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Related: About this forumCliff Mass: Record-breaking cold in Eastern Washington
The cold that has been experienced in Eastern Washington since early February has been totally amazing. And unlike Western Washington, they have had little relief the past week.
You will not believe the minimum temperatures this morning (see photos above). Yakima got down to 7 degrees, with a number of locations around Ellensburg dropped to 2-3 degrees.
Such temperatures are unusual this late in the season, as shown below at several sites in northeast Oregon and southeast WA. Some of the daily low temperature records were smashed by 5-8 degrees. That is significant.
Want to be really impressed? Yakima set a new record for coldest temperature so late in the season with 7 degrees Monday. Prior to 2019, the temperature had never dropped lower than 13 degrees this late in the season.
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/Cliff-Mass-Record-breaking-cold-in-Eastern-13681922.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletterspi&utm_term=spi
CDerekGo
(507 posts)I turn on my A/C in West Central Florida because it's well over 80 degrees
Nictuku
(3,570 posts)Our beautiful Northwestern Forests have been plagued with these Beatles that are killing many trees. I've read that it is due to warming climate, that when it is really cold, it keeps their populations down.
Last time I went up to Lake Tahoe I nearly cried from seeing all the dead and dying Redwoods and Pines.
cilla4progress
(24,587 posts)John, Paul, George and Ringo!
It's the beEtles! And yes, I agree! Plus makes them less fire resistant. Ask me...I know - firsthand. Even the Pondies.
Nictuku
(3,570 posts)I would never blame the Beatles, I think they were mostly tree-huggers themselves. Just a typo on my part.
But I do hope that something good comes from this long winter we have been having this year.
I know the snow pack is the best in a long time for California, so we are looking forward to our reservoirs being filled. Lake Berryessa is once again at levels that top the glory hole (a good thing).
Everything is so green right now it almost hurts my eyes (Napa area). I love this time of year, just on the verge of Spring. Everything just waiting for the sun to bring out the blossoms. I know my bees will be happy this year, there are a lot of blooms that will be opening on the rosemary bushes and olive trees around my house. I need to plant some spring flowers too.
I should take some time off work so I can enjoy it! We have had 2 sunny days now and I feel giddy (but it is still a bit on the cold side out there)
2naSalit
(86,053 posts)but I don't think that's actually cold enough to kill the larvae under the bark. We have the same problem over here in the northern Rockies and we get blasts of double-digit subzero temps every year but it's not for long enough... has to go on for weeks to make a dent.
cilla4progress
(24,587 posts)It was MINUS 29 in Bozeman, MT on 3/4 as we headed back to our e. Washington home after visiting our daughter there!
2naSalit
(86,053 posts)-50F just 100 miles south of there, that's what we Montanans call cold. I don't even wear a heavy jacket until it's -10F. When I lived 100 miles south of BozAngeles, my neighbor and I would walk over to each other's cabin for coffee in sweats and booties at -20F. If you're used to it, a real extreme is the only thing that gets noticed.
And then, I can't take temps above +75F, so there's that.
cilla4progress
(24,587 posts)BozAngeles? Sad! We want to move there (to be near daughter..) but it's so damn TRENDY!
Is 100 miles south still in Montana?
I was surprised my boogers didn't even freeze! Hahaha! I was all bundled up but there were college students out trail running in tights and sneakers!!
2naSalit
(86,053 posts)wear a light layer under my jeans most of the winter, even when I lived in the mountains south of BZ. And yes, I was right near the ID border and roughly 7,000ft elev.. Got trapped there a couple weeks ago when they had five days of blizzard and they closed all the roads from Sunday until Thursday. Glad I still have friends down there.
FYI... I have never liked Bozeman, been going through there since the 1970s and have never wanted to be there for more than an hour or two to shop for supplies or whatever business I had. It's the nearest big city to where I am now.
Everything around here and BZ is way too expensive. Economies will be crashing since most folks are turning their homes int o VRBO rentals which means there is no affordable housing for the natives who live and work there. It was, a few years ago, starting to stretch out from YNP about 80n miles but now, anywhere within 150 miles is too expensive for the nonwealthy. So if you do go there, be prepared to spend a lot of cash on digs. When I did the Census back in 2010, 71% of all housing units in my CLD were vacation rentals, it's become far worse now. It's one of the reasons I had to live in my SUV for ten months.
cilla4progress
(24,587 posts)We stayed in a VRBO. My daughter says exactly what you say. It's rather stomach-turning..even though I'm contributing to it.
It's BS. We are looking at Manhattan, but, as you say, prices still high all around there.
Daughter lucked into a $500 / mo. studio in the one dump in the downtown chic area! She's smart like that.
2naSalit
(86,053 posts)odyssy in the mountains, I went to help a friend with her VRBO on the Idaho side of the divide, which is where we were supposed to be staying but went visiting on the MT and got caught by the storm and ended up staying at yet another that belongs to a former employer! I didn't have to pay for lodging, at least, but we spent our cash on surviving for the four days. It was a pricey week we hadn't planed on. At least we both made it to our homes safely.