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Beny
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by Beny » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:40 am
-30c this morning, who can beat that
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Paul Ont
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by Paul Ont » Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:48 am
I can come close, Kingston hit -29C last night. That means that my garden must have hit at or below -30C, which will be the coldest in 12 years. Yikes. That's -22F, a zone 4b temperature. And here I was getting ready to finally admit to zone 5a status:(
Toronto hit a hot and humid -20C last night. It's downright tropical. -4F, zone 6b.
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905palms
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by 905palms » Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:04 pm
Yep -19C here this morning....BRRRR I figure anything below -15C is a crap shoot anyways.
Inside the Palmetto box was -9.2C at 7am, by noon is was reading -2.5C.
Maybe by spring, I'll convert my Agave into a Tequila, I may enjoy it better then it looks now...
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by marceli » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:20 am
Beny wrote:-30c this morning, who can beat that
Ben
And I was angry about my -17C/2F this morning!
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by teebee » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:51 am
Sigh. I was hoping the worst was behind me. but I got down to -26C last night (again) There's been 24 15 minute intervals of -26 since I started logging my very localized weather a month ago.
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I was supposed to start getting above 0 by next Tuesday but it's been pushed out until at least next Friday. I haven't been inside the palm huts for nearly a month hopefully they don't hate me too much...
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:11 am
-26C last night (again)
Holy moly.
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canadianplant
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by canadianplant » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:11 am
Sorry guys I have you beat...
Dec 2013 average high low and average daily median
-11.6 -23.6 -17.7 Extreme low -40C (at airport)
Jan 2014
-11.6 -24.4 -18.0 Extreme low -39C
So far feb
-12.0 - 26.4L* -19.2 Extreme low -30C
New years eve was -55C with the wind. The last week of december/beginning of january were brutal. Coldest december in 20 years. Oddly enough nothing really record breaking. A much more " average" winter for up here. Everything is getting a good test. Best part is there is about 5 feet of snow. My yard is about 5C warmer or more then what the airport reads.
Not a contest im happy winning
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Beny
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by Beny » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:44 pm
Yeap, me too...-26c last night...i count at least 20 nights Under the -20c...never seen that before. Usually its 4-6 nights
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But next week it will warm up over the freezing point
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905palms
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by 905palms » Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:47 am
The entire second half of 2013 has been 'below seasonal' in the East. Every forecast or report since August, has indicated that it's been below seasonal averages. Besides since Early 2013, the winter was clinging on with a cold, damp and flooding Spring. Since then it was all down hill with floods throughout the world (including our friends in the UK this year).
Let's hope that it's out of the system and we skip over Spring this year and go right to Summer
Any El Nino sightings??
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by bananieru » Sat Feb 15, 2014 5:29 am
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sidpook
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by sidpook » Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:03 am
finally supposed to warm up a bit here in the coming ten day forecast....FINALLY after six weeks of pure hell !!!!!!
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by canadianplant » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:17 am
Same here mike. the thing is up here this time of year warm ups usually mean snow.... just had a good clipper drop another foot
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sidpook
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by sidpook » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:26 pm
canadianplant wrote:Same here mike. the thing is up here this time of year warm ups usually mean snow.... just had a good clipper drop another foot
this year it has snowed ion any temp range, warm, cold, freezing etc,...ugh, 4th or 5th snowiest winter ever.
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by hardyjim » Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:37 am
Fairfield Iowa winter 2014 to Feb 16th
Start with November
November avg 46/27 nights below 1F 0.
December avg 30/13 nights below 1F 9.
January....avg 27//6 nights below 1F 12.
February...avg 19//1 nights below 1F 9.
Total nights -4F or less- for the winter= 18
Lowest temp was -18F / -28C
Going into 3 months of temps averaging below freezing
after November averaging not that much below freezing for lows-quite a departure..
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Paul Ont
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by Paul Ont » Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:40 pm
You sure that's Iowa and not Alberta Jim:D What a hell of a winter, it's been almost as bad here in Toronto, and worse in Sydenham!
Looks like you had a blast out West!
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by canadianplant » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:28 pm
Finally warming back up to seasonal here this week.... might see some snow melt.... then again theres almost 5 feet of it...
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hardyjim
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by hardyjim » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:05 pm
Not going back home until April
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905palms
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by 905palms » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:08 am
canadianplant wrote:Finally warming back up to seasonal here this week.... might see some snow melt.... then again theres almost 5 feet of it...
Not to worry, the snow melts real fast in our Zone. It was melting at -8C (17f), the air mass is cold still yes, but with the sun's angle, its rays are much much warmer nowadays... The end is near
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canadianplant
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by canadianplant » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:43 am
i kept telling myself that last year...... we had snow until may..
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DesertZone
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by DesertZone » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:44 am
canadianplant wrote:i kept telling myself that last year...... we had snow until may..
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Brrrr...I don't think I could have ever made it in Canada. Beautiful but too cold.
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Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
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canadianplant
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by canadianplant » Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:35 pm
DesertZone wrote:canadianplant wrote:i kept telling myself that last year...... we had snow until may..
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Brrrr...I don't think I could have ever made it in Canada. Beautiful but too cold.
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It isnt even the worse up here, not by a long shot. Sask is brutal, same with manitoba. To be fair, I think id be better off in S ontario or BC lol
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by bananieru » Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:36 pm
is it the time for this, or it's too early?
Spring is almost here! I can now see the deer moving around in our back yard.
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igor.glukhovtsev
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:39 pm
Looks like we are heading to the lowest winter temp by the end of February... It's so boring! This month is colder than typically at 10 degree Celsius. Crap!
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by bananieru » Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:38 am
considering what happen last year with my washy, I will open that box probably at the beginning of May (Trachys can come out at the beginning of April). 6 Months in a cage, that's not fun.
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sidpook
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by sidpook » Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:59 am
Another mess of a storm last night......just sick of this crap, warming up a bit though
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:41 am
Man oh man, you folks in the eastern half of the continent have gotten nailed this winter.
But there'll at least not be water restrictions
I was down in Wenatchee Washington for 3 days last week.
56 F, people walking around in T shirts.
Car window down Thurs and Friday.
It was bloody wonderful!
Hated to come home...especially seeing our gas prices compared to theirs!
$2.19 gallon U.S.
about
288 per cent less than gas prices in B.C.
Barb
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by hardyjim » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:23 pm
Probably $3.19
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by canadianplant » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:32 pm
Thats because most of our gas gets shipped to the states to be refined then sold back to us through tariffs/taxes..... The only real refineries in canada are one or two in S ontario and one or two on the east coast. Dont even think we have any legitamate "reserves"....
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by lucky1 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:30 pm
Probably $3.19
Ooops, yes it was $3.19.
Still a pantload cheaper than in Canada...
to Jesse: maybe Flaherty's new "Competition Bureau", announced with the budget, will look into it.
...all smoke 'n mirrors.
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by lucky1 » Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:25 pm
1.289/litre here too, works out to $5.15/gallon!
So $3.19 is pretty sweet in the US.
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by marceli » Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:20 am
If nothing changes it's gonna be one of the shortest winters here ever
The real Winter lasted like 2.5 weeks! It's unbelievable...
It's time to pay my plants a visit
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sidpook
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by sidpook » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:05 am
lucky1 wrote:Man oh man, you folks in the eastern half of the continent have gotten nailed this winter.
But there'll at least not be water restrictions
I was down in Wenatchee Washington for 3 days last week.
56 F, people walking around in T shirts.
Car window down Thurs and Friday.
It was bloody wonderful!
Hated to come home...especially seeing our gas prices compared to theirs!
$2.19 gallon U.S.
about
288 per cent less than gas prices in B.C.
Barb
It has been very wet and very cold....gas is also cheap in nj, about 2.19 usd a gallon right now. We're supposed to get to 60 by friday...yay!!!!!!
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:11 am
marceli, that's a nice long "good" season for your plants!
Mike, you sure deserve an early spring...hope all your plants are OK.
$2.19 there?
Wow, that's dirt cheap.
Barb
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by hardyjim » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:19 am
I think he made the same mistake you did-lowest I could find there was $3.08
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:21 am
the same mistake you did
I'll send Mike some of my lens cleaning wipes.
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sidpook
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by sidpook » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:59 am
hardyjim wrote:I think he made the same mistake you did-lowest I could find there was $3.08
I'm in South Jersey, way cheaper than North, that's basically New York Prices. We are even 50 cents cheaper than right over the bridge in PA. We do not have the same fuel tax as they do. Also state law says you are not permitted to pump your on gas....funny
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by lucky1 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:29 pm
state law says you are not permitted to pump your own gas
Probably the "spark" risk with a cellphone in your pocket, if you've got your spare hand on the car.
Gas prices are all over the map it seems.
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by canadianplant » Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:28 pm
Well they are calling for another 30cm (a foot) of snow. Winds coming off the lake so who knows if its more or less then that..
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