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Yep, it may be colder than the usual, but it's normal. It snowed every year I lived in Las Vegas and in 2003 in Dec., it was enough snow that people stayed home.
I grew up in California and I can remember several large snowfalls in Central California that accumulated to 6+ inches. It usually falls and melts if it happens in San Francisco, though Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson might get temporarily white.
And back in 1990, it was a deep freeze for almost a week and a half of temps. in the mid-20's in San Francisco. 50 year old Jade trees shriveled up and died, Eucalyptus trees died in their thousands, the ponds froze over in Golden Gate Park and I had to wear a parka to walk to work on Nob Hill!
It happens!
What worries me are ice storms and now they're predicting one, intensity as yet unknown, here in southern Missouri. I HATE ice storms. They wreck everything.
Just picturing ice caking those steep San Francisco hills makes ME nervous. Everyone in San Francisco already have calves the size of grapefruit from climbing those suckers all the time. Add ice into the mix and I think their legs might just burst.
I am from Minnesota, it is brrrrrrr cold here, below zero temps, but no snow, that is very strange for Minnesota, we have no snow on our grass at all, isn't this January??? I don't think we have ever made it this long with out snow in our area. I am loving it though, as I hate the snow and cold, boy I can't wait to move.
Any ideas on what state to pick??? From what I see they are all going through some different type of weather patterns this winter. So now I will be hard to make upmy mind, booo hoooo. Could some one turn up the heat outside?????!!!!!!!!!
If theres no clouds, there wont be precipation(rain, snow, sleet) Yes your state is cold, too cold for me to consider it a possibility to relocate to. Id choose a warmer state like Ohio or West Virginia. You will get maybe an inch of snow or a little more and temperatures not much below freezing. Nice mild winter and still enjoy 4 seasons
If theres no clouds, there wont be precipation(rain, snow, sleet) Yes your state is cold, too cold for me to consider it a possibility to relocate to. Id choose a warmer state like Ohio or West Virginia. You will get maybe an inch of snow or a little more and temperatures not much below freezing. Nice mild winter and still enjoy 4 seasons
We were doing so good until today, I thought we would squeak past winter this year. I didn't get that lucky, it is freezing in here, I have the heat on 72 and it feels like the cold just sneaks in and hits my bones, and makes my fibromyalgia freak out and with that start of RA, well Aurthor don't like it one bit!!!!! He is *****ed, I can't say I blame him.
I used to have something printed up from dear Abby, something to due with all the Arthor's, and some other ailments names, I clipped it out because it fit me so well, and beings I have that forgetfulness problem, it may take a while to find it.
I guess what I am trying to say is I give up!!!!!! I want some heat!!!!!!!
Please let this be short lived!!!!!!!
Tonight, Butte, MT is expecting to get down to -34. I think right now it is about -20 or so there. But like people said, it's typical in this area of the country. Butte's AVERAGE low this time of year is around 0, so having temperatures below 0 is very, very common. It's colder than Moscow and probably comparable to southern Siberia around SW Montana, to be honest.
I will never, ever forget the look on my friend's face when I picked him up at Butte's airport. He was from Scotland. When we stepped outside from the warmth of the airport, we had a windchill of -40 or so. The horror on his face, LOL!
I know you want to live in Oil City. I grew up there and lived outside of Franklin(a nearby town) in the early 70's. One winter it went down to 20 below. Just thought you might like to know before relocating.
NAH - I guess it's your age? You just seem so "naive" when it comes to weather!!! I mean, the northern states ALWAYS get below zero temps and -temps with windchill!!!!!!!!! What is your malfunction with this???!!! Not being obnoxious or making fun, I just really don't understand why you're in such a dream world when it comes to temps!!!
NYC used to get zero IN THE 70'S!!!!!!!! I mean, it was REALLY rare back then, but it still happened! Now it's not that unusual! My dad is ALWAYS telling me it's below zero with the windchill!!!
Just not THIS YEAR!!! The weather is getting WARMER!!! It's a cyclical thing don'tcha know!
For someone who forecasts the weather for a job....trust me the warmth of this winter (so far) in western PA and eastern OH is far from normal and normally these areas see temps well below freezing for an extended period of time and several snowfalls. Below is a link to the Pennsylvania state climate page. Using the middle column....click on window and scroll down to you find Franlkin, which is the closest site to Oil City with a climate record. You can then look at all sorts of data. I cannot post the table itself, the climate data section for Franklin shows average temps for this time of year high of 35 and low of 15.... and they average 51.5 inches of snow based on data back to 1926.
I like cold weather too (why else did I choose to live in North Dakota where we get below zero about 40-50 times a winter usually)....we hit -44 two years ago (wind was calm). Your ideas on housing up there are interesting and I wish you the best of luck. Having lived in 4 homes in my life so far....just not sure it is realistic. You need insulation and good heat up north. Winters are not all the same...this one has been unusually warm (though a return to more normal weather will occur).
Dan
Dan
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Not being obnoxious or making fun, I just really don't understand why you're in such a dream world when it comes to temps!!!
