Boy, it's cold out!

[tongueriver]

Coldest morning here so far this season was -19° a few days ago. I have seen it slightly colder than -40°, but that is very rare here.

"How cold is it?
"It's so cold I saw a lawyer with his hands in his OWN pockets!"

[deo-pa]

Years ago when I lived in Idaho I went skiing in Jackson with friends when an extreme cold spell hit. Got into the -40s overnight. The morning it was time to head home we had to put a can of Sterno under the oil pan to turn the engine over.

Dennis

[gsmith7158]

Sixty Below? Here is my solution.

[jerryd6818]

The coldest I've ever seen it here was on January 10, 1982, it got down to -27º. Usually if it's going below zero, it seldom goes below -5º or there abouts.

[Miller Bro's]

-36° in January all time low was -47°

https://www.nhpr.org/post/mt-washington ... h#stream/0

[Colonel26]

My goodness Ken, that’s cold!!

What kind of fuel sources do y’all use in your furnaces and boilers? I’m sure our electric heat pumps wouldn’t cut it up there.

This part of Alaska is primarily oil heat with quite a few wood burners also, (this accounts for the unhealthy air) and a few people use propane but that is horribly expensive.
Funny thing is it was 30 above last weekend.

That’s what I figured. I’m still shaking my head at those numbers. Hard to fathom!

[mrwatch]

I have read that some places are banning burning wood. True? Around here many are using pellet stoves for heat. You need to buy it by the ton in 40 lb. bags for best price. My last propane fill was $1.999 gal plus tax. Right now it is 36 degrees, windy and some rain, strange for West Michigan. 6:11 am and the flying squirrel is chowing down on the corn log. They can really move fast! Do you have pellet stove in Alaska?

[RobesonsRme.com]

We are having unseasonably warm weather here in Alabama. It was 65 and sunny yesterday and is tone the same today.

Ordinarily, we would be seeing morning temps in the 20’s and 30’s.

Charlie

[samb1955]

It's been nice here in central Indiana, 50's yesterday when it's usually in the teens or twenty's. Guess it's make up for the bitter cold last year around this time. I'd rather be hot and sweaty than cold anytime.

[Colonel26]

I have read that some places are banning burning wood. True? Around here many are using pellet stoves for heat. You need to buy it by the ton in 40 lb. bags for best price. My last propane fill was $1.999 gal plus tax. Right now it is 36 degrees, windy and some rain, strange for West Michigan. 6:11 am and the flying squirrel is chowing down on the corn log. They can really move fast! Do you have pellet stove in Alaska?

I can’t soeak for Alaska, of course, but around here lots of folks have those outdoor woot furnaces. They burn regular firewood and heat water that is pumped through pipes into the house through a heat exchanger. Many of them heat their hot water heaters with the too.

Firewood is plentiful around here, but it does require some extra work. As the old timers used to say, “heating with wood wil heat ya twice. Once when you cut it and once when you burn it.”

[Unk]

It's horrible down here in Houston - it was 75F and sunshine today.

[samb1955]

What's it like in August?

[Doc B]

What's it like in August?

105 degrees...but that's when we go float the river...with a cold drink in hand

[samb1955]

Sounds like a fun time to me!

[Unk]

It's horrible down here in Houston - it was 75F and sunshine today.

Yeah....August is not so fun.

[Old Hunter]

Holy Moly Ken, don’t think I would ever want to see a thermostat that low! OH

[djknife13]

Right now it's zero and windy and heading to a high of 10 today. I like this better than having to put up with 90's and 100's in the summer and I'm dug in pretty well to staying in one spot with my pets, chickens(also pets) and children and siblings all living nearby. Life is good even when it gets a little nippy at times. ___Dave