I know Phil will laugh at this but it is very cold here.
It was -33 degrees below zero last night and so far it is -28 degrees below zero right now.
Bright and sunny with projected high of -15 below.
Now doesn't that just make you want to come visit Eastern Montana?
33 days before our "ADRIFT" cruise and it was 82 degrees in San Juan yesterday. Yeah!!

Brrrrrr. It is 42 here and sunny. Glad to see sunshine but 42 for us is cold. Can't fathon a high of 15 below.

:nw: No laughing from me!! It's warmer HERE! only -19º :eek:

And I was feeling sorry for myself at +6! Now I should consider this tropical!

I'll remind myself of this thread the next time I complain about being cold....

:)

Jim -
You keep all that stuff there!!!!!!!!

Weird weather all around. Our high today in eastern NC was @ 6AM with 70 degs. Rain with tornados hit around us and now it's 45 degs.

Sending you warm thoughts, Jim, Phil & Sue.

Beth

Brrrrr, Jim!

Masaki

Oh Jim, -33!!! We fell in love with Montana on our Western roadtrip this fall. Even talk about a second home there one day. But, after monitoring this winter's temps, I dont know. It all sounds so romantic...cabin in the woods, roaring fire, walking in the snow until we get to the -33 part!

Wow, Jim. I knew it got cool in Montana, but my sister considered retiring there because they love the state and said the winters were milder. Is this atypical for you? People always consider MN to be the picture of cold. But we're warmer than you are!

Loon.
Went to work today and it is +15 degrees.
Did hit a couple of -25 below over the weekend.
they are saying we might get to +40 by Wednesday.
Actually I think that Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota all get very cold. I do believe it feels colder in Eastern ND, and Minnesota because of the higher humidity.
Donna.
There is no comparing Western Montana to Eastern Montana. The continental divide (just out of Butte), changes everything. Western is seldom as cold as we are. Plus they are the mountains and we are the prairies. They have trees we hardly do except along the rivers and certain areas. They have the people and we don't. Two different worlds.
The area I live is noted as having some of the most extreme temperature changes from one season to the next in the USA. Where else can you go from -35 below zero in the winter to +110 in the shade in the summer?

They just announced how cold we really got.
I did not realize that some records were broken for these dates.
We had lows of -34 degrees, -39 degrees and -35 degrees during that cold spell.
I think our coldest ever recorded low for any date was something like -49 below back in the 30's.
As I am writing this note we have +45 degrees!!
Now a slushy mess outside. may hit +50 tomorrow.
Very windy.

Tuesday 01/25/05
Here I was telling you how cold it was here.
Now we have broken or tied records for warmest days on record for these dates.
Sunday 58 Monday 60 and today around 55.
Unbelievable! :eek:

OK, I dont' feel so bad now. Twice this past week, I had to go jogging with 20 mph winds with gusts up to 38 mph but at least it was in the +30's.