In Boston's suburbs it was -15F over the weekend and snowy. Now it's approaching 50F and rainy. Our 14" of snow is fast disappearing.

 

-3 degrees here in kansas this morning -15 wind chill, only 2 inches of snow thankfully. speaking of thanks, THANK GOD FOR INDOOR PLUMBING!

I can remember staying at my uncle's farm in the late 1950's, with no indoor plumbing. Using a piece of newspaper set on fire, down the hole before sitting down to go. Couldn't wait to get back to the city.

 

Hello,

The weather is strange all over the world.
Today was the warmest 6 January ever measured in holland.
It was 14.5 °C in Den Bilt, the place where all weather records are officially taken.
Normal would be about 5 °C in this period of January.

Bertus

 

doesn't work for me

Just noticed the symbol chart on right. doh

-22° this am.

θ∞√ζβ≈≠Ω

 

What's your key combination for the degree symbol?

It is the topmost-leftmost key, under ESC.

 

I have the tilde (~) there. I'm pretty sure we have a different keyboard layout. I'm using US, as per Win8 descriptions.

 

A couple of days ago we had the dubious pleasure of beating an 80yr record.
-53°C, a bit brisk and slightly colder than the N.Pole.
Max.

 

You don't need a + button. Just hold the alt key, enter 167, and release the alt key. º

I played with this at some length on my laptop last year and without a numeric keypad it just doesn't seem to work -- even when enabling and using the "keypad" on the laptop keyboard that overrides the 7,0,/,M region of keys.

I never did find a way to enter alt codes on the laptop's keyboard, though it does work as expected on an external USB keyboard, which is what I use most of the time.

 

How is that even possible? How long can someone survive outside in such weather?

From a scale of 1 to Apocalypse, how serious is this kind of weather?

 

We got well over a foot of snow on Saturday after being nice, but somewhat cold, the several days prior. We've been running unseasonably warm around here (but not at all out of line with historical variations) with numerous days in the 65°F (18°C) range. And, as is not uncommon, with the next day being 40°F (22°C) or more colder.

In 1982 Denver got 35" of snow on Christmas Eve and forced the closing of Stapleton International Airport for the first time in over 30 years. In 1985 Christmas Eve was ~70°F.

 

How is that even possible? How long can someone survive outside in such weather?

We have had one street person fatality, cars block heaters are plugged in if kept outside.
Tires are kept fully inflated, if not, the flat side stays flat and you drive on 'square' tires.
Otherwise Life goes on as normal.
Looking forward to Summer usually +40°C.
Max.

 

We got well over a foot of snow on Saturday after being nice, but somewhat cold, the several days prior. We've been running unseasonably warm around here (but not at all out of line with historical variations) with numerous days in the 65°F (18°C) range. And, as is not uncommon, with the next day being 40°F (22°C) or more colder.

In 1982 Denver got 35" of snow on Christmas Eve and forced the closing of Stapleton International Airport for the first time in over 30 years. In 1985 Christmas Eve was ~70°F.

Minor conversion error, 40°F (4°C).

 

You don't need a + button. Just hold the alt key, enter 167, and release the alt key. º

I have yet to get that to work on a win7 box, everything prior to that is no problem. If you know a way to activate it on a 7 box let me in on it. searching didn't help.

 

I am using Win 7, and I didn't do anything special to make it work. My machine is home assembled and I bought Win 7 separately; maybe that's the reason? And I am still using a PS2 keyboard; that could be it, I guess.

 

How is that even possible? How long can someone survive outside in such weather?

From a scale of 1 to Apocalypse, how serious is this kind of weather?

I'm assuming you are talking about the -53°C in Canada?

If you are not properly clothed, you will likely be dead (or on a one-way trip toward it) in well under a minute. There's an old Rule of Thumb (and I don't know how accurate it is) that at -30°F in a 30mph wind exposed flesh will freeze in 30 seconds.

If you are prepared for it, it is no huge deal. Fairbanks, Alaska gets into this region on a moderately regular basis. At Vostok Station in Antarctica the temperature fell to -129°F (-90°C) in 1983.

But if you are properly clothed then you can survive with little difficulty. One thing that helps is that humidity at those temperatures is usually all but nonexistent. I walked 3 miles to work in 1983 at around -20°F (-17°C) and was quite comfortable the entire way.

 

Minor conversion error, 40°F (4°C).

Are really claiming that a 40°F drop from 65°F to 25°F is only a drop of 4°C?

 

It's going up to -29°C today (-40° wind chill factor).
Trust me, no one goes out in shorts this weather!!.
Only brass monkey's.
Max.

 

I have yet to get that to work on a win7 box, everything prior to that is no problem. If you know a way to activate it on a 7 box let me in on it. searching didn't help.

It works just fine on a Win7 box, as long as your keyboard has a dedicated number pad.

For everyone that is saying to simply hold the ALT key while entering 167, do the following: Hold down the ALT while entering 167 using the top row of keys on the main part of the keyboard. I'm betting that you will discover that nothing happens!

It appears that most (but very possibly not all) laptop keyboards issue the keycodes that correspond to the upper row of keys when their "number pad" mode is enabled. The codes for these keys and the corresponding keys on the true number pad are different, just as the code for the left Shift key is different from the right Shift key.

 

Down to -20F work outdoors goes on as normal.

My father-in-law was a MN. logger. Worked on his trucks all winter with no garage.
Putting a torpedo heated under the truck every morning was just normal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBLHeAvZyh8

My favorite poem to read in the winter is.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee/

 

Woke up with 10°F this morning. Tomorrow, it will be 5°. It's being called an "Artic Vortex"