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I'm loving this winter. It's only snowed 3 times and has been below freezing for only a few weeks. In love with this winter, though I've been sick more times th

I'm loving this winter. It's only snowed 3 times and has been below freezing for only a few weeks. In love with this winter, though I've been sick more times this year than quite a while.

sixothree 10y ago
Since October I've had to wear a jacket at work inside because of the air conditioning moreso than outside because of the weather.
satori99 10y ago
Meanwhile in Sydney, I'm sweating it out @ 45c (113F) in the middle of a heatwave like never before.
- ehnto 10y ago
  In Adelaode we tapped 38c, then had 3 days of record breaking rain which plonked it down to below 20c, which we followed up with four days at about 40c. It's hard to dress correctly.
  - whatusername 10y ago
    And yet in Melbourne we're possibly going all summer without hitting over 40 degrees. (Lots of high 30's, but no 40+)
  - TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
    I used to live in Adelaide. Seriously f that place. I recall one summer, maybe 5 years ago, ten days straight above 35 with day time temps in the 40s. Trees were dying from heat stress after a ten year draught. Ah, this is it, from 2009: Adelaide, South Australia Edit Average daily maximum 27 January – 7 February: 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) – (11.1 °C (20.0 °F) above average)[9] 13 Consecutive days over 33 °C (91 °F) 6 Consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F) 4 Consecutive days over 43 °C (109 °F) That's right, 13! consecutive days above 33! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2009_southeastern_Australia_heat_wave https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2009_southeastern_Aust...
- helthanatos 10y ago
  Hoping the summer doesn't go above 80 much... Hate that humidity. (Indiana) I'm fine with 110 in Arizona. How humid is it there?
nordify 10y ago
That sounds miserable. Give me a good cold winter with snow rather than a miserable non-winter that is damp, wet and slushy. Dry cold is far better than than damp thaw weather.
pinpelipon 10y ago
Ditto! We are approaching temperatures that could actually support the hardiest of palms. We can start replacing the spruces with palms soon. The downsides being ticks becoming common, warmer temperatures enabling more diseases spreading in both human and animal populations, a few native animals dying (they can't breed without certain things such as ice, and their natural defense mechanisms do not work), and Gulf stream probably slowing and causing a new ice age. Ah yes, there's always that. But then again, not going to happen on my lifetime so who cares... :)

I'm loving this winter. It's only snowed 3 times and has been below freezing for only a few weeks. In love with this winter, though I've been sick more times this year than quite a while.

sixothree 10y ago

Since October I've had to wear a jacket at work inside because of the air conditioning moreso than outside because of the weather.

satori99 10y ago

Meanwhile in Sydney, I'm sweating it out @ 45c (113F) in the middle of a heatwave like never before.

ehnto 10y ago
In Adelaode we tapped 38c, then had 3 days of record breaking rain which plonked it down to below 20c, which we followed up with four days at about 40c. It's hard to dress correctly.
- whatusername 10y ago
  And yet in Melbourne we're possibly going all summer without hitting over 40 degrees. (Lots of high 30's, but no 40+)
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
  I used to live in Adelaide. Seriously f that place. I recall one summer, maybe 5 years ago, ten days straight above 35 with day time temps in the 40s. Trees were dying from heat stress after a ten year draught. Ah, this is it, from 2009: Adelaide, South Australia Edit Average daily maximum 27 January – 7 February: 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) – (11.1 °C (20.0 °F) above average)[9] 13 Consecutive days over 33 °C (91 °F) 6 Consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F) 4 Consecutive days over 43 °C (109 °F) That's right, 13! consecutive days above 33! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2009_southeastern_Australia_heat_wave https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2009_southeastern_Aust...
helthanatos 10y ago
Hoping the summer doesn't go above 80 much... Hate that humidity. (Indiana) I'm fine with 110 in Arizona. How humid is it there?

nordify 10y ago

That sounds miserable. Give me a good cold winter with snow rather than a miserable non-winter that is damp, wet and slushy. Dry cold is far better than than damp thaw weather.

pinpelipon 10y ago

Ditto! We are approaching temperatures that could actually support the hardiest of palms. We can start replacing the spruces with palms soon. The downsides being ticks becoming common, warmer temperatures enabling more diseases spreading in both human and animal populations, a few native animals dying (they can't breed without certain things such as ice, and their natural defense mechanisms do not work), and Gulf stream probably slowing and causing a new ice age. Ah yes, there's always that. But then again, not going to happen on my lifetime so who cares... :)