I love my state...

[jducoeur]

... but man, the weather can be weird. When I checked the themometer on my computer at 10:30, it read 60 degrees. It's now 10:50, and it reads 52. I'm starting to believe today's predictions of the sharpest cold snap I've ever seen...

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[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

When I got up, weather.com said 63. Now it says 46.

46.

All told, it's supposed to drop thirty degrees today.

I'm glad I went outside when I had the chance.

[adespota.livejournal.com]

It's not actually going to get cold, though, right?!?! I am enjoying today's weather! It's actually NICE out for once (drizzle included)! This is how winter weather ought to be!

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Says the girl from Seattle.

The cold that's been in Minnesota is on it's way here, so yeah, hon, it's gonna be cold. You've got, like, mitens and stuff, yes?

[adespota.livejournal.com]

Aaaagggh!!! I think I might die if it gets below freezing frequently, or snows a ton. There was SO MUCH SNOW when I got here the other day; I am so thankful that it melted.

My family is convinced that I'm going to catch hypothermia, so I now have more scarves than days of the week, and a million hats and gloves. Doesn't mean I like wearing them, though ;P

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Um...

You're in New England. It gets below freezing frequently. It snows a ton. THis winter has been abnormally warm. You will get used to it, and by *my* standards, it doesn't get that cold.

[siderea]

You're in New England. It gets below freezing frequently. It snows a ton.

I never thought I'd hear a Minnesotan refer to the amount of snow NE gets as "a ton".

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Noreasters can and do dump more snow than Minnesota will get in a single shot. The difference is the Minnesota snow won't melt between snowstorms, like I've seen the snow do here both this winter and last.

[mindways]

It will almost certainly get below freezing frequently, unless New England weather decides to be its usual impossible-to-predict self and impersonate March for most of the winter - just on a lark. (The weather here, it does that sort of thing sometimes. But sometimes you'll get snow in April or May, too. It balances out.) For perspective: around this time last year, we were really, really, really wishing the temperature would go up to 30 degrees F, as it had been hanging around the single-digits for a week or two.

However, with appropriate clothing, 20 and 30-degree weather really isn't very bad. It does take a bit of mental adjustment - you have to factor in "the transition between inside and outside takes 3-6 minutes, rather than being nearly instantaneous". But if you're really uncomfortable when outdoors, acquire good cold-weather clothing! - 200 not-so-warm hats do you less good than a single excellent winter hat. It makes all the difference in the world.

As for the snow...sometimes there's a lot, sometimes there isn't. There's often more of it when the temperature stays up in the 20s and 30s, rather than the 0s and teens.

[jducoeur]

For perspective: around this time last year, we were really, really, really wishing the temperature would go up to 30 degrees F, as it had been hanging around the single-digits for a week or two.

True, but in the interest of not freaking adespota *too* badly, that was pretty freakish even for here. Normally we get a day or two of that kind of cold during the winter, not an entire month of it. (OTOH, the snow this year has been fairly mild: we're only seeing plowings up a foot or two. On a genuinely snowy year, the whole landscape will be buried two feet deep.)

And for her reference: we're entering into the really cold part of the winter now -- mid-January to mid-February is typically as cold as it's going to get. The next week is expected to have highs hovering around freezing or a bit below, which is just a tad chillier than normal for this time of year.

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

I was going to go up to Freeport, ME, last night (have some stuff to return to LL Bean). When I left the house at about 7:30, it was 3º C. I decided it was too foggy in spots for that trip to be fun, so aborted around Peabody, and ran a few errands. When I got home about 9:30, the temp had risen to 13ºC. Later in the night, it was up to 17ºC. It's now back down to 6ºC. Odd.

[cellio]

We dropped 20 degrees in 3 hours last night (and have not gone up appreciably since).

Yesterday at one point the local forecast said all of the following things: current temperature 70; high today 65; clear skies; flood warning next two hours; overnight flurries. I can't make up stuff that weird. :-)

(They were at one point calling for a low last night around 20, but it didn't get down that low. I heard rain overnight.)

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

Yep, it was ~60F this morning and just now I am seeing snow, the big fluffy kind, and it is hovering just above freezing. Ah, weather in New England.