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I agree with you. We had a cool spell last week, just enough to get our hopes up, then dang nab it, up went the temps once again. Sigh....one would think summer will never end. But, I guess I am happy, we are not in triple digit temps anymore.
Oh yes that is where I'd really LOVE to be But I'd take where you live over where I live.
Likewise!
Actually I think for living I'd prefer a Gulf Coast climate, but for a visit the southern Appalachians would probably be far more exciting. Ever watch a thunderstorm in the mountains at night?
Where I live is a lot cloudier than any place in NC, it gets colder and for a lot longer than almost any place in N.C., summers here can be colder AND hotter in the same summer as in some parts of the NC mountains, and most of our landscape isn't exactly awe-inspiring.
N.C.'s record is -33 F, probably a top Mt. Mitchell at around 7000 feet.
I've seen -40 F here, twice, at an elevation of only 350 feet.
Actually I think for living I'd prefer a Gulf Coast climate, but for a visit the southern Appalachians would probably be far more exciting. Ever watch a thunderstorm in the mountains at night?
Where I live is a lot cloudier than any place in NC, it gets colder and for a lot longer than almost any place in N.C., summers here can be colder AND hotter in the same summer as in some parts of the NC mountains, and most of our landscape isn't exactly awe-inspiring.
N.C.'s record is -33 F, probably a top Mt. Mitchell at around 7000 feet.
I've seen -40 F here, twice, at an elevation of only 350 feet.
You have seen -40F temps?! I thought you lived in an urban area in southern Ontario where the temperatures did not get that cold.
Actually I think for living I'd prefer a Gulf Coast climate, but for a visit the southern Appalachians would probably be far more exciting. Ever watch a thunderstorm in the mountains at night?
Where I live is a lot cloudier than any place in NC, it gets colder and for a lot longer than almost any place in N.C., summers here can be colder AND hotter in the same summer as in some parts of the NC mountains, and most of our landscape isn't exactly awe-inspiring.
N.C.'s record is -33 F, probably a top Mt. Mitchell at around 7000 feet.
I've seen -40 F here, twice, at an elevation of only 350 feet.
There's a MOUNT Mitchell???? The town I live in is Mitchell.
You have seen -40F temps?! I thought you lived in an urban area in southern Ontario where the temperatures did not get that cold.
Our official record here is only -31.6 C.
Pretty dumb to me because I remember seeing at least 20 days with minimums forecast at -35 C for Toronto or Mississauga. There were at least two days they forecast it at -40 C (same as -40 F) for the low, one day I saw in the "Toronto Star", the most reputable paper a high of -36 C. That's like a high of -33 F.
It's quite possible that it doesn't get that cold right at the edge of the Lake and maybe within a mile of the shore, but I believe these forecasts were accurate for places at least 5 miles inland.
I DID see our outdoor thermometer on top of the -40 C/-40 F mark, however accurate that was.
That winter obliterated our evergreen "cold-hardy" rhododendron.
I have been travelling along the lake when the temp was around -30 C, about -25 F and although Lake Ontario is never frozen-over you cannot see any water, just "smoke."
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The town I live in is Mitchell.
