# Bitter cold! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809 "2015-02-16T12:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/21 "2015-02-17T01:04:00Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “melted”? What is that? Actually, I did see a long-range forecast calling for 34 this Sunday! Accompanied by more snow, of course. Oh, don’t worry. They’ll adjust it down to below freezing before we get there. Or they won’t, and it won’t get above freezing and they’ll pretend they never said it would. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/22 "2015-02-17T01:17:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If it hadn’t froze on the way out, I woulda won that last year! ☹ Bet you were pissed off. D&R ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/23 "2015-02-17T01:51:11Z")
Why do you live there? Damn stubborn or another reason? It’s cold enough for me in Central Texas… There’s some sleet and wind but nothing like that! ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/24 "2015-02-17T01:53:48Z")
Local weather forecast says Friday drops to 1! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/25 "2015-02-17T04:21:42Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Why do you live there? Damn stubborn or another reason? It’s cold enough for me in Central Texas… There’s some sleet and wind but nothing like that! For me, it’s because there are four seasons and I like the variety. I don’t like the heat and for the most part the summers are bearable. (I am also spoiled because I commute from one garage to another and my father clears the snow!) ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/26 "2015-02-17T04:42:39Z")
-6F this morning, they tell me. I don’t know for sure. I was asleep on my heated mattress pad covered with flannel sheets, accompanied by three cats who also appreciate a warm cocoon in the winter. Tomorrow morning, though, I have to get out of the bed and go out into the cold. :mad: ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/27 "2015-02-17T06:07:24Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Meteorologists have a real love-hate relationship with “wind chill”. Also “heat index”. What’s “heat index”? Not familiar with it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/28 "2015-02-17T12:19:42Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Why do you live there? Damn stubborn or another reason? It’s cold enough for me in Central Texas… There’s some sleet and wind but nothing like that! Because I would find Texas summer heat even more intolerable than Indiana winter. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/29 "2015-02-17T14:01:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What’s “heat index”? Not familiar with it. It’s a mix between ambient heat and humidity. Also called by some the “misery index.” Not surprisingly, it is almost always used in hot, humid climates. It is less of a problem than wind chill, as humidity is far less variable over the short term than wind speed, which changes by the second. In summary, it purports to be a measure of how hot it “feels.” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/30 "2015-02-17T14:12:19Z")
Does [this](https://www.dropcam.com/e/1448e1343fdc45d38aea7b7de63288fb?autoplay=true) look cold to you? (active only during local daylight hours) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/31 "2015-02-17T14:39:53Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Why do you live there? Damn stubborn or another reason? It’s cold enough for me in Central Texas… There’s some sleet and wind but nothing like that! After my first winter in New England I’d be ok with moving to Central Texas (in theory). My wife, while she’s hating this winter, loves the Fall of New England. In fact, she’s one of those people who loves “seasons.” I don’t need seasons. I’m fine with the California desert, “cold” in the winter and hot in the summer. I don’t mind 105 degree temps. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/32 "2015-02-17T14:42:30Z")
Heh. I just checked the weather report - for most days this week, it’s a mixture of light snow and clear skies, but for one it just says “Cold”. The picture is a man in a coat, bending over. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/33 "2015-02-17T15:16:51Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What’s “heat index”? Summer in St. Louis. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/34 "2015-02-17T15:49:59Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Does [this](https://www.dropcam.com/e/1448e1343fdc45d38aea7b7de63288fb?autoplay=true) look cold to you? > > (active only during local daylight hours) I think _my_ ice mountains are bigger than yours! 😉 [sub]gotta remember to activate my hot tub cam sometime . . .[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/35 "2015-02-18T22:11:10Z")
Currently only -10C in Northern Alberia but [this](http://i0.wp.com/lolzombie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/windchill.png)pretty much sums it up at this point in the winter… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/36 "2015-02-18T22:23:34Z")
Less than two weeks of (meterological) winter to go. Then we can start bitching about what a rotten March it is. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/37 "2015-02-18T22:47:47Z")
In the meantime we’re having it pretty easy this winter where I live. Maybe a few colds temps here and there but almost no snow and, lately (and by “lately” I mean over the last several weeks), highs mostly in the mid- to upper 50s to low 60s Fahrenheit. I’m starting to think that’s why the Patriots won the Super Bowl - so that Northeasterners could comfort themselves with that while otherwise suffering through cold temps and record amounts of the white stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/38 "2015-02-18T22:59:09Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Currently only -10C in Northern Alberia Alberia, Italy or Alberia, Mexico? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/39 "2015-02-18T23:04:44Z")
We’ve had a relatively mild winter here in the Midwest, until a few weeks ago. Right now, it’s about 5 degrees with 20+mph winds. I still haven’t decided if I’ll go to my church’s Ash Wednesday service this evening. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809/40 "2015-02-18T23:30:54Z")
I got you all beat. -21 F in Fargo, North Dakota. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-cold/712809.md?page=3)