# Is there now highly unseasonal weather where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994 "2021-02-15T23:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 16, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/61 "2021-02-16T22:53:08Z")
Since earlier today, the weather forecast for the Houston area has deteriorated significantly. Now it’s freezing rain through morning tomorrow (risking taking down even more of the power grid), and hard night freezes through Friday. There’s gonna be a lot of dead Texans before this is all over, no joke. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/62 "2021-02-16T23:05:27Z")
If possible, I would suggest setting up another litter box where confused kitty used the carpet. Kitty might not have wanted to use the same box as the others and will go back to the same spot on the carpet to eliminate as long as kitty can smell urine. I’ve been watching the weather and I can’t imagine how bad it is there. Our home is fairly new and has good insulation, but I don’t think they would keep the cold out at below 0. Stay home, be safe and try to stay warm. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/63 "2021-02-16T23:52:11Z")
The snow here (DFW) has reached the height of a Chihuahua’s belly. That means they’re either peeing on my deck hardware (smoker/grill) or going in the house. Each one tried walking off the deck into the snow, levitated a foot upward, then transported back to the deck while still airborne. I wish I had filmed it. I would be an Insta-Tok celebrity I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/64 "2021-02-17T00:01:45Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > a relative sent me a meme that people are going to have to pay up and sent me a picture of texas saying "it’s snowed in hell " some people thought it funny and a few didnt … General Sherman certainly knew the difference between Texas and Hell. Apparently some people need a history lesson. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/65 "2021-02-17T00:03:02Z")
TN here. It peaked at 18 degrees today. The average high this time of year is 54. My 170 year old house isn’t keeping out the cold very well. My new mini split can’t keep up. My pipes are frozen, and it’s looking like it’ll be the middle of next week before it warms up enough to thaw them. The horses are being fed all-you-can-eat hay in the barn and seem to be okay. They don’t like walking on the lumpy frozen ground. Dogs go out and come right back in. StG ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/66 "2021-02-17T00:20:04Z")
North Alabama here (about 15 miles south of the Tennessee border). Snow on the ground and the roads (especially in the hilly parts) were icy, so schools and most everything else was closed. Temperature got all the way to 17F, but is due to get to 40F tomorrow and rain should wash away the snow. We usually get this in January, but not unusual to have one-two days of wintry weather here. Power and water is still good. I have gas heating and the electrical lines for the area are buried cables, not poles, so no outages (yet). All y’all take care now. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/67 "2021-02-17T00:24:10Z")
DC area. No, pretty normal here. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/68 "2021-02-17T00:59:04Z")
Central Texas checking in. I have lived here over 30 years, and I have never seen anything like this. We have 6 inches of snow in our yard, the temperatures aren’t getting out of the teens for a few more days, and we have another round hitting us tonight. We’re expected to have a mixture of freezing rain and sleet on top of the snow we already have. We are, however, extraordinarily lucky that the rolling blackouts haven’t hit us. Yet. Neighborhoods around ours haven’t had any power since Monday night. The hotels in our town are all full, but also don’t have power or water. We are, one might say, in a pickle. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/69 "2021-02-17T04:08:45Z")
Heading into night two of no power. At least it isnt going to be as cold, but as El Kabong mentioned, more ice is really going to screw up the power situation further. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/70 "2021-02-17T05:35:33Z")
Pretty normal here in NYC. A couple snowstorms so far, one big one of about 17” and some smaller ones. A few days in the 20s, generally in the 30s to low-40s. Today was a gorgeous 52°! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/71 "2021-02-17T07:57:09Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I’m just south of the bay area of California. We’ve had considerably less rain than we should, so the drought goes on. Wave after wave of storms swirl down from Alaska, but for the most part they poop out just before reaching this area. The north bay sees some rain, but we in the south bay don’t. > > I feel like Jean de Florette. Storms came to his area, but a nearby mountain split them in two, and his farm sat right in the dry rain shadow divide. (Hi, Teela!) Same here in Aptos, 30% of a rain season this late in the rain-year, otherwise unremarkable. Temperatures currently seasonal, but over MLK weekend it was 70s at the beach and it seemed all of Silicon Valley decided to visit here. I stayed home when I saw the virus vector crowds descend. I guess I’m sheltered: I just this afternoon heard about the Texas power outages, and my heart goes out to those folk, wow. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/72 "2021-02-17T10:42:42Z")
The Texas utility consortium, ERCOT, keeps a running tally of electricity capacity vs. demand on their home page. A couple things I’ve noticed: 1. Over the past 24 hours, available capacity has been in the 45-50 MW range, whereas projected demand statewide seems to be in the 60-65 MW range 2. Also over the past 24 hours, forward projection of capacity has been consistently showing an increase of 5-10 MW over the next 6-8 hours, which seems to be wishful thinking as as the projected capacity increases simply haven’t happened. Bottom line is, there seems to have been little actual progress in returning power to stranded customers in more than 24 hours. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/73 "2021-02-17T11:48:05Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > The horses are being fed all-you-can-eat hay in the barn and seem to be okay. They don’t like walking on the lumpy frozen ground. Dogs go out and come right back in. Funny, our dogs and horses are used to cold, snowy, winters. The horses get an extra flake each, but it’s deposited outside. The dogs love it, going for walks and rolling around in the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/74 "2021-02-17T15:51:40Z")
In Delaware, not much snow, we’ve had much worse in totally normal years, so I would say it’s been unseasonably mild (knock on wood). ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/75 "2021-02-17T15:56:22Z")
Its been a cold, grey, miserable, snowy February here in New Jersey. So in other words, pretty normal. ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/76 "2021-02-17T16:10:32Z")
It’s unusual in central Kentucky to have two weeks of temperatures that never get above freezing, and to have three winter storms come through in that time span. It’s not unprecedented though. What’s bizarre is having two ice storms barrel through during the cold snap, and have more freezing rain initially threatened for tonight and tomorrow (forecast now revised to just snow). If we’re going to freeze our butts off can we at least not have it goddamn rain? ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/77 "2021-02-17T16:11:39Z")
[https://thedailybuzz.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Frostbite.jpg](https://thedailybuzz.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Frostbite.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/78 "2021-02-17T17:04:01Z")
Chiming in from central Maryland - pretty normal the last few weeks. Daytime temps a bit above freezing, a modest snow/ice storm last week. Expecting 3 - 6 inches of snow tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/79 "2021-02-17T17:15:55Z")
Central Colorado Rockies here. Very high up. Pretty light snow year so far, but March is when we REALLY get pummeled. We are going to need the moisture to fill up the reservoirs. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-now-highly-unseasonal-weather-where-you-live/932994/80 "2021-02-17T20:20:50Z")
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