# It's currently 57 degrees Fahrenheit (14 Celcius). **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895 "2006-02-03T20:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 5, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/21 "2006-02-05T05:09:53Z")
It tried to be winter here, today. Honest. But it was just November: cold wet rain mixed with slushy snow. I could see it was trying, as I went up Islington Avenue on the bus: the wind seemed to bring gusts of snow among the rain. And when I left my friend’s apartment in Little Somalia, there was some half-melted show on the ground. But the water was running in the gutters and the wind was blowing drops off the apartment buildings, and it seems that the attempt has failed. Maybe it snowed up north in Newmarket where I’m going tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/22 "2006-02-05T06:44:09Z")
It’s 35 degrees Celsius here. You’ve got it good. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/23 "2006-02-05T06:59:38Z")
> [@Plynck](#): > > I heat with natural gas, and every time I hear the furnace go on I think that it might just be cheaper to heat by burning dollar bills. I hear you. I live in the Southwest, this has been one of the warmest winters on record, and last month’s gas bill was _still_ $150, which is about 50% more than last January’s bill. I shudder to think what it would be in Massachusetts, even in a warm year. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/24 "2006-02-05T17:47:21Z")
Saskatoonian here from Canada. This warm weather is freaking out everyone I know. Usually every winter we have one ridiculous, insane, -50 deep freeze where mother nature trys to destroy everyone in the province. Not this year, the closest we got I think was -25 with a mild wind. It has been so mild, one wonders if Global Warming is preventable anymore… All the better for my running routine though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/25 "2006-02-05T17:56:56Z")
I’m from Saskatchewan as well, though from Regina. And yep, it’s been freakishly warm here too. I’ve shovelled twice this year. There is some snow on the ground, but with the weather consistently hovering around freezing, it’s really more ice than snow. Along with that, we’ve had problems with fog. That is also not normal. We’re one of those places where it’s either a dry cold or a dry heat. So, I’ve worn glove twice since Christmas, never worn my long winter coat at all, and haven’t plugged my car in once. Apparently January was the warmest on record here. I can well believe it, and predictions are much the same for February. It’s felt like spring here for at least three weeks. It’s very strange but I’m not complaining. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/26 "2006-02-05T19:25:51Z")
I’m in two minds about the weather. On the one hand, i love proper winter weather, with sub-freezing temperatures and snow and all that good stuff. On the other hand, gas commodity prices are pretty much double what they were last year, and this weather is saving us from some wallet-busting gas bills. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/27 "2006-02-06T00:27:02Z")
Forty-five mostly-uphill kilometres north of Toronto, it’s winter in Newmarket. Actual snow on the ground and everything! Here along the lakeshore, though, it’s cold and the roads are dry, with a dusting of snow that blows and skirls along the pavement. Pity Viktor went back to Caracas on Thursday. He was here for a month on a working holiday, and really wanted to see some snow. We were embarassed to admit that, uh, it seems to be missing. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/28 "2006-02-06T00:33:30Z")
My Tennessee Hillbilly Ass is being snowed on. More to be added tonight. Life is **so** f#$ked-up. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/29 "2006-02-06T00:34:14Z")
Over here, it has been in the 50’s when it rains, and the 60’s when it hasn’t. In all, not much different than normal. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/30 "2006-02-12T16:42:32Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > This is _NOT_ why I moved here, dammit! :mad: So… Happy now, **TWO**? 🙂 Gotta love New England. Actually, I like a weekend snowstorm. I ran all my errands on Friday night. Now I’m just catching up on minor home repairs and cleaning this morning and afternoon. I think that the storm will be over in time for me to shovel out tonight. After that I’ll get warm with hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps (purely for medicinal purposes, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/31 "2006-02-12T17:02:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Forty-five mostly-uphill kilometres north of Toronto, it’s winter in Newmarket. Actual snow on the ground and everything! I _know_. Winter’s really really really trying to avoid us this year, for some reason… (I’m creeped out by the warm weather, too. :() ---
**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:** [February 12, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/32 "2006-02-12T17:38:21Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I _know_. Winter’s really really really trying to avoid us this year, for some reason… > > (I’m creeped out by the warm weather, too. :() Now that it’s nice and brisk and all, I feel a little better. But there’s still so little snow in the city that I can still wear shoes outside. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/33 "2006-02-12T18:31:34Z")
I gotcher winter right HERE! (cackles) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/34 "2006-02-12T18:35:33Z")
Edmonton. February 12th. It is 52 degrees here today. It should be about -10. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/35 "2006-02-12T20:17:27Z")
How is the weather in Boston NOW? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/36 "2006-02-12T20:42:31Z")
Finaly! Some real winter! I went out and took a panoramic picture of our street this morning, while the snow was still nice and fresh. Here it is, for those who forgot what winter looks like. [Link](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/pano/our_street.html) The panorama requires Java to be enabled in your web-browser. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/37 "2006-02-12T22:14:45Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Finaly! Some real winter! > > I went out and took a panoramic picture of our street this morning, while the snow was still nice and fresh. > > Here it is, for those who forgot what winter looks like. Oooooh. Pretty! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/38 "2006-02-12T23:52:37Z")
(best read in the old fogey voice) i remember a few years back when i was in the dorms…i was on the 5th floor of our building and the day before thanksgiving break here in sunny buffalo, it snowed 4 feet overnight. it was the most amazing weather phenomenon i’ve ever seen. the city was shut down, cars were left in their spots for days. it was like a nuclear aftermath of snow proportions. there was a giant, cadillac eldorado that was down the block and the ONLY reason we knew there was a car in that snowbank is because the rear view mirror was barely sticking out. we went and played football in the highway because there was a traffic ban. people were walking dogs and you couldn’t see what they were walking because snow was piled up so high on either side of the sidewalks. ah…those were the days… i friggin hate buffalo. i hate snow. i want to win the lottery so i never see snow AGAIN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/39 "2006-02-13T00:06:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer. ~Plutarch, Moralia Boo-ya. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895/40 "2006-02-13T00:25:33Z")
It’s 84, viciously sunny, and no breeze. I’m sitting here in shorts and a tank top, but the fans aren’t cutting it. I may have to break down and turn on the a/c. It’s the middle of ever-lovin’ february! I want to win the lottery so I can move to the Pacific Northwest and never see that rat bastard sun ever again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-currently-57-degrees-fahrenheit-14-celcius/342895.md?page=3)