[usmcfamily]

My house is 20+ years old with original wood windows. I just spent the morning putting up plastic window sheets in the bedrooms because we are expecting the coldest weather to hit this area in 5 years! Oil companies will be very happy!

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by usmcfamily

My house is 20+ years old with original wood windows. I just spent the morning putting up plastic window sheets in the bedrooms because we are expecting the coldest weather to hit this area in 5 years! Oil companies will be very happy!

I will be turning up the heat for the first time since I turned it on mid-November.

[Rich Lee]

The forecast keeps getting revised:

Thursday's high = 21°F (-6°C)
Thursday's low = +1°F (-17°C)

Friday's high = 20°F (-7°C)
Friday's low = +1°F (-17°C)

Source: www.weather.com

[GraniteStater]

CT will likely be fairly mild compared to low temperatures that will likely occur for northern New England later this week.

[wavehunter007]

Having a bit of a background in climate science - let just offer this before the hype of this coming cold wave reaches epic proportions…

While it may not rise above 20 F late this week for perhaps two days…bitter cold is very short lived in the Atlantic States south of Massachusetts. The pattern that pushes that arctic here down to the East Coast also pushes weather quickly behind it. The National Weather Service forecast mentions by Saturday the highs will back near 35 - 40 F. There is even some evidence that a ridge will build in after the cold high moves east and it will tun mild…perhaps into the 50’s. You know the media, they love to hype it to the max. Listen to GraniteStater above, he/she knows what real sustained cold is.

It’s Connecticut, not Minnesota.

[jjbradleynyc]

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

Having a bit of a background in climate science - let just offer this before the hype of this coming cold wave reaches epic proportions…

While it may not rise above 20 F late this week for perhaps two days…bitter cold is very short lived in the Atlantic States south of Massachusetts. The pattern that pushes that arctic here down to the East Coast also pushes weather quickly behind it. The National Weather Service forecast mentions by Saturday the highs will back near 35 - 40 F. There is even some evidence that a ridge will build in after the cold high moves east and it will tun mild…perhaps into the 50’s. You know the media, they love to hype it to the max. Listen to GraniteStater above, he/she knows what real sustained cold is.

It’s Connecticut, not Minnesota.

Thank god! I can't stand these super cold temps for more than a couple of days. Anything over 30 is fine. Getting below that, it's awful!! Ugh.

[jjbradleynyc]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

I will be turning up the heat for the first time since I turned it on mid-November.

Really? Wow, you are disciplined. We try to keep the thermostat at 60-62. Occasionally we turn it up to 65-66 or so to warm us up, then back down to 60-62. At night when sleeping, we keep it around 58.

[Eyesys]

That's funny. I'm annoyed that my feet are cold since it's only 45 degrees outside...Then again, I live in southeast GA. Bundle up!

[Eyesys]

It's Jan 12 and we haven't even turned on the heat!!

[trishguard]

Originally Posted by wannabetterlife

I am sooo sick of the snow and ice and being stuck in this house for days on end...I wish I could move to Florida...Id take a hurricane over this crappy weather anyday.

Where in CT do you live and why do you stay in the house when it snows? Go out and build an igloo or make a snow angel for goodness sake!