A friend in Dingle, Ire told me and I couldn’t believe it, so I looked on the weather channel’s internet site. Their predicted high all week is around 51 degrees Farenheit, and their predicted low all week is around 46 degrees.
Here we are looking at minus 25 degree wind chills in the early p.m. I know that’s not as cold as Minnesota.
Today I lost all my bragging rights about cold weather, but I don’t care. It’s WARM! It’s officially up to -4 F at the airport now!! Considering that the overnight low was -48 F, and daily HIGH temperatures have been in the negative double digits (sometimes in the -30s) for long enough that my memory blurs (or freezes), this is cause for celebration.
Added to that, the days are getting noticeably longer, and the sunshine has warmth in it again. (It’s really just decorative in Dec. & Jan.) We are definitely on the upswing. Soon it will be March, my favorite month here.
It was 20F on my car thermometer coming home just now.
We are getting ready for the “white death”. 3 - 6 inches of snow predicted overnight, followed by a slight warming, so it should change to sleet, and an inch or so of that on top of the snow before leaving in the morning.
Which means we’ll either get REALLY dumped on or get absolutely nothing.
It’s 77F / 25C and sunny in the back yard, with a slight breeze. A bit atypical for February. But I’m not complaining, and neither are the hummingbirds in the garden.
It got up to +38F here today and the snow is melting YAY! Another few days like this and we might find all the dog’s toys that were under 12 inches of snow in the backyard.
Just got out of the car, and the thermometer read a whole 3 degrees . . . plus it’s snowing. However, this is the first ‘real’ winter we’ve had here for quite some time. Kinda nice (btw: I HATE the heat! )