# How Cold Will it Be When the New Year Arrives at Your Location? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498 "2017-12-29T07:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/41 "2017-12-30T00:26:29Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > 29F - that’s pretty cold for Georgia. 20F here in Carrollton. Where in Georgia are you? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/42 "2017-12-30T01:29:20Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > About 70F. I played golf yesterday in shorts and short sleeve shirt. It was quite nice! Not midnight New Years it isn’t. I get 46F with a wind chill of a frigid 45F. Maybe you looked at noon. 72F this afternoon near me when I went to the store. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/43 "2017-12-30T01:48:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > 60F/15C at midnight. Which is 3F/2C below average. Damn cold snaps! Brrr!! 😃 I screwed that up. :smack: It’ll be 64F/17C at midnight. Us boring oldsters don’t always stay up to local midnight. More than once I’ve declared New Years at UTC midnight, had my toast, then gone back to football, feasting, or whatever until bedtime. At UTC midnight NWS predicts 68F/20C just after sunset. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/44 "2017-12-30T01:57:07Z")
According to Weather Underground it will be 49 and partly cloudy at midnight in San Jose. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/45 "2017-12-30T02:43:10Z")
Here at my friends’ house in Monteagle Valley, ON, midnight New Year’s Eve is supposed to be -23C with a wind chill of -33. The forecast low is -28 around 6:00. Monteagle Valley. Only 2.5 hours’ drive from skyscrapers and subways, but a world away! ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/46 "2017-12-30T02:44:58Z")
> [@PapaJoe](#): > > Hey. First time poster. I just had to contribute to this thread. > Air temp: -12 F > Wind Chill: -33 F > Moustache icicles are imminent. > Northern MN problems. Welcome, **Papa Joe**! Would you like some ice cream? It’s fresh! I left it outside on the deck for an hour and it’s nice and cold. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/47 "2017-12-30T03:02:11Z")
Supposed to be around 20 F here in Fort Worth that night–pretty darn cold for us. The predicted low Monday night is around 15 F. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/48 "2017-12-30T03:59:21Z")
Prediction for here is -25C. Not bad, considering it’s -35 right now. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/49 "2017-12-30T04:44:33Z")
5°F with a 75% chance of snow, windchill of -2. That would be Zeeland, MI. We spent a couple days in a yurt on Lake Michigan this past week with a windchill of -9 and a foot of snow falling on us. The yurt itself got quite warm, it was the trips to the outhouse that were a little uncomfortable. It hasn’t stopped snowing for the past 36 hours and the next 36 hours seem to be pretty much the same. When our Jack Russell goes out to pee, the snow is a good 10 inches taller than him. I wouldn’t mind so much but my new snowblower is in the shop until at least Wednesday, and it’s getting harder and harder to get in and out of our driveway, even with 4X4. This weather is pretty nuts. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/50 "2017-12-30T04:59:05Z")
New years’ midnight temp in this North Houston suburb will be 36F. Lows are expected to drop well below freezing for the 3-4 days after. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/51 "2017-12-30T06:32:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Northern Piper](#): > > > > According to Environment Canada, the low for Sunday night is -32 C. > > > [@Spoons](#): > > > > The forecast right now is for -27C on New Year’s Eve. > > [Oh, that’s not right!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnJELh78qs) Ay, I doubt we’ll be singing Auld Lang Syne on the steps of the Saskatchewan Legislature at midnight, which we have done on previous New Year’s Eves. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/52 "2017-12-30T06:40:38Z")
Stone Cold Drunk ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/53 "2017-12-30T12:24:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > … > I wouldn’t mind so much but my \*\*new \*\*snowblower is \*\*in the shop \*\*until at least Wednesday, and it’s getting harder and harder to get in and out of our driveway, even with 4X4. > > This weather is pretty nuts. Bolding mine. Those two things shouldn’t go together. What happened? If you get snowed in does that mean you need to wait to Spring to recover your snow blower you won’t need again until Fall? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/54 "2017-12-30T15:11:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Bolding mine. Those two things shouldn’t go together. What happened? If you get snowed in does that mean you need to wait to Spring to recover your snow blower you won’t need again until Fall? Well, it’s a year old, but it still shouldn’t need to be in the shop. I look out at my pretty long driveway (luckily we live in the country, so there are no local ordinances telling us we need to clear it) and it’s making me more and more nervous as the snow piles up. As of now, the diciest part of the driveway is the end, I can boulder on through the rest of it, but pulling out onto the road and turning into it from the road is getting tricky as the tire lanes freeze. I may need to go shovel down there today. Worse comes to worse, we’ll call a plow service to clear it up for us. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/55 "2017-12-30T15:27:30Z")
Y’know, when the Canadians are taking shelter, it’s bad. As those who followed my hurricane narrations know, I’ve been relocated by work to the Washington, DC area. At my current abode in Arlington the expected conditions at 0000H of 01/01 EST are balmy compared to our top bunk neighbors: air temperature 16F, wind chill to 1F. I damn sure will be indoors. For the last 25 years my standard location was San Juan, PR where the expected temp is 76F with high humidity (dew point 71F). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/56 "2017-12-31T00:34:04Z")
It is forecast to be 65 degrees Fahrenheit here in Waikiki at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. We’re just a couple blocks from the beach and will walk down thre for the fireworks show. I’ll probably wear a sweater, but otherwise it will still be okay for shorts. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/57 "2017-12-31T01:34:45Z")
Roseburg, Oregon: 40°f at midnight. No wind at all, no rain in the forecast for the next several days (it’s been a scary dry winter so far). Other than the lack of rain, a pretty normal New Year’s. This year my wife and I are chaperoning some Cub Scouts during a lock-in. I’m not at all looking forward to that. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/58 "2017-12-31T03:10:03Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Y’know, when the Canadians are taking shelter, it’s bad. Well, we have some reason to be discussing the cold weather: [Parts Of Canada Are Currently Colder Than The North Pole, The South Pole And Mars](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/28/canada-cold-weather_a_23319063/) > [@](#): > > **Ottawa had the dubious honour of being the coldest capital in the world when its overnight temperatures hit -29 C Wednesday night. This made it colder than Mongolia’s capital of Ulan Bator** , which usually holds the position, according to CBC News. > … > **Most of the country is currently colder than Antarctica** , where the temperature hovered at a downright enjoyable -16 C at the Amundsen-Scott Weather Station. St. John’s, N.L. was one of the only exceptions at around -5 C. To be fair, though the South Pole is generally considered to be colder than the North Pole, it’s currently summer in the Southern Hemisphere. **Too bad much of Canada is also colder than the North Pole currently, where the average temperature this week is around -23 C. That’s about 6 degrees warmer than it is in Saskatoon and several other places. > … > Montreal was also so cold Wednesday night that firefighters struggled to fight an overnight blaze because their water kept freezing in their hoses, AFP reported.** ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/59 "2017-12-31T03:12:43Z")
About 75F. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498/60 "2017-12-31T03:36:08Z")
Overnight lows 77 High 84, which usually feels like 92. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-will-it-be-when-the-new-year-arrives-at-your-location/805498.md?page=4)