Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:01 pm

Mike, looks like you won't need to protect much for very long, though March may be coolish

Jesse, same here.
John lives a stone's throw from Okanagan Lake, 35 miles south of me.
He's often 5 degrees warmer

Barb

Godfryd · Post by **Godfryd** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:53 pm

New sad record this night: -8 C / 17.6 F

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:41 am

Godfryd wrote:New sad record this night: -8 C / 17.6 F

Wow...Good luck with your gardens!

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:54 am

Coldest was a few days ago -5 celcius. Today it is pouring rain and 5c. Have had NO snow yet to shovel or brush off the car. Only scraped off car windshield 3 times so far.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:36 pm

seedscanada wrote:Coldest was a few days ago -5 celcius. Today it is pouring rain and 5c. Have had NO snow yet to shovel or brush off the car. Only scraped off car windshield 3 times so far.

Great for u huh? Rainy here too...I covered my trachies with plastic just for the rain in case it freezes in teh next week or so, I do not want them to be wet and then cold and then get mold/fungus....I lost one to that before.....Good luck

Godfryd · Post by **Godfryd** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:29 pm

I see we're going down and down. Another night another minimal record this winter: -9.5 C / 14.9 F

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:36 am

Godfryd wrote:I see we're going down and down. Another night another minimal record this winter: -9.5 C / 14.9 F

UGH, That's cold!!!!! :verycold:

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:53 am

-3F/-16C

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:01 pm

DesertZone wrote:-3F/-16C

That's just vulgar!!!!!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:15 pm

sidpook wrote:
DesertZone wrote:-3F/-16C
That's just vulgar!!!!!

Thats what I was thinking.

Looks like I posted bad info, it was 3F and I posted -3F sorry.

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:41 pm

So far in southern Illinois 21 F has been the coldest temp where I live.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:26 am

So, im sure you guys seen my low of -20C and thought (what the hell, thats COLD). Well relatively speaking, yes... but generally no. The bay hasnt even frozen. The ice level is so low the boats are still docking!!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:14 am

Thanks for that nice pic, Jesse.

But once the Bay gets cold, it stays cold

Maybe some ice fishing in May?

:lickice:

Barb

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:49 am

Barb, you are right.... I hate wintry windy March and cold sunless April in Toronto but enjoy the same season in Almaty KZ.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:23 am

lucky1 wrote:Thanks for that nice pic, Jesse.

But once the Bay gets cold, it stays cold
Maybe some ice fishing in May?

Barb

The lake used to freeze over every year in the 60s and 70s, every 2 years in the 70s and 80s, every 5 in the 90s, and its only froze over once in the last 10 years here.

ALso, believe it or not, we cant ice fish here past march or april (round the city). There is either NO ice at all, or its really unstable. The bay has the ice breakers run through around march or april as well...

Either way..... if it wasnt for Lake Supirior, id be at least 10C colder during the winter, and 5 -10C warmer in the winter..

Since were on the topic... the Lake supirior has the same temperature ALL year round (48F),and varies either .5C or 1C during a very hot summer

So far though, im a warm zone 6 winter so far!!!!! I have to see what january has in store!

And again, merry christmas

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:48 pm

id be at least 10C colder during the winter, and 5 -10C warmer in the winter.

I'm sure if I have a couple of beer, I'll understand that.

Fingers crossed for a mild January for you.

Happy Ho Ho, Jesse.
Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:55 am

LOL

The lake makes us warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer then areas away from the lake. If youre away from the lake, its the opposite: Colder in the winter, and hotter in the summer. The lake keeps a more constant temp then the ground does so it buffers the effect of the continental climate near the shore.

Ill put it this way.... 10 km from the lake is zone 3. 15 or 20 km away is zone 2. There are zone 5 or higher microclimate all around the lake shore and in valleys between the flat topped mesas that surround the city. There is a native population of red leaf maple here in some areas, which IIR are zone 4 - 5 trees!

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:28 pm

The coldest temp here thus far in southern Illinois zone 6b was 21 F. Merry Christmas!!!! oh and today it was like 52 F, so much for a white Christmas, lol.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:12 am

Well, my Low is still only - 20C (at the airport). I think thats a zone 6 ATM, but ill have to wait till end of january/fenruary to see how bad the winter was.

On the bright side, im pretty sure we broke the record for today, 6C.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:15 pm

Jesse, OK got it now

Bryce, we have to get it some time...otherwise nothing'll be coming out of our taps/hoses next summer.

Makes me wonder WHEN it's coming.

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:33 pm

Coldest here so far -8c in mid Nov. It was a cool brown Christmas here. Two more months left til our palms make it through another winter.

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:26 am

Oh man! -15C is 5F

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/cabc0312

:verycold:

Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:29 am

Still nothing below -20C so far!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:39 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Coldest here so far -8c in mid Nov. It was a cool brown Christmas here. Two more months left til our palms make it through another winter.

John

Can't wait for MArch!!!! We're leaving Miami today to go back to NJ...UGH!!!!!!!!

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:16 am

Full pockets with the palms seeds we hope?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:40 am

lucky1 wrote:Oh man! -15C is 5F

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/fourteenday/cabc0312

Barb

Yes....we got it too and it sucks!

Nows the time to buy oil.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:31 am

This really sucks

3-6ft of snow!

http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/l ... age=mypage

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:06 pm

Oh oh, Aaron...

But your yuccas and cactus would be warmer with a deep blanket of snow instead of just the cold arctic air.

So it might be a good thing?
Unless you have to do a lot of driving.

Barb

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:19 pm

We hit -13.3C a few nights ago. Coldest of the season downtown. Pearson hit -16.5C at the same time. Kingston has seen -21.3C. Not bad at all, still above zone!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:20 pm

If this holds all canadians will have happy plants come april!!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:14 pm

lucky1 wrote: But your yuccas and cactus would be warmer with a deep blanket of snow instead of just the cold arctic air.
So it might be a good thing?

Barb

Snow on the yucca crowns is not good, they do better if its dry and -20C. I will try and keep the snow of the big J-tree, but the wind blows the covers off.

I think everything will be ok.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:20 pm

DesertZone wrote:This really sucks 3-6ft of snow!
http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/l ... age=mypage

I think they lowered our snow warning. I hope for rain.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:37 am

Today 3.7F or -16C

Godfryd · Post by **Godfryd** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:54 am

eh... not good.

Here at my place almost 24F or -4.5C so far. And snowing

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:13 am

Minus 20-25 C for the next 7 days.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:16 am

I'm moving to Poland.

Our low tonight is -20C -4F (with a wind chill approaching -31C -24F)

Global warming, my frozen mukluks...

Barb

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:21 am

And never mind missing the Rockies? Barb, come on!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:05 am

Nobody can see the Rockies now, Igor...visibility is about 1 km
They blew away in the wind.

Checked the palm hut temp...+1C inside

The yucca and washy protection? "--" AGAIN on the remote

Stoooooopid remote thermometer.

Barb

PS--here's a shot of the Rockies highway http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/cameras/1.jpg

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:28 am

lucky1 wrote: PS--here's a shot of the Rockies highway http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/cameras/1.jpg

Holly molly! It's blowing!
By the way , temperature in my palm's hut (?) is 0 C now...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:56 am

palm's hut (?) is 0 C now

Perfect protection, Igor.

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