Rain?? In January?? In Fargo???

[SmileyBoy]

I must've took some BAD acid last night.

Liquid water?? Outside???

[KitchenWitch]

1. wow

We have had some strange weather here in the Twin Cities this winter as well.

[SmileyBoy]

2. We're actually 8 degrees warmer than Mpls. right now.

Last time I checked on Weather.com about an hour ago.

[KitchenWitch]

3. Yeah, we had a cold front move through here yesterday

:brr:

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Last week we had a day where it was around 15°C

Today it was -12°C (-37°ish with windchill.)

[no name no slogan]

5. I didn't think it was supposed to get that cold

In Noofieland. Manitoba, sure, but not in the Maritime Provinces. :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Newfoundland isn't a Maritime province.

We're further north.

[no name no slogan]

10. huh. Just exposed my Canadian ignorance

I thought it was one of them. Newfoundland's north/northeast of Maine, right?

[ghostsofgiants]

11. ...

[no name no slogan]

13. d'oh

I was thinking New BRUNSWICK. You gotta speak slow with me. I'm Minnesotan. Fargo was a documentary, after all.

[mvd]

7. January is 8.7 degrees warmer than average here

It wouldn't be so alarming if the trend wasn't for warmer winters and really stuffy summers. I also see insects and the dandelions out whenever it gets warm in winter. Just has an odd feel.

[WeRQ4U]

8. This North Dakota winter has been so damned odd.

Over on the west end it's always warmer, but it's been warmer than usual to boot.


How 'bout them Bison by the way. Damn!!!

[barb162]

9. good for you. I figure if it's that warm there

we won't get super cold either. This is saving a lot on heating bills

[Wapsie B]

12. I hate rain this time of year.

Can easily turn to an icy mess.

[u4ic]

14. Today it was 8c/47F

in Edmonton.

It's been hovering at or above zero for most of the winter! :scared:

[CatholicEdHead]

15. Careful what you wish for

you could get another winter if 96-97 in the RRV.

[BikeWriter]

16. It's your imagination. * said there would be no climate change.

[hfojvt]

17. this happened in SD even in my childhood

in the 1970s.
I know that SD is no Fargo when it comes to cold, but my hometown did break its own record for consecutive days where the temperature did not get above 32 and the new record was about 80. That also happened in my childhood.

I can remember rains that froze on our ponderosa pine making ice sheathes around the long needles. Of course, I do not remember what month that was so it could have been March or November.

Wisconsin is not known for its balminess either, but I remember a Feb 1, 1987 when it was so warm that I too my bicycle for an eight mile ride to the nearest hamlet and back. A week later though, it was 20 below for about a week. A week I remember well since I was out of firewood for all practical purposes and that was my only source of heat. :scared:

I also remember a classmate who got married in Lincoln, Ne in 1988 and the wind chill that day was -60. I said at the reception that it would probably be +60 in a week or so, and a week later the temp did get up to 58, but that was Lincoln for ya.