Weather in your area?

[Lenny]

-3 right now here is NW Iowa. They're saying Tomorrow, Sunday and Monday it will not get above zero degrees! GRRRRR!

 

[LadyLocust]

Snowed most the day but no real build up. Currently 7 feels like-3 with wind. It’s a cold 7! Friend in ND has -13 and -48 with windchill . In such a case, you might say I can’t complain to which I would respond- wanna bet.

 

[Supervisor42]

At 9:50 on Friday night it's 72 degrees.
Supposed to be in the low 30's by Monday morning.

Fear not, it will get there .
When the backside moved past us today, the temp nosedived from 68° to 47° in just 8 hours.
...We finished wrapping plants today for the coming freezing temps.

 

[LadyLocust]

Fear not, it will get there .
When the backside moved past us today, the temp nosedived from 68° to 47° in just 8 hours.
...We finished wrapping plants today for the coming freezing temps.

What are you doing down there that is making your weather so angry?

 

[Supervisor42]

What are you doing down there that is making your weather so angry?

... Talking to Pearl.
@Pearl said: "My next round is ice and snow! Not sure how far I can send that!"

 

[zannej]

I wonder if they sell some sort of blankets that I could wrap on my cows. Red one might let me put something on but the other one might not. They aren't used to weather getting too cold. They can take refuge in the remains of the barn and huddle together, but I really need a new barn.

It was chilly outside but I didn't pay attention to the temperature when I went out. Very early in the morning it was extremely windy and the power kept blinking on and off. Went out for several minutes and then came back on while I was calling the power company to report the outage.

 

[Peanut]

I moved my 4 potted plants in the house for a few days... don't want to lose them. All the rest of my plants are wild, they do fine all by themselves.

I wonder if they sell some sort of blankets that I could wrap on my cows. Red one might let me put something on but the other one might not. They aren't used to weather getting too cold. They can take refuge in the remains of the barn and huddle together, but I really need a new barn.

It was chilly outside but I didn't pay attention to the temperature when I went out. Very early in the morning it was extremely windy and the power kept blinking on and off. Went out for several minutes and then came back on while I was calling the power company to report the outage.

They have them on the Zit... calf, cow, horse...

https://www.amazon.com/calf-blankets/s?k=calf+blankets

 

[Mountain trapper]

I wonder if they sell some sort of blankets that I could wrap on my cows. Red one might let me put something on but the other one might not. They aren't used to weather getting too cold. They can take refuge in the remains of the barn and huddle together, but I really need a new barn.

It was chilly outside but I didn't pay attention to the temperature when I went out. Very early in the morning it was extremely windy and the power kept blinking on and off. Went out for several minutes and then came back on while I was calling the power company to report the outage.

Our cows just huddle up in the timber when it gets cold. I have lost some new born calves due to the cold before. If the cow doesn't clean her calf up right away it'll freeze. During calving time I usually go out every hour or so all night long and ride through the herd looking for new borns. Sometimes I'll carry a weak one back to the house and lay it out in front of the wood stove to warm up.

 

[Pearl]

Today is artic air day here! Front should be through here by noon. Not bad this morning, 29°, no wind. Single digits tonight, ice/snow starting tomorrow! Not above freezing again until Wednesday!

 

[dademoss]

24 degrees F, 24 mph winds. A taste of winter has arrived.

 

[Morgan101]

Today is artic air day here! Front should be through here by noon. Not bad this morning, 29°, no wind. Single digits tonight, ice/snow starting tomorrow! Not above freezing again until Wednesday!

We have the exact same thing. Only 16 now, and will stay this way for the next four days. Must be a giant front.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I wonder if they sell some sort of blankets that I could wrap on my cows. Red one might let me put something on but the other one might not. They aren't used to weather getting too cold. They can take refuge in the remains of the barn and huddle together, but I really need a new barn......

You would be wasting your money. They would eat and/or pull off the blankets, trompel what's left and crap on them. They need a wind break first and foremost and shelter from cold rain.

 

[hashbrown]

It’s damn cold here this morning!

 

[Peanut]

28 here this morning, coldest so far this winter. Not supposed get out of the 30's today. The weather folks are predicting snow for monday. We get one of 2 dustings each winter, not an issue. The problem comes with over 3 inches, there are no snow plows or salt trucks to keep roads open. It gets packed into a sheet of ice that stays until it gets warm enough to melt.

 

[sonya123]

It's just below freezing right now around 28 but really windy so it feels very cold
flurries for now thats all
had rain all afternoon and night

 

[Weedygarden]

It's warming up here. -38C/-36F. In a few days, it is projected to be -25C/-13F.

LadyLocust, I missed your post about the trees. Nothing will save fruit trees and bushes at -45C. The cold tolerance ends at -40 and that is mostly bunk as well. This is not a fruit growing area, but I thought I would give it a try with some Russian varieties.

On another note, my lilacs that I dug up and brought in because they are small and broke dormancy, are blooming.

As they say in North Dakota when it is so cold, but warming up, "You're having a heat wave."

It is warming up here as well. It is now -5 degrees, up from -8 (I think).
When I am in the bathroom, brushing my teeth, I usually look out to see what it looks like outdoors. I saw that my neighbor had cleared the walkway from the back door to the garage door, while wearing shorts, slip on shower shoes, no socks, a short sleeved shirt and a stocking hat. It is not uncommon to see guys wearing shorts on days like today. But while I was driving to feed a cat, I saw many people out shoveling while bundled up, some even wearing face coverings (balaclava).

 

[Tim Horton]

Knock on wood...
About noon Saturday 13th... Knock on wood.. We are now a little over 24 hours late for the winter storm that was supposed to hit... Not a new flake of snow at this hour.. Temp are colder than an old girlfriends heart.. Temps 5/-10F today.. Overcast again today or it would likely be colder.. If, when the wind comes wind chills to be -35F... All this supposed to come from the south east.. Unusual direction for a storm for here.. Predicted to be this weather through next Wednesday..

So.... Last Thursday we braved a short grocery run to top off a few things.. Ready and able to hunker down and wait it out.. I got a half grocery bag of paperback western books from the in house library... Current one I'm reading I have a wagon train of supplies to get to the gold mining camp past the Shoshone war party... This story set where I grew up in the eastern Rockies..

All take care..

 

[Weedygarden]

Not me, but North Dakota. Be glad if you are somewhere warmer.

 

[Bacpacker]

Low 20s this morning. Mid 30s right now. Winds from 0 to 25mph. By mid week well hit single digits for a night or 2. Not suppose to go above freezing thru next weekend

 

[Lenny]

High today is -13 and the low is predicted to be -18

 

[montanabill]

Well it made it down to -40 this morning.. Just got out of the hot tub in the back yard after my day off sunset soak.. No wind but I passed on rolling in the snow.

 

[Pearl]

Stupidly cold!!

 

[LadyLocust]

Not me, but North Dakota. Be glad if you are somewhere warmer.

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I have some friends right in that-68 spot. She texted to tell me. It’s the coldest it’s been since they’ve lived there.

 

[LadyLocust]

This morning it was-7 or -8, high today was 3 or 4. I don’t think we are supposed to go back below zero tonight but we’ll see. It’s cold.

 

[Pearl]

This morning it was-7 or -8, high today was 3 or 4. I don’t think we are supposed to go back below zero tonight but we’ll see. It’s cold.

I feel like this is payback for your really hot temps this summer!

 

[LadyLocust]

Nah, this summer wasn’t horrible. Two years ago was brutal!

 

[Lenny]

I wish the mainstream media would interview Al Dork about global warming.

 

[backlash]

6° snowing and the wind is blowing. It's going to get down close to zero tonight.
We might be getting the first snowfall where I need to shovel it off the walkway.
Most likely though I will just use the leaf blower.

 

[LadyLocust]

Snowing here as well @backlash we are still above zero I think

 

[Mountain trapper]

Snowing here too. Below zero.