Just woke up to 60 degree weather... in january

[animalius]

Any climatologist here? Tell us whats up.

[HunterM]

Uh...if you live in the South like Texas or Florida, that is very normal for winter.

[animalius]

Uh...if you live in the South like Texas or Florida, that is very normal for winter.

I live in chicago. Should be cold, dark, and miserable right now.

[JP.]

You're damn lucky

[TheSpectatingLoner]

An actual location would help.

I'm in NY. We''re going to 60 tomorrow and it's actually not a shock to me. This happens every month of the year now and again. I'd be more worried if it became a regular thing.

Oh, and if Chicago kept that up, maybe I'd visit more.

[animalius]

An actual location would help.

I'm in NY. We''re going to 60 tomorrow and it's actually not a shock to me. This happens every month of the year now and again. I'd be more worried if it became a regular thing.

Oh, and if Chicago kept that up, maybe I'd visit more.

But it's a regular thing. The tulips in Chicago came out a couple weeks ago then all died because of the cold last week. We've only had a couple weeks of freezing temperature this winter. The rest have been 50-60. Last month, we even went up to 70 or so for a few days.

[G-Lexington]

We got snow yesterday, but it wasn't the typical January snow - dry, powdery, sugar snow. It was the wet, heavy, April snow.

Lex

[refujiunderground]

An actual location would help.

I'm in NY. We''re going to 60 tomorrow and it's actually not a shock to me. This happens every month of the year now and again. I'd be more worried if it became a regular thing.

Oh, and if Chicago kept that up, maybe I'd visit more.

really??? hope it stays cold in jersey. don't need to get sick again or have another flu.

[Adrock-JD]

Isn't probable climate change fabulous.

Whatever the reason(s), I'm really enjoying the milder winters for three years in a row now.

I don't mind snow in the yard but our driveway is on a hill that faces away from the winter sun and becomes a real bitch with anything frozen on it.

[DigitalFudge]

Omg me too

[miaedu]

it has hardly gotten that cold here this winter.

[unloadonme]

It's been as high as 13.8C (56.8F) here today too. Makes a pleasant change!

[talbot57]

London had it's warmest day since last November. And too think there was snow on the ground this time last week.

[unloadonme]

London had it's warmest day since last November. And too think there was snow on the ground this time last week.

Indeed. This was the UK only three days ago:

[Beachguyj]

Enjoy it, it happens. Near NYC it was like 12 degrees a few days ago and will be in the 50s tomorrow.

[cgymike]

Was -26c here this morning....what warmth?

[penayforay]

Im in central NY...last night campus completely covered in snow like at least half of foot of snow...its all gone today D: 60 degrees here too

[PreTTy PeTe]

I just wonder when the US is going to wake up and start using the metric system.

just thinking.

[LeicsDom]

Erm I am very confused.

Sixty degrees what?

[LeicsDom]

I just wonder when the US is going to wake up and start using the metric system.

just thinking.

Apparently in the UK it is common to register heat in Farhenheit (sp) and cold in centigrade, for some reason

[JohannBessler]

I just wonder when the US is going to wake up and start using the metric system.

just thinking.

I've never understood this kind of thinking, Pete.

To give you analogy, why would it bother me that the Brits weigh themselves in stones?

At any rate, I can't think in Centigrade very well. We're supposed to get 55degrees today. I think that's around 15degrees Centigrade (or is it Celsius?)

[JohannBessler]

Semi-related question: how does one type in the degrees icon on a computer? I know how to do it on a typewriter but not a computer. <laughs>

[cityboy-stl]

Yeah, it was 70 here yesterday but it's 28 now and going down to 9 tomorrow. The weather is screwed up.

[skinIsIn]

I just wonder when the US is going to wake up and start using the metric system.

just thinking.

Maybe when the Canadians wake up and stop bankrolling a useless, antiquated, old world anachronism such as a monarchy, but hey, "good fences make good neighbors!"

BTW, the United States will convert to centigrade and metric on the 34th of Never!

Have a lovely day!

[PreTTy PeTe]

Maybe when the Canadians wake up and stop bankrolling a useless, antiquated, old world anachronism such as a monarchy, but hey, "good fences make good neighbors!"

BTW, the United States will convert to centigrade and metric on the 34th of Never!

Have a lovely day!

the queen and the royal family are twats and I would the first one to throw them in the fire.

what do they have to do with progress.

[JockBoy87]

Low pressure systems in the US drive warm air northward on their eastern end, while dragging a cold front south and behind its direction of movement. In turn, cold air from Canada follows the cold front as it moves eastward. This can cause dramatic changes in temperature. Today in Baltimore it was in the 60s F, but the following week will be 30 degrees F colder.

http://www.weather.com/safety/winter...-form-20120423

[miaedu]

it's finally going to dip into the high 50s tonight and every night for the next couple of days!

[JockBoy87]

it's finally going to dip into the high 50s tonight and every night for the next couple of days!

I was in Miami three weeks ago. What you know to be cold is relief for us in the north.

[Keeland]

Today in Baltimore it was in the 60s F, but the following week will be 30 degrees F colder.

It's 17 below (F) at the moment (wind chill 41 below) and it will drop to 35 to 38 below tonight, with a wind chill of 45 below or colder.

Last summer it hit 99F (unofficially, but officially 98), so not counting the wind chill, that's an unofficial difference of 137 Fahrenheit degrees, give or take a degree or two.

No wonder the roads are shit.

[maxpowr9]

MA is used to swings in temperatures in the winter. The average for winter is usually high 30s to low 40s. We had a cold snap last week in the teens for highs and now it was 57F yesterday albeit with 40mph+ winds. Next week it will be back into the normal range.

I just cackle when the southern states complain it gets below 50F.

[The_Reaper]

Well, it was -47 C here with the wind chill for the last two days...It's finally a balmy -36 C...