Now this is cold - Mt Washington observatory

It's been a cold week here. Highs in the single digits or below. We hit 15 below last night in Minneapolis. DH has been at the top of Mt Washington--I can't even image what -102 (-74 Celsius) feels like!

We're down to 16° and dark. Been going down all day and expected to go down more by morning. Not even counting wind chill..

It was -12º overnight here last night. I don't know the windchill, but it was windy. We need to know the actual temp and wind directions, to know how to close up our cattle barns. They were shut up tight last night. My husband said the barn with calves was about 10 above and the barn with the fats was almost 30. It's harder to keep the smaller animal barns warm, but 10 above is good! They were comfortable.

Last year we had windchill of -53C/-63F, the worst we've ever had. -30C-22F even -40 is tolerable but if there is wind that's the killer.

We didn't get this latest vortex, +1C/34F today! My mom is 15 minutes from me and it was +8C/46F there today. Many people work outside all winter here.

Neisey the trees are so close or grown around power lines, no wonder it goes out so much in the east.

It is 49 degrees here, which is actually rather warmish to me already! I am adapting to the colder weather already. BUT, I would never ever adapt to minus 100 degrees. Heck, I would not do well in minus anything. I’ve never been in anything that cold. I think the coldest was in Minnesota during one of my son’s cancer appointments. It was 10 degrees and snowing and he was thrilled.

The other day it was around 20 degrees here and I was on my front porch installing the video doorbell. My fingers were so cold that I kept dropping the little screws. My next door neighbor returned home from somewhere and saw me out there working. I guess I looked frustrated because he came over to help me do the install. I’m fairly mechanical, but I don‘t have many tools here yet. I was struggling for lack of proper tools AND frozen fingers. When he came to help me I told him what the issues I was having was - the doorbell wires were much thicker than I’ve ever seen before and would not fit between the area allotted under the screw. I was trying to separate something a bit and he just smiled and put his hand out for me to give it to him. Such a man. It took him an additional 15 minutes, along with some cussing and returning to his house for another tool. I knew how to do the install, I just couldn’t shove the thicker wire down where it needed to go with the tool I had. And I have to admit, I was quite happy to see him struggling to do it too!

Also in Massachusetts. It’s -10° F here and feels like -29°F.  We’re expecting 40°+ weather starting tomorrow afternoon. I’m not far from the NH border in the eastern part of the state. 

Last night it was 23 but felt like 8. the wind makes things worse IMO, the sound gives me a lot of anxiety. And our neighbor's leeland cyprus fell over in our yard, so it makes me sad this big full tree is gone and worried now there is a hole in the "fence" for wind to catch another tree. Sigh. They really don't last very long...

In NJ, pushing 12°, bright sun and some fool just drove by in a convertible with top and windows down!!

Anderson Cooper 360 last night had this location on. He spoke with one of the men that work there. At the time of the interview it was -45 with a windchill of -105 or -106. The man got dressed and went outside. It was dark so we didn't see much, but holy icicles!!


Currently at our home it is 46 and sunny!

We were up there last fall. It was windy and cold in September! The drive up there was the most frightened I've every been - the drop offs on the drive up looked deadly. It was an interesting experience that I NEVER want to repeat. It's 55 and sunny here.