# Frozen Dopers: Who is caught in the 2019 Polar Vortex and freezing their tushies off? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648 "2019-01-30T00:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/101 "2019-02-04T18:40:49Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Getting bizarre temperature swings in DC. It was in the low teens over the weekend, but it’ll be high 50’s today and low 60’s later this week. It was in the 40s when I went out for groceries a couple of hours ago and it felt like spring. I wanted to drive with the window open. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/102 "2019-02-04T18:57:59Z")
It’s 46 in West Michigan right now. About a 50-degree swing in over a few days. Everything’s soaking wet and flooded now. But fear not, it’s gonna drop below freezing overnight, so everything should be a solid sheet of ice tomorrow just in time for rush hour. ---
**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 5, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/103 "2019-02-05T01:28:53Z")
22 below (Celsius) and dropping. Never got much above 15 the past week. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/104 "2019-02-05T01:33:55Z")
Around here, it was a windows-wide-open 60 degrees today. I didn’t wear a coat when I ran out grocery shopping, and I still felt overdressed just from wearing long sleeves. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/105 "2019-02-05T02:17:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > For those who need it (like me), [Fahrenheit/Celsius conversion widget.](https://www.unitconverters.net/temperature/fahrenheit-to-celsius.htm) **[Grandpa Simpson:]**“The metric system is the tool of the Devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I likes it!”[/G.S.] ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/106 "2019-02-05T02:45:16Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > 22 below (Celsius) and dropping. Never got much above 15 the past week. Ditto in TBay. Been snowing since last night, all praise be to Ullr. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/107 "2019-02-05T03:40:46Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > It’s 46 in West Michigan right now. About a 50-degree swing in over a few days. Everything’s soaking wet and flooded now. But fear not, it’s gonna drop below freezing overnight, so everything should be a solid sheet of ice tomorrow just in time for rush hour. Oh and since I posted this, a fog wall has settled in. Zero visibility in many areas by me. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/108 "2019-02-05T04:59:15Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > 22 below (Celsius) and dropping. Never got much above 15 the past week. Currently, it is -28C locally. The coming week looks to be quite cold also. ---
**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 6, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/109 "2019-02-06T19:09:13Z")
Well, it got a bit frosty here overnight. Temperature bottomed out at -43C (windchill -52) which is cold enough for me. Thankfully it’s all the way up to -30C now, so pretty much shorts weather. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/110 "2019-02-06T21:45:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Around here, it was a windows-wide-open 60 degrees today. I didn’t wear a coat when I ran out grocery shopping, and I still felt overdressed just from wearing long sleeves. 82 here yesterday, and something like 75 out there today. Granted, these are extraordinarily high winter temps, even for Dallas. Of course, it’s supposed to steadily drop in temperature from here until it hits a low of 27 on Friday morning. ---
**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 6, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/111 "2019-02-06T23:53:47Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Well, it got a bit frosty here overnight. Temperature bottomed out at -43C (windchill -52) which is cold enough for me. Thankfully it’s all the way up to -30C now, so pretty much shorts weather. You must be shipping it south. Gone from -21 to -26 over the past half hour. Was only -22 this morning, but I forgot to plug in the car last night, and there was some grumbling from Ye Old Chariot when I started it. At least I still have a cord. By not using it, I drastically reduce the chance of losing it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/112 "2019-02-07T06:08:45Z")
Well, whaddaya know? We’re at -34C (-29F). Thank goodness that the car is plugged in. It wouldn’t start otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/113 "2019-02-07T14:14:12Z")
> [@bump](#): > > 82 here yesterday, and something like 75 out there today. Granted, these are extraordinarily high winter temps, even for Dallas. > > Of course, it’s supposed to steadily drop in temperature from here until it hits a low of 27 on Friday morning. Aaand it’s 42 out there now, and supposed to drop to 27 by tomorrow morning. I guess my brief “shorts in February” period is over now. ---
**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 7, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/114 "2019-02-07T14:17:45Z")
We’re at 30 as well, **Spoons**. Even plugged in, car was not happy starting. Battery is getting old. Automatic transmission was a bit balky until the fluid warmed up. And the thermometer didn’t even register any engine heat by the time I got to work! ---
**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 7, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/115 "2019-02-07T14:20:36Z")
27F seems like shorts weather at the moment to me. 🙂 Current conditions here are -39C (-47C windchill). ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/116 "2019-02-07T16:48:34Z")
Forecast from my weather app: > [@](#): > > Today: Mostly cloudy conditions with a windchill of -41 C. The high will be -26 C. Clear tonight with a low of -37 C. School buses aren’t running today. Diesel doesn’t take kindly to these conditions. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/117 "2019-02-07T19:44:48Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > 27F seems like shorts weather at the moment to me. 🙂 > Current conditions here are -39C (-47C windchill). I don’t doubt that. You can tease me in early August when your high temps are in the 70s and 80s and mine are 100-110 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/118 "2019-02-07T19:52:48Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I don’t doubt that. > > You can tease me in early August when your high temps are in the 70s and 80s and mine are 100-110 🙂 I hear that. Let’s all move to San Diego or something. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/119 "2019-02-07T20:41:17Z")
This time last week temps reached a low in the low 20s. Currently it is 76 F and the spring peepers are winter peeping in the nearby pond. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648/120 "2019-02-07T22:26:31Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I hear that. Let’s all move to San Diego or something. If I could, I’d probably snowbird it up- live here from March-early June, and then somewhere in Canada for June, July, August and the first half of September, here through about Thanksgiving, and then somewhere nicer (San Diego?) for the latter part of November through February. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-dopers-who-is-caught-in-the-2019-polar-vortex-and-freezing-their-tushies-off/828648.md?page=7)