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[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by garysanfran

I just saw a forecast for minus 14 degree cold weather on Wednesday...I don't remember it ever getting that cold.

It happens. On Sunday, I got up about 7 am. My wife said "It's 14 below outside", to which I said "Brrrrr.". I plunked down in my chair with my cup of coffee, and went on Weatherbug. It was just at dawn, which is often the coldest point of the day, and it changed to 15 below. That would be LCI airport temperature.

Do we see a lot days of -15°? No. Do we see below zero temps with some regularity? Yes.

Now if you want go talk about cold, try changing a flat tire at 62 degrees below zero. . Eielson AFB AK winter of 1970, I think it was.

Dave

[Merrymeeting]

Between mid-Jan 2015 and mid-Feb, I recorded 30 mornings straight where the temp was either single digits or at or below zero. So, not unusual for this time of year. But this year is a cold one.

[garysanfran]

And the question becomes... "Would you prefer temps. in the minus 0 in New Hampshire or above 100 in Florida?"

As I posted in another thread, no can dress for the cold, but can only undress so far for the heat and humidity.

[upthesaukee]

New England. I can always put on more clothes and wood in the stove to stay warm.

In Florida, I can only take off a certain amount of clothing to cool off, before I start to offend, or perhaps sicken, other people.

Dave

[garysanfran]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

New England. I can always put on more clothes and wood in the stove to stay warm.

In Florida, I can only take off a certain amount of clothing to cool off, before I start to offend, or perhaps sicken, other people.

Dave

It sounds like you have experience in this regard...

[PCTim]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Now if you want go talk about cold, try changing a flat tire at 62 degrees below zero. . Eielson AFB AK winter of 1970, I think it was.

Dave

I think my uncle was there, somewhere around that time. I know he was in the Air Force, stationed in Alaska. Doing the math, he would've been 18 at the end of 1969, so probably late 1970, 71 possibly? I think he was at an observatory of some kind. His name is Jerry Guyot.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by PCTim

I think my uncle was there ..... His name is Jerry Guyot.

Didn't Alaska name a glacier after him ....... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyot_Glacier .....