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Yesterdays lows/highs from NWS sites on the US mainland: Quite a range of temps it looks like. Texas had the highest 83 F...it looks like Tower, MN had the lowest -19 F...
Interesting range of ranges too, from 31/31 in Spokane to 5/47 somewhere in northern Arizona (Flagstaff?) I bet Montana and South Dakota are not meant to be as mild as they are.
It seems as though South Texas often has warmer days during the winter than South Florida, despite having lower average highs and lows.
I know, I used to be there and moved up here in Colorado to escape the heat. This year Christmas and New year's were cooled down to the 60s, but the day before it was 85°F. Imagine that temp on Christmas.
I know, I used to be there and moved up here in Colorado to escape the heat. This year Christmas and New year's were cooled down to the 60s, but the day before it was 85°F. Imagine that temp on Christmas.
That would be quite depressing! Even 60s would be too warm, IMO.
It seems as though South Texas often has warmer days during the winter than South Florida, despite having lower average highs and lows.
And yet some of the all-time lows down there are similar to all-time lows in this country (which would explain for the lower averages I'd imagine). Off the top of my head without checking any stats I can't think of anywhere else in the world capable of low temperatures that far below a typical day for its location. It's probably equivalent to places like Delhi or Cairo getting snow/severe frost every 10-20 years or so.
And yet some of the all-time lows down there are similar to all-time lows in this country (which would explain for the lower averages I'd imagine). Off the top of my head without checking any stats I can't think of anywhere else in the world capable of low temperatures that far below a typical day for its location. It's probably equivalent to places like Delhi or Cairo getting snow/severe frost every 10-20 years or so.
I think it's the 'jet stream' that causes this by bringing cold air down from Canada.
I think it's the 'jet stream' that causes this by bringing cold air down from Canada.
Oh yeah, I understand how and why, but I'm not aware of any equivalent in other landmasses like Eurasia where somewhere which normally gets midwinter highs of, say 20C and lows of 10C would get Arctic plunges and have a record low of -15C.
Oh yeah, I understand how and why, but I'm not aware of any equivalent in other landmasses like Eurasia where somewhere which normally gets midwinter highs of, say 20C and lows of 10C would get Arctic plunges and have a record low of -15C.
How about subtropical far east Asia, aren't they supposed to be able to get freezing temps at around 30 N or so too?
According to Wikipedia Shanghai at 30N has a record low of -12C, but an average of 8/1 in January. Shenzhen at 22N has a January average of 20/12, what I'm looking for, but according to this article written in Chinglish it has a 25-year low of 5.9C (I think!) http://www.china-daily.org/China-New...t-in-25-years/
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