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Post by mothman27 on Jan 30, 2019 6:20:19 GMT -8
How cold is it where you are?
At my house it's -17 with a wind chill of -44
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Post by eurytides on Jan 30, 2019 7:43:36 GMT -8
You talking C or F? I'm presuming F since you're in the US?
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Post by mothman27 on Jan 30, 2019 7:51:54 GMT -8
Yep, F
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Post by boghaunter1 on Jan 30, 2019 9:23:58 GMT -8
Hi Mothman27, 30 Jan. 2019, in central NE Sask., Western Canada. Sunny, cold NW wind... -39C (= -40F) early this morning... now at 11:00 am -33.7C (= -29F). Yesterday -39.7C (= -40F) early morning & warming up to -29C (= -20F) in the afternoon. Coldest still air temp. in CANADA early this morning was in Key Lake, northern Sask. at -46.8C (= -53F)! With wind chill temps throughout Sask. -45 to -50C (-49F to -58F)!! Neighbouring province east of us... in southern Manitoba... even lower vicious temps., with wind chills, over -60F!! Huge polar vortex hitting Canada & Midwest U.S.A....just heard on the dish... Chicago was colder than Antarctica & Siberia. Extreme cold to continue to mid Feb. Keep warm...  John K. |
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Post by bugboys3 on Jan 30, 2019 10:35:47 GMT -8
-27 F in Southern Wisconsin this morning.
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Post by jshuey on Jan 31, 2019 5:45:15 GMT -8
-6 F today in central Indiana. It amazes me that there is an entire country north of us. And it really amazes me that they don't whine about the weather more often!
john
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Post by eurytides on Jan 31, 2019 6:38:44 GMT -8
-18C this morning where I live in Ontario.
John, we do complain, often and bitterly, trust me...... And this is considering that probably something like 80% of the Canadian population lives within 100 km of the Canada-USA border. The vast majority of Canada is sparsely populated.
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Post by Paul K on Jan 31, 2019 7:30:43 GMT -8
In Toronto at 10am: -18°C, -31°C windchill.
Cold and long winters here are the main reason I want to relocate to Thailand. 29 years passed since I arrived here and I still can’t get over the winters here. We stayed here this winter just to remind me how much I hate winters.
If not eanough I can complain more ☹️
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Post by foxxdoc on Jan 31, 2019 7:57:56 GMT -8
north of tampa" very wide range of temps. 40 to 78 , this week. Friday prediction high 70's.
some flowering native and ornamental plants. a few bugs around.
tom
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Post by eurytides on Jan 31, 2019 8:06:03 GMT -8
Paul, dude, go to Thailand as soon as you have the means. I certainly would! Warmer, lower cost of living, and more diversity of lepidoptera!!
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Post by 58chevy on Jan 31, 2019 9:53:00 GMT -8
It makes me shiver just thinking about those temperatures. Will the next silkmoth brood be killed off? It got down to +36F here (Houston) a few nights ago and I thought that was too cold. Low temps this weekend will be in the upper 50s, highs in the mid-70s.
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Jan 31, 2019 11:15:05 GMT -8
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Post by Paul K on Jan 31, 2019 11:15:05 GMT -8
The silkmoths will be fine, every winter is getting that cold so they are well adjusted. I can’t say the same about my self.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 31, 2019 11:22:02 GMT -8
The silkmoths will indeed be fine. A friend in Sweden told me how he reared tropical Attacus atlas in his unheated greenhouse, took some pupae indoors and left the rest to die in the very cold winter there (-20C). The following May he was very surprised when moths hatched from those pupae that had been frozen solid in the greenhouse.
Adam.
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Jan 31, 2019 11:54:46 GMT -8
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Post by Paul K on Jan 31, 2019 11:54:46 GMT -8
That is surprising indeed. I suppose Attacus atlas is also native to China where winters can be harsh too and developed antifreeze substance.
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Post by bugboys3 on Jan 31, 2019 16:20:58 GMT -8
In Toronto at 10am: -18°C, -31°C windchill. Cold and long winters here are the main reason I want to relocate to Thailand. 29 years passed since I arrived here and I still can’t get over the winters here. We stayed here this winter just to remind me how much I hate winters. If not eanough I can complain more ☹️ That's why when my Dad retired he moved to South Florida. I surely don't blame him. I may do the same some day. |
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