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I spent academic year 1992-1993 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. For those who don't know, Winnipeg is pretty much due north of Minneapolis. When you see a weather map of the US with temperature contours, there's always a dip in the upper Midwest, and if you follow that dip across the Canadian border, it's centered on Winnipeg. Winnipeg has four seasons: four months of mild summer, six months of cold winter, and a month each of spring and fall. The year I was there, the temperature dropped below freezing some time in October or November, reached -40° (the point where Fahrenheit and Celsius agree) one night, and didn't get above freezing for an instant until March or April; there was still snow in the shadows of large trees when we danced the sun up on May Day. Which is sorta nice: there isn't the repeated thaw-and-freeze cycle that turns pavement to pot-holes in more-temperate places, and the snow was mostly still white in March. People adapt: the downtown shopping district is connected by underground tunnels so you can shop all day without stepping outdoors, and the University campus is likewise connected by underground tunnels so I could go to my office, the library, the cafeteria, and classes without putting on my coat. Many bus stops are enclosed and heated, and even in 1992 every bus stop had a phone number you could call telling you when the next bus in each direction would be there, so you could plan to get there a minute or two before.
On Jan. 23, the outside temperature in NYC was above freezing, but I don't think that has happened since. It snowed, about a foot, on Jan. 25, and that snow is still white (albeit crusty from a brief period of "wintry mix"). The temperature is forecast to edge up to freezing at mid-day for Candlemas and the next two days, then not again until at least Valentine's Day; we have single-digit-Fahrenheit lows most nights. Last night the bedtime dog-walk was at 5°F, which is -15° in civilized units. Although it wasn't windy, so it felt about the same as the breezier afternoon dog-walk. This sort of cold is not un-heard-of in NYC, but it's rare.
At my mother's home in Greenville, SC, they're getting several inches of snow today.
At my father's home in Louisville, KY, there's no snow falling but it's 10°F.
On Jan. 23, the outside temperature in NYC was above freezing, but I don't think that has happened since. It snowed, about a foot, on Jan. 25, and that snow is still white (albeit crusty from a brief period of "wintry mix"). The temperature is forecast to edge up to freezing at mid-day for Candlemas and the next two days, then not again until at least Valentine's Day; we have single-digit-Fahrenheit lows most nights. Last night the bedtime dog-walk was at 5°F, which is -15° in civilized units. Although it wasn't windy, so it felt about the same as the breezier afternoon dog-walk. This sort of cold is not un-heard-of in NYC, but it's rare.
At my mother's home in Greenville, SC, they're getting several inches of snow today.
At my father's home in Louisville, KY, there's no snow falling but it's 10°F.