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This may sound a little pathetic...but I am finally here in LExington, all settled into our new home! I love it, and so far love the town, and especially the WEATHER! (compared to back at home in Houston where it's 110 with the heat index right now!)
Hope you know what's in store for you this winter. Um, as far as meeting people, you might try Keeneland too.
Well that would be nice, but I swear it seems like they've become a yearly occurrence. Nothing like waking up at your usual time and then discovering that Mother Nature deposited a solid 2 inches of ice over your entire car, and then for the next 30 minutes frantically hacking and scraping away at the ice just so you can get your car door open and get yourself to work/school on time... if you can even make it out of the driveway. And then when you get home, how fun is it to hit the light switch and nothing happens because evidently a tree branch weighted down with ice shorted out the powerline? I always enjoyed a power outage on a beautiful 0 degree day. Then again, a blackout is no picnic on a summer day in Phoenix either. Thank God for generators.
Ok...now yall are scaring me!! The winter is the ONE thing i've been dreading about moving here! I actually have no idea what I'm in for but I do know that I love my Houston winters...avg temps in the 50's, gets down to 40's every once in a while, but somehow always seems to creep back up to 60's or even 70's a few days later. I love heat and hate the cold...so this should be interesting!!
Sounds familiar. I left So Cal's 50 degree winters to live here. I was told it snows "every once in a while, but not enough to accumulate". Imagine my surprise!!! But you find ways to cope. Watch a lot of movies on the couch, drink a lot of bourbon.
One thing to consider (if you're moving from a warmer climate) - leather coats are kinda useless here. When it's cold enough to need a jacket, it's also usually wet. I had to change my buying habits for winters here. In So Cal I looked forward to breaking out the leather at night & winter... but here, not so much
We're moving to Lexington next week -- my husband is a native Floridian, and I've lived in Florida for 10 years...so we are totally unprepared for the winter. I hope we survive.
Okay, for you newbies, why not spend some time exploring not just Lexington (though that's a great place to start) but the surrounding area? See what's there, check it out - Berea, Danville, Frankfort, Shakertown, Harrodsburg, other nearby towns, the Red River Gorge, Cave Run Lake...and Cumberland Falls, Mammoth Cave, Louisville and Cincinnati are just two hours away. Visit local historic sites, museums, learn about where you are and how it came to be. Ask questions. Read. Explore. See if there are special interest groups or tour groups or perhaps volunteer groups that help support these treasures. You'll have a better feel (and appreciation) for where you are and bring more to the table when meeting others here.
As for winter, this isn't the arctic (though last winter's ice storm did bear some resemblance!) Get yourselves good warm coats, sweaters and scarves to layer underneath, gloves, maybe a couple of pairs of longjohns (wear them one pair at a time!), kneesocks and boots - and you'll do just fine. An electric blanket's not a bad notion, either, nor are hot tea or hot chocolate.
Seriously, it's rare for winters to be too severe here, though it will be distinctly winter most years. But it's not unusual to have a January day with highs in the mid-fifties, either. Not the norm - but not that strange. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Our all-time record low was minus 22F, back in the early 1960s. Most years, a few degrees below zero may set the annual low record, typically just before dawn in January, when snow has been on the ground long enough to provide extra refrigeration. Such frigid days usually see highs around 10-15. It doesn't last long, usually, and highs around 25-35 are more typical for January. It gradually warms up after that and crocus start to bloom by late February or early March most years.
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