# Snow around the World!! How's the weather where you're at? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749 "2010-12-03T02:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 6, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/81 "2010-12-06T05:08:05Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > **The ultimate lock-in: Seven trapped in Yorkshire pub for last NINE days** > > Seven people have been trapped inside a pub for nine days after the building was engulfed by 16ft snow drifts. > > The five staff and two local residents have enjoyed the ultimate lock-in at The Lion Inn in Blakey Ridge, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire. > > They have been cut off since last Friday when heavy snow blocked the windows and doors of the isolated Lion – the fourth-highest pub in England – and made surrounding roads too treacherous for any vehicles to pass. The Lion is a great pub. In fact, calling it a pub is a bit misleading - it’s not a little country pub that just does beer and pub grub - it’s a good hotel with an excellent restaurant. If I had to be trapped in a pub for nine days, it would be high on my list! ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/82 "2010-12-06T05:19:53Z")
Ice last week … couldn’t get out of my driveway, even with studded tires. I slipped down to the lowest part and was humbled. No way to move, coming or going. Schools in Anchorage & the MatSu Valley (where I live) were closed for three days. And it takes a LOT to shut down the schools up here! 0 degrees this morning. No temperature – that always makes me smile. Some snow this week; more coming up soon. Tea and coffee and chocolate are GOOD. As are car heaters/defrosters that WORK. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/83 "2010-12-06T06:39:52Z")
75-90F. Humidity 90%+. Scattered showers. Ask me again anytime before the next ice age or before the polar caps melt, and I’ll tell you the same. Warm. Wet. Booorrrriiing. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/84 "2010-12-06T16:00:40Z")
Mid 90s last week, but a cool front came through and it might only get up to 70 or so today. Haven’t needed the heater turned on so far this season. No significant rain in _months_. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/85 "2010-12-06T16:53:40Z")
We had some light flurries here yesterday afternoon in the DC area, but nothing stayed on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/86 "2010-12-06T17:31:53Z")
Here in the English Midlands it’s now 5.30 pm (less than two hours after sunset) and it’s already down to minus 5 Celsius (23 F), with 8 inches of snow on the ground. Could we reach minus 10 tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/87 "2010-12-06T19:51:25Z")
Max temperature forecast for -7C tomorrow, with added fog. Urgh! I’ve got loads to do tomorrow. Today there was a very heavy blizzard all over Central Scotland just as the morning commute got started, and now in the evening they are still trying to get the motorways completely open. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/88 "2010-12-07T05:01:14Z")
Pittsburgh’s got snow on the ground. 20 degrees, windchill makes it even colder. Brrrrr. I switched from my EMS fleece to my North Face down jacket. I let the car run for 5 minutes instead of a minute today. I think I’m gonna take the bus to work though - the heat is fully on when I get in and it drops me off right in front of work, no walking from the parking garage needed. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/89 "2010-12-07T07:27:56Z")
Minus 10.4C (13.3F) at 7am today. That’s very cold for this part of the country, especially as Newark is virtually at sea-level here in the Trent Valley. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/90 "2010-12-07T07:33:08Z")
Rainy off and on all day, cold…ready for summer. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/91 "2010-12-07T10:57:23Z")
-5 in Cambridge, but still no snow. The slight thaw over the weekend got rid of all the slippery impacted stuff, though, so at least I can walk to work at my usual speed. ---
**Author:** ![Neeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Neeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neeps)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/92 "2010-12-07T14:04:34Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Max temperature forecast for -7C tomorrow, with added fog. Urgh! I’ve got loads to do tomorrow. Today there was a very heavy blizzard all over Central Scotland just as the morning commute got started, and now in the evening they are still trying to get the motorways completely open. It’s been a joke here in central Scotland. Many people left for work yesterday morning, got turned around without getting there and only got home this morning. Stuck all day and overnight on some of the most busy commuting motorways in Scotland. We had to put up a friend of ours who couldn’t make it the last 5 miles home because the A737 had ground to a halt. Luckily, he was just outside our village when everything stopped and he could walk to our house from where he left his car (we live at the top of a hill - no way was he getting up here). I’ve been snowed in for over a week. I have a young baby, so can’t really get out. Pavements are impassable by buggy, and we can only get one car out and my husband’s been using that to commute. I’ve seen one gritter near us in that time, and no roads have been cleared. The people in my street are doing their best to keep the road clear and gritted themselves, but it’s not easy. We’re just not prepared for this weather now - we’ve gone soft from too many mild winters! It does look pretty out the window, though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/93 "2010-12-07T16:19:01Z")
> [@Neeps](#): > > It’s been a joke here in central Scotland. Many people left for work yesterday morning, got turned around without getting there and only got home this morning. Stuck all day and overnight on some of the most busy commuting motorways in Scotland. It seemed like the traffic authorities continued, for many hours, to allow people onto motorways that were already blocked solid with abandoned cars and jack-knifed lorries. The Transport Minister was basically lying on the news when he said that the snow was unexpected - the Met Office and BBC sites had severe warnings up on Sunday evening. > [@](#): > > It does look pretty out the window, though 🙂 I’ve been tooling about doing errands all day, and the place is looking spectacular in the bright sun (if a bit on the dazzling-wish-I-was-wearing-shades side). According to the probably unreliable car thermometer: Max temp encountered -9C, min temp - 14C. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/94 "2010-12-07T16:20:21Z")
> [@Rayne\_Man](#): > > Minus 10.4C (13.3F) at 7am today. That’s very cold for this part of the country, especially as Newark is virtually at sea-level here in the Trent Valley. That must be close to the day-record low for Newark! ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/95 "2010-12-07T16:26:14Z")
I’ll be in Aberdeen late April/early May. Can you guarantee better weather then? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/96 "2010-12-07T16:44:05Z")
We had snowman-making snow [here over the weekend](http://esoileau.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/now-thats-more-like-it/)! Much playing and sledding ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/97 "2010-12-07T16:51:02Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > I’ll be in Aberdeen late April/early May. Can you guarantee better weather then? 😛 The past few years the weather has been glorious around then. ---
**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 7, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/98 "2010-12-07T18:19:16Z")
When I woke up today we had a thick mist. Now, it’s all turned into hoarfrost on the trees, and bright blue skies - picture perfect winter weather! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/99 "2010-12-07T18:25:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Me too. Snow thunderstorms are extremely rare here (I think I’ve experienced one in 44 years). > > **Someone was saying something recently about not understanding the mentality of people who live in cold, snowy places** , and I think I can explain it now - when you live someplace where it gets really crappy half the year, it’s a known evil - we’re all prepared for it, we have whole systems set up to deal with it, and we have very few unexpected weather problems. > > Plus, very little vermin or bugs. 😃 I think that was me and I still don’t! Even if you have no weather problems, the cold itself is a problem. That is one thing you’ll never get rid of Right now it’s 70 degrees and cold. Stupid winter ---
**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 7, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749/100 "2010-12-07T18:54:49Z")
The cold’s not a problem - I find it invigorating! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-around-the-world-hows-the-weather-where-youre-at/562749.md?page=6)