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Plains, that was very interesting and I'm glad you shared it with us. It makes me feel better to know I don't live in the coldest part of the earth.
Mt Washington~what state is that in? My guess is somewhere out East and not in Washington state like it would seem to be???
Chilly here this morning. At first it was 9 with a windchill of 0, but minutes later it was 12 with a windchill of -2. Still has been much worse then that though.
Mt Washington is located in northern New Hampshire. At about 4500-5000ft elevation you are above the tree line. An auto road goes up to the summit of the mountain. It has one of the few alpine climates that exist east of the Rockies. The elevation is high enough there that the landscape looks more like central Canada than the northern U.S.
The elevation is high enough there that the landscape looks more like central Canada than the northern U.S.
Central Canada is right in the middle of the taiga, or northern coniferous forest. Up in Ft. McMurray at 57 degrees north the trees still grow tall. I've seen some spruce trees and deciduous poplar trees over 70' tall there. The longer and more severe winters just cause there to be less bio-diversity up there, compared to southern Ontario. Most of mainland Canada is below the tree line, but I believe all of our Arctic islands are north of it.
Global warming is only brought up for the days the stats work in their favor.
Isn't that unusually chilly for Phx?
Compared to other places around the country, not at all! We do see temps at or below freezing in the desert elevations a couple of times a year in the coldest months from December until late January, but it's rare.
It's so unusually warm here in the DFW area...upper 70s to low 80s here in Denton today but you can drive about 100 miles north into south-central Oklahoma and it's in the 40s! It was pretty cool yesterday but today is a different story. That's what a warm front will do as it slowly heads north before the big arctic chill overtakes it and heads south.
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Reason: I agree kaykay..it's quite strange..80 one day..40 the next..
still no heat in sight except for a couple of days around Christmas.
Could've had a record high min last Thursday but unfortunately the stupid cold front came through very early at 6am (as per usual ofcourse) which resulted in an unspectacular min of 19ºC / 66F even though the temp was above 28ºC / 82F for the whole night prior to 6am.
still no heat in sight except for a couple of days around Christmas.
Could've had a record high min last Thursday but unfortunately the stupid cold front came through very early at 6am (as per usual ofcourse) which resulted in an unspectacular min of 19ºC / 66F even though the temp was above 28ºC / 82F for the whole night prior to 6am.
Isn't 82 at night above average for you
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