. After weeks of unseasonably warm weather and sunny days that made spring just around the corner seem even closer than it was, we’ve suddenly been hit by a vicious cold front. The temperature fell more than 14 Celsius degrees today (more than 25 Fahrenheit degrees) in just a few hours along with high winds. There is snow in the forecast, though once again there won’t be much accumulation and any that there is will all melt by Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Rangerdanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Rangerdanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rangerdanger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/75 "2024-02-28T20:34:58Z")
I will quit when the ski area closes, the groomers quit push-piling their personal kicker on our patient departure ramp, or base operations clears the ramp instead of this old-EMT-guy. Closing day is most likely. Our house is 4000’ below the base (9,000’ to 5,000’) so sadly, probably done here. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/76 "2024-02-28T22:06:07Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Same thing here in Kansas. As a fellow Kansan, it went from 62F to 9F in 9 hours with a touch of snow. I just saw this on FB and it made me chuckle. > Welcome to Kansas. Todays forecast is 80 with a chance of snow. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/77 "2024-02-28T23:44:17Z")
It’s actually supposed to hit 80F in 4 days (March 3). I find it disturbingly funny that the KCTV5 news weatherman is reporting this like it’s good news. It’s not SUPPOSED to be 80 in March in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/78 "2024-02-29T00:35:03Z")
Well, whatever wintry stuff is supposed to happen in the near future, it’s going to happen within the next 24 hours. After that it’s back to spring warmth for at least the next week! 🙂 As of right now the winds from the cold front have died down and there hasn’t been a speck of snow. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/79 "2024-02-29T02:18:31Z")
Took the ski box off the car today, probably ensures we’ll get snow but it’s not in the forecast. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-done-shoveling-blowing-snow-for-the-winter/997981/80 "2024-02-29T02:44:21Z")
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