# It's 70 friggin degrees on Jan 3rd! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512 "2004-01-03T20:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/21 "2004-01-04T19:33:02Z")
I’ll make sure to pat you all on the back when I finish brushing the huge piles of snow off of my car. _grumble_ ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/22 "2004-01-04T21:12:36Z")
At 65 degrees, it was a balmy strawberry spring day in upstate NY yesterday, which contrary to Michael Moore’s assertion, is perfectly normal, especially because it only lasted a day. Today there is snow on the ground again. Personally, I love those little tastes of spring in the dead of winter. The air smells like thawing earth, an olfactory experience of which I never tire. I could wear a jacket, unbuttoned, and forego the gloves and hat. It was great. I’m really looking forward to spring now! ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/23 "2004-01-04T21:28:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*It hit 12 degrees Celsius in Toronto today. It was a beautiful early-spring day, humid, some sun, some clouid. The willows looked like they were ready to bud, and I’m sure I saw green in plowed fields on my way to my dad’s yesterday. > > There’s only one problem. It’s friggin’ _January 3rd!_ It’s supposed to be twelve below, not twelve above!!! We should be locked in ice and snow, not enjoying the smell of moist earth and the sound of birdsong! > > It’s supposed to get cold (i.e., drop to somewhat seasonal temperatures) tomorrow, and snow. We’ll see. \*\* I saw on The Weather Network that it will probably drop to minus sixteen late next week, and -24 low next Sunday. Looks like we won’t see warm again for awhile! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/24 "2004-01-04T22:04:31Z")
Some wasps were swarming around our deck today. That points to one of the disadvantages to a warm winter. More insects will survive through winter and make our lives misable next summer. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/25 "2004-01-04T22:09:29Z")
They will also make our lives **miserable**. :o ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/26 "2004-01-04T22:22:45Z")
\ It’s 35 degrees C every day in Brunei. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/27 "2004-01-05T00:08:10Z")
It’s about, what? Eighty something? In Houston today. We were quit warm this afternoon as I was lying on the couch in the living room, windows open. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/28 "2004-01-05T00:29:15Z")
And it was 75 today. VunderBob and VunderHund went to Kitty Hawk today, and I even got a bit of a sunburn. We climbed the monument hill, and it was a hell of a hike for fat dog and fat dad. I won’t gloat too much more. The front comes through tomorrow, and we’ll be lucky to break freezing for the rest of the week. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/29 "2004-01-05T02:12:13Z")
Cold weather is on its way to the East Coast. Today in SE Missouri temperature has dropped 25 degrees from 3 pm to 8 pm. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/30 "2004-01-05T04:16:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*It hit 12 degrees Celsius in Toronto today. It was a beautiful early-spring day, humid, some sun, some clouid. The willows looked like they were ready to bud, and I’m sure I saw green in plowed fields on my way to my dad’s yesterday. \*\* Here in Kentucky, the Dogwood trees are actually budding. It’s been that warm for that long. All the buds will probably be destroyed in the next frost, and we won’t have any in spring. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/31 "2004-01-05T13:07:42Z")
Stepping outside my lovely,little cave, here at 4 AM it’s -15 degrees. (Not sure what in Wind Chill) 'Sposed to get up to a balmy -4 at best. This is a rude change for a poor little Surfer boy from S. Cal. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/32 "2004-01-05T13:13:58Z")
Its supposedly 6C outside. In the office (with air con that finally works!) it feels like it as well. My toes are like little blocks of ice. ☹ I’m contemplating gloves in the office… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/33 "2004-01-05T13:27:08Z")
It was mid 70’sF Saturday and Sunday. I sat out at the pool both afternoons. It’s 72 right now and rainy. I got a feeling the temp is gonna drop slowly the rest of the day. This happens all the time here in southwest Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/34 "2004-01-05T13:46:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jomo Mojo \* > \*\*I’m reminded of Michael Moore’s book _Stupid White Men_ where he freaks out about the warm weather in January. People are saying “Wow, it’s great to have it so warm in January.” Moore reproves them: “It _isn’t supposed to be_ warm in January! Something’s out of kilter!” I don’t remember his exact words, but it was something like that. \*\* Yeah, noted meteorologist Michael Moore. :rolleyes: Folks, we have diaries and histories going back thousands of years noting freak weather occurrances like this. This isn’t a new or noteworthy thing, except to muse about like old timers in front of the country store. To which I’d like to add: Mighty warm today. Took the twins for a walk in their shirtsleeves. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/35 "2004-01-05T17:13:57Z")
Naked on the deck yesterday (Sunday) - I think the high was in the low 70s. By midweek it is supposed to be more seasonable (high in the 30s). Given my deep, undying hatred of winter this is particularly difficult for me. I’ve been eyeing travel websites and resort brochures, though. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/36 "2004-01-05T17:22:09Z")
I live near Boise, Idaho. We had a low of 3° F this morning, and there’s snow on the ground. Just when I thought global warming was taking its toll and we’d never see winter-like weather around here again, I’m glad to see that the seasons still seem to be in check after all. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512/37 "2004-01-05T18:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by medstar \* > \*\*I enjoyed the warm weather as well, but I’m thinking Mother Nature will slam us MAD’s with an unexpected blizzard in late March-early April right when we least expect it. \*\* That’s what I’m thinking, too. The last two weeks have been really mild, but it’s supposed to get cold tonight. We might get snow on Friday. I can’t help but think we’re gonna get slammed in February or March with one of those huge storms that swirls up from the south and dumps two or three feet of snow and sends everyone into a frenzy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-70-friggin-degrees-on-jan-3rd/222512.md?page=1)