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This year it started bang on June 1. The weather literally turned crap on June 1.
After a beautiful mild May (average max 67ºF / 19.6ºC), June was terrible (average max 58ºF / 14.1ºC) and with a highest temp only 62ºF / 16.8ºC *vomit*
Up here in far northwest MN/northeast ND....Grand Forks area....we feel like today is the first day of true winter as the first arctic front hit this evening. We got 1-2 inches of fresh snow along with 40-50 mph winds making for near zero vsby at times for a few hours. That was at 5-6 pm...Now as we approach midnight it is falling close to zero with north winds at 25 mph making wind chills down close to -25F.
So for me...true winter doesnt begin til we get the first below zero (F) night.
In mid January is our coldest day (on average) with a high of 13F and a low of -6F. Our coldest temp was -44F back about 5 years ago in January....it was calm and clear that night. Usually snow on the ground from mid Nov til mid March....with green-up hitting mid April or so.
Up here in far northwest MN/northeast ND....Grand Forks area....we feel like today is the first day of true winter as the first arctic front hit this evening. We got 1-2 inches of fresh snow along with 40-50 mph winds making for near zero vsby at times for a few hours. That was at 5-6 pm...Now as we approach midnight it is falling close to zero with north winds at 25 mph making wind chills down close to -25F.
So for me...true winter doesnt begin til we get the first below zero (F) night.
In mid January is our coldest day (on average) with a high of 13F and a low of -6F. Our coldest temp was -44F back about 5 years ago in January....it was calm and clear that night. Usually snow on the ground from mid Nov til mid March....with green-up hitting mid April or so.
I enjoy the winter up here....
Dan
-44F, dang thats cold enough to turn boiling water into snow instantly isn't it?
Up here in far northwest MN/northeast ND....Grand Forks area....we feel like today is the first day of true winter as the first arctic front hit this evening. We got 1-2 inches of fresh snow along with 40-50 mph winds making for near zero vsby at times for a few hours. That was at 5-6 pm...Now as we approach midnight it is falling close to zero with north winds at 25 mph making wind chills down close to -25F.
So for me...true winter doesnt begin til we get the first below zero (F) night.
In mid January is our coldest day (on average) with a high of 13F and a low of -6F. Our coldest temp was -44F back about 5 years ago in January....it was calm and clear that night. Usually snow on the ground from mid Nov til mid March....with green-up hitting mid April or so.
I enjoy the winter up here....
Dan
looks like a good bet you'll get below zero tonight it's only 10:45(9:45 over there, I think) and its 2 degrees farenheit in Grand Forks with a windchill of -17(weather.com).
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