How Cold?

[Ed Kennell 38,022]

Sunny skies and a cool -1.3 F here in SC pa.

[WHX?? 48,776]

-30 this am!

 

Thought this to be interesting...

Edited January 31, 2019 by WHX21

[Sarge 3,463]

Uh, yeah - it is downright ugly here.

Lowest was yesterday morning at 03:30. Air temperature was -28*F, wind chill at -58*F, the wind speed was only 24mph with gusts to 35mph.

This morning was rotten - we lost power for a couple of hours during the night and furnace is cycling every few minutes trying to shake off the effect. Temperature was -26*F, wind chill is hovering at -40*F. High of -1*F today with snow moving in later this afternoon/evening and predicting another 3" total or so. 22*F tomorrow - that will feel like summer but wind chills will still be below zero. Big warming trend this weekend - Sunday is predicted to hit in the 40's, that should heave the roads up really nicely. It generally doesn't get that far below zero here on a regular basis - but our main problem is the winds. Being an open Prarie makes it much worse - there is nothing to block it with all the farm land that is open. Seems to have gotten worse since we built all those huge fans in this area..not sure though.

 

Sarge

[richmondred01 2,237]

 

That’s just crazy cold. 

@ 22 degrees we have nothing to complain about. 

61 degrees expected on Sunday. 

[Mike'sHorseBarn 2,984]

Some of you in the -20's and -30's can keep that stuff, I thought -1 this morning in Central Pa was cold enough! Now next Tuesday here is supposed to be close to 60!!

[Achto 27,502]

-30 on the thermometer in my truck this morning at 4am. Unfortunately it fired right up when I turned the key . No excuse to stay home from work for me.

[WHX?? 48,776]

1 hour ago, Achto said:

No excuse to stay home from work for me

I owe I owe it's off to work I go!

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

It was 4° this morning when I left for work, but other than a thermometer I'll tell you how cold it is ...cold enough that your thoroughbred  needs a blanket ...

Edited January 31, 2019 by WVHillbilly520H

[Ed Kennell 38,022]

He looks happy peepin out from under the blanket Jeff.  

[stevasaurus 22,707]

I'll tell you all how cold it is here west of Chicago....I actually wore socks for 2 days this week.  I have not worn socks for years.   I almost forgot how they go on my feet.  It took me a couple of tries.  What surprised me...the 702 and the 857 both started...garage is not heated.  We were in the minus 27 actual with wind chills in the -50's.  They even cancelled delivering the mail for 2 days.  I can't remember that ever happening before.  

[Terry M-(Moderator) 2,175]

This was during my ride to work early this morning...

 

[953 nut 55,073]

During the winter of '65-66 I was stationed at  the Great Lakes Naval Training Center ( ET-A School) and we had about a week where we were restricted to our barracks because it stayed below zero and they were afraid we would be frostbitten if we went out. Meals were delivered to us and the instructors moved into the barracks so they wouldn't have to travel. I just read that this storm has broken that record.

29 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

.I actually wore socks for 2 days this week.

I was skeptical of the news report,   but Steve wore socks!   That is all I need to hear to believe it.          

[953 nut 55,073]

[Lee1977 6,642]

How cold was it! It was cold enough that the National Weather Service froze up on my computer this morning. Maybe they didn't go to work either..

[bc.gold 3,403]

On 1/31/2019 at 12:14 AM, bcgold said:

The older I get the colder it gets.

 

The other day just finishing up blowing snow from the driveway the Simplcity 9020 of a sudden decides to quit on its way back to the barn, its much to cold to investigate the problem so the tractor will get covered with a tarp or snow until the weather warms up a bit.

 

 

Warmed up enough to investigate what caused the Onan to die so suddenly, here's what I learned the electric fuel pump is delivering plenty of fuel, removed a spark plug to check for spark. Either the contact points have totally closed or the ignition coil has given up the ghost, there is no spark to the plug.

 

I know it's not a faulty safety switch as I personally removed all of them.

 

I suspect the ignition coil as I had the points box removed in the fall of this year to install a new set of points.

 

I found it much easier to remove the box that holds the condenser and points then take everything to the bench rather than fiddle with them small screws with the ignition  box still installed on the engine.

 

Tomorrow I'll pre-wire a spare coil with pigtails and plug wires, clip onto the condenser and grab a hot lead off of the battery and find a place to lay the coil just to get the tractor back indoors to where I can work in relative comfort.

 

Weatherman predicts were going to get a foot of snow in the upcoming week

Edited February 1, 2019 by bcgold

[Stormin 9,981]

 No wish to upset you lads over there, but -2c with -8c chill factor here and no snow. That's all on the fells behind us.

[Sarge 3,463]

22 hours ago, Sarge said:

Uh, yeah - it is downright ugly here.

Lowest was yesterday morning at 03:30. Air temperature was -28*F, wind chill at -58*F, the wind speed was only 24mph with gusts to 35mph.

This morning was rotten - we lost power for a couple of hours during the night and furnace is cycling every few minutes trying to shake off the effect. Temperature was -26*F, wind chill is hovering at -40*F. High of -1*F today with snow moving in later this afternoon/evening and predicting another 3" total or so. 22*F tomorrow - that will feel like summer but wind chills will still be below zero. Big warming trend this weekend - Sunday is predicted to hit in the 40's, that should heave the roads up really nicely. It generally doesn't get that far below zero here on a regular basis - but our main problem is the winds. Being an open Prarie makes it much worse - there is nothing to block it with all the farm land that is open. Seems to have gotten worse since we built all those huge fans in this area..not sure though.

 

Sarge

 

Well....how cold? Yesterday - so cold the NWS reporting station at the Rock Falls Airport actually locked up and did not update for several hours. My report of -28*F air temperature is incorrect - the official low-temperature yesterday morning here was -33*F, measured at the Moline Airport facility and we are generally colder here than that being at a higher elevation and more prone to winds. So honestly, I don't know exactly how cold it really was. I did not get up at 03:30 to go outside and look at the thermometer, no thanks. Come to think of it, not sure the thing even goes that low anyway. I know when I got up just before 6 am the furnace had been running continuously for several hours and stayed that way until 9 am. Considering its size and the size of the space it is heating - that's pretty bad. Glad we survived and hope it never happens again.

 

I will say this - now, with this sudden weather change into much warmer temperatures, the predicted rains, and other factors - keep your eyes glued to the pavement when driving. When we have deep frost such as we do now, followed by sudden temperature swings and rains - this leads to pavement blowouts and heaving. Huge holes can come from nowhere, as well as expansion joints that can heave up and either give you a nice ramp or a wall to run into at highway speed, so be aware. Really no different than summer heat waves and heavy rains here - our local area has had some epic expansion heaving and holes crop up to trap unsuspecting drivers, so keep your eyes peeled.

 

Sarge

[richmondred01 2,237]

It appears that the worst is over. I’m glad everyone made it through ok.

 

[953 nut 55,073]