# Temperature drop
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 30, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589 "2008-01-30T15:06:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/1 "2008-01-30T15:06:29Z")
Tuesday temp at 12:01 AM : 43F Tuesday temp at 11:43PM: -10F
Ties a La Crosse record
[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display\_story.php?wfo=arx&storyid=12568&source=0](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=arx&storyid=12568&source=0)
It was VERY windy last evening
It is expected to get to balmy 5F today - time to get out the shorts
Brian
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/2 "2008-01-30T15:19:39Z")
W00t! đ Sing hey for the cold, the bonny, bonny coldâŠ
We have tree branches all over our street this morning, the wind roared all night like sound effects from Wuthering Heights. I found myself walking restlessly around the house peering out the windows and muttering things like, âArr, she be some windy tharâ and expecting to hear the sound of roof slates being carried away, at which point I could glance knowledgeably up at the roofââArrr!ââand then retire to the inglenook with my pipe.
Which is silly because we have a modern asphalt shingle roof.
And no inglenook.
And I do not smoke a pipe.
âCathy! Cathy!â
I hate that book.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/3 "2008-01-30T15:20:27Z")
The drop was even bigger in the Twin Cities. We fell at least 56 degrees from Monday to Tuesday, excluding the wind chill which was around -40.
Thatâs the same as falling from 80 to 24 in one day!
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### Author:  [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/4 "2008-01-30T15:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose]
W00t! đ Sing hey for the cold, the bonny, bonny coldâŠ
We have tree branches all over our street this morning, the wind roared all night like sound effects from Wuthering Heights. I found myself walking restlessly around the house peering out the windows and muttering things like, âArr, she be some windy tharâ and expecting to hear the sound of roof slates being carried away, at which point I could glance knowledgeably up at the roofââArrr!ââand then retire to the inglenook with my pipe.
Which is silly because we have a modern asphalt shingle roof.
And no inglenook.
And I do not smoke a pipe.
âCathy! Cathy!â
I hate that book.
[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah? Well we had actual TREES all over our street this morning. So there!
Woke around 5:30 a.m. to the sound of the power companyâs chainsaws. There was quite a lot of mayhem out on the moor. I mean cul de sac.
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/5 "2008-01-30T15:54:57Z")
Texans will know what I mean by a ânorther.â Iâve seen temperature drops of 15-20 degrees F within a couple of hours during a norther.
Basically, a norther is a frigid wind that blows in off the plains and chills hell out of everything in its path. You have to experience one to know how sudden and severe they can be. Weather changes in Texas are often quite dramatic.
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### Author:  [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/6 "2008-01-30T16:16:49Z")
[QUOTE=LouisB]
Texans will know what I mean by a ânorther.â Iâve seen temperature drops of 15-20 degrees F within a couple of hours during a norther.
Basically, a norther is a frigid wind that blows in off the plains and chills hell out of everything in its path. You have to experience one to know how sudden and severe they can be. Weather changes in Texas are often quite dramatic.
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We call that a âcold front.â Probably because they come from the East, West and South, too.
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### Author:  [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/7 "2008-01-30T16:20:02Z")
The same weather system is hitting us north of the border too, though thankfully itâs not quite as bloody cold. In Toronto, we dropped from 9C to -9C in the last 24 hours⊠and in the process also went from pouring rain last night to blowing flurries and 60 KPH winds this morning.
I thought Iâd blow away on my way to work today. Ugh⊠though itâs still better than the winds in St Johnâs when I was there in November (gusting at nearly 75 KPH, bây!)
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/8 "2008-01-30T16:36:41Z")
When I let the dog out last night, I thought I burned my hand on the metal door latch. The cold! It burns!
I wish it hadnât been in the 40âs Monday. The snow **started** to melt, and now itâs icy. Little skating rinks everywhere.
I do like looking at the icicles though. Some of them get huge.
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### Author:  [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/9 "2008-01-30T16:58:14Z")
Same here last nightâŠlots of folks still are without power.
I went for after work drinks and dinner and when I left the restaurant a couple of hours later the wind was really bad and the temps had fallen dramatically.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/10 "2008-01-30T17:26:41Z")
There was a 54F drop at home last night. Our low area tends to file with cold air.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/11 "2008-01-30T17:31:51Z")
I donât know the exact numbers, but once in March in Oklahoma, I went to work about 11am wearing short pants. Probably in 70âs, when I left work at aroun 9 pm, I had to scrape ice off the windows.
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### Author:  [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/12 "2008-01-30T17:34:44Z")
Yeah, here in Chicago it went from 48 and rainy to -2 with drifting snow in about 12 hours. And according to the forecast, itâs going back up to the 40s by next Monday.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/13 "2008-01-30T18:52:10Z")
We only had a ~45° drop last night⊠70° yesterday and we woke to ~35°.
Ya gotta love TexasâŠ
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### Author:  [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/14 "2008-01-30T19:35:20Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
There was a 54F drop at home last night. Our low area tends to file with cold air.
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You must be near by. Here in the Appleton area, we dropped from the low 40âs yesterday to -12ÂșF when I looked at the thermometer this morning.
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/15 "2008-01-30T23:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=brewha]
You must be near by. Here in the Appleton area, we dropped from the low 40âs yesterday to -12ÂșF when I looked at the thermometer this morning.
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[aside]
You are in the Appleton area? I was born and went to HS in Kaukauna.
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/16 "2008-01-31T02:39:03Z")
[QUOTE=Mahna Mahna]
The same weather system is hitting us north of the border too, though thankfully itâs not quite as bloody cold. In Toronto, we dropped from 9C to -9C in the last 24 hours⊠and in the process also went from pouring rain last night to blowing flurries and 60 KPH winds this morning.
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I went out at noon for classes and you could literally not seeâblowing snow everywhere.
Seriously, what the frack was that?
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### Author:  [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/17 "2008-01-31T04:06:08Z")
Our temperature dropped from around 40 to the mid-teens. Unfortunately I didnât know that until this afternoon. So I didnât turn on my water. So it froze. And I now have no water because of the broken pipe under my house. Tomorrow I get to call a plumber and see when they can be here to fix my pipes. My guess is they will be here at 10:30 AM, since that is when I have a doctorâs appointment.
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### Author:  [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/18 "2008-01-31T05:13:38Z")
got to love the hoosier stateâŠ
tuesday evening it was 54 degrees F at 6:30 p.m.
2.5 hours later it was 17 degrees F and weâd had at least one confirmed tornado that got busy tearing up the w/sw side of indianapolis.
tonight (it being now 12:13 a.m. est) we look forward to anywhere between 6 and 10 inches of snow and/or ice and sleet just to make things more interesting.
welcome to indiana.
you donât like the weather?
no prob.
wait ten minutes and itâll change.
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### Author:  [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/19 "2008-01-31T12:41:11Z")
[QUOTE=N9IWP]
[aside]
You are in the Appleton area? I was born and went to HS in Kaukauna.
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Yep, Greenville. But, I just moved here 1 1/2 years ago. I was born and raised in SW WI.
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### Author:  [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-drop/435589/20 "2008-01-31T12:50:07Z")
Our drop wasnât quite as badâŠ51 when I went to bed (with the window open) and 12 when I got up in the morningâŠafter a night of hearing the 40-60-mph winds whipping around. At least this time I hadnât put out recyclables, so I wasnât kept awake by the sound of rattling cans and bottles all over the neighborhood like the last time! Lost only one big branch, the power never flickered, and amazingly the plastic lawn chair and the bag of garbage never moved.
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