# Baby, it's cold outside. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851 "2014-01-04T05:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/21 "2014-01-05T15:37:53Z")
It was 20F when I left work last night; by the time I got home (half hour?) it was down to 16F. The sun has been up a few hours & its now 13F. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/22 "2014-01-05T15:48:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ha ha ha. That’s cute. I just didn’t want to be left out of the thread. 🙂 I, um, won’t comment on the temperature this morning. But we’re still on track for the cold front - current forecast for tomorrow night is 43. As of last night, they were talking about 20s in central Florida for the same time frame. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/23 "2014-01-05T16:21:24Z")
Went XC skiing yesterday morning, the car thermometer hit -7 on the drive over but it was a balmy 3 when we arrived. Pretty cold out there but a beautiful day for a ski, snow conditions were excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/24 "2014-01-05T16:31:12Z")
Was minus 34C (-29F) earlier today, now it’s up to Minus 32 C (-26F) with minus 50 C -68F) windchill…brrrr ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/25 "2014-01-05T17:11:56Z")
We’ve warmed up now to -8º, not sure what the wind chill is. I’m not leaving the house until I have to for work tomorrow. Tonight supposed to be going down to -31º. Glad i thought ahead and plugged my car in yesterday. It’s a good winter-starter but you never know, and that is cold! I think I’ll go look at my newest seed catalog now and dream of spring. ETA: Northern WI here. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/26 "2014-01-05T22:09:05Z")
3 degrees currently. Negative 23 tonight. :mad::eek: ---
**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:** [January 5, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/27 "2014-01-05T23:04:38Z")
Still in the 40s. They’re predicting thunderstorms (!) late this evening. Then the cold blast will hit and it will turn to snow. Apparently not going to get thundersnow this time. Going to get down to 5F Monday night. Around here, that’s very rare. Big wind chill alert. One of our neighbors couldn’t get his car started early Friday am and it was only in the low 20s. Tuesday morning there’s going to be a huge number of people in that boat. ---
**Author:** ![marking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@marking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marking)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/28 "2014-01-05T23:08:21Z")
SW Wisconsin… Currently -2. Low tonight -25 windy with wind chill forecast -50. High on Monday -13. And windy. Too bad my propane supplier missed the Friday delivery, but thank Odin for the woodstove… My best to all !! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/29 "2014-01-06T00:01:31Z")
[St Pete’s (FL) First Friday cxl’d due to “cold”](http://www.tampabay.com/news/weather/bitter-cold-of-50-degrees-cancels-st-petes-first-friday/2159511) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/30 "2014-01-06T04:47:42Z")
Forecast overnight lows of 70°F over the next couple of days is about as cold as I’ve ever seen it here in Cayman but nowhere near our all time record low of 57°F. Might have to shut the windows and doors when I sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/31 "2014-01-06T04:51:20Z")
It’s… zero in Oshawa. Yes, it’s actually at the freezing mark. On the other hand, the Weather Network has a headline, “Extreme temperature dip, blinding snow squalls and flash freezing on tap for southern Ontario”. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/32 "2014-01-06T04:58:36Z")
And the update from Environment Canada for southern Saskatchewan: > [@](#): > > Dangerous wind chills minus 45 to minus 50 tonight into Monday. > > Another frigid Arctic airmass is moving across the Southern Prairies today with temperatures in the minus thirties. Northwest winds of 20 to 30 km/h with higher gusts are combining with these temperatures to produce dangerous wind chills in the minus 45 to minus 50 range. At these extreme wind chill values frostbite on exposed skin may occur in 5 to 10 minutes. > > Wind chills are expected to remain colder than the minus 40 warning threshold through tonight into Monday morning before moderating by Monday afternoon. More significant warming is expected by mid to late week across Southern Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/33 "2014-01-06T04:59:17Z")
And to add to that, my cousin from Florida is shaking her head at why we live here in Southern Ontario at all\*, and my aunt from Saskatchewan is saying that this is nothing, she grew up in _real_ cold. I can’t win. \*Jobs. Yeah, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/34 "2014-01-06T05:01:36Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > [St Pete’s (FL) First Friday cxl’d due to “cold”](http://www.tampabay.com/news/weather/bitter-cold-of-50-degrees-cancels-st-petes-first-friday/2159511) :rolleyes: “cxl’d”? I’ve never seen that abbreviation for “cancelled” before. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/35 "2014-01-06T05:08:32Z")
It’s warmed up to 30 degrees here now. It really feels downright balmy. We have to go through this crap to truly appreciate Spring. There is nothing as glorious as Springtime in the Adirondacks. If you can avoid the black flies. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/36 "2014-01-06T05:09:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > my aunt from Saskatchewan is saying that this is nothing, she grew up in _real_ cold. See post 32, _supra_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/37 "2014-01-06T06:01:00Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Actually I prefer the cold. Just wear more clothes. When it is hot, you can take only take off so much clothes. That’s how I feel. And according to the weather reports, we’re going down to single digits. Seriously, people, you haven’t experienced real cold until you’ve had your boogers freeze. No exaggeration. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/38 "2014-01-06T09:02:48Z")
> [@](#): > > WEST ALABAMA WEATHER SUMMARY… Expect a bitterly cold day today as temperatures struggle to get into the low 20s with the wind chill hovering around zero. Temperatures will drop into the single digits tonight with the wind chill as low as -10. We finally go above freezing Wednesday with rain returning by Thursday… As it always happens when there is a threat of ice and/or snow, the grocery stores have been pretty much completely sold out of milk and bread. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/39 "2014-01-06T12:04:57Z")
Wow, it’s 12F right now, north of Fort Worth. It rarely gets this cold here. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851/40 "2014-01-06T12:52:30Z")
If our leaders can’t keep temperatures above zero degrees (Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin; I don’t care which) they should be voted out of office! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-its-cold-outside/677851.md?page=3)