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I wonder how many were considered “winterized” before last year? This article doesn’t tell us what the delta is. The “cold snap” terminology is also confusing
by bigyikes 5y ago
I wonder how many were considered “winterized” before last year? This article doesn’t tell us what the delta is.
The “cold snap” terminology is also confusing to me. Is Texas expected to have one this year, and if so, at what point does a “cold snap” become part of normal climate?
(I am a Texas native and never experienced anything like last year’s “cold snap”. I was living in California last year, and now I’m worried about another “cold snap” this year)
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- goodcanadian 5y agoHaving grown up in a place where cold is normal, we still use the term "cold snap" to refer to a sudden drop in the temperature. So, even if it is a somewhat normal occurrence, it can still be called a "cold snap."
- chasd00 5y agoI live in Dallas, weather is notoriously hard to predict. However, the big freeze last year gave plenty of warning as a big blob of cold air moving south out of Canada. It was exceptionally severe and long lasting. I’ve lived here through other extreme (for Texas) winter events but that affected a larger portion of the state and longer than any other one I have experienced. I expect hard freezes and occasional ice during winters in Texas but consecutive days of single digit highs I do not.
- reddog 5y agoThe 2021 Feb cold was very tramatic but rare. I live in Austin. Since 1927 we has only gotten into single digits in 5 years: 2021, 1989, 1951, 1949 and 1930. 1949 was coldest at -2 F. And it wasn't just the cold that was the problem -- it was the cold over 5 days and unprecedented amount of snow. It is rare for Austin to ever see snow.