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It's 73F in my neighborhood this morning (Original Post) malaise Jan 2025 OP
64 at 6:15 am. duncang Jan 2025 #1
21 degrees and big snowstorm moving in this morning. Emile Jan 2025 #2
Meeeeeh😂 malaise Jan 2025 #3
LOL Emile Jan 2025 #4
Need to put a good old fashioned Jamaican Obeah Emile Jan 2025 #42
C'mon, Malaise. Don't make me hate you. It's 22 degrees where I am. Vinca Jan 2025 #5
LOL 😀 malaise Jan 2025 #7
It will be that at Noon today. Sun has not risen and it's only 58 degrees at 6:40 am LeftInTX Jan 2025 #6
I live in the middle of Florida, and it is only 44 degrees. What area are you?? patricia92243 Jan 2025 #8
St Andrew Jamaica malaise Jan 2025 #9
What?? I'm in San Antonio and it's 60! But it's supposed to get cold tonight. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #19
42F in O-land-O, Conjuay Jan 2025 #10
Dunc pup and I will sleep on your couch Duncanpup Jan 2025 #11
Ha malaise Jan 2025 #14
Wife and I Woodwizard Jan 2025 #12
I hate winter and winter hates me malaise Jan 2025 #16
It was great! Woodwizard Jan 2025 #103
Nice malaise Jan 2025 #105
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jan 2025 #22
Subtract 70 and you get my temp this AM n/t alittlelark Jan 2025 #13
Yikes! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #15
Damn malaise Jan 2025 #17
Woke up this morning here in S.W. Florida to 41 degrees. William769 Jan 2025 #18
Anytime daytime is in the 70s in the city here, it's pretty cold in Florida malaise Jan 2025 #20
Thanks! William769 Jan 2025 #24
Weird. It's warmer in Dallas than it is in Miami! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #21
We are up to 51 right now. Went up 10 degrees in the past 2 hours. William769 Jan 2025 #23
We're supposed to get our first freeze here sometime this week. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #28
44 at quarter of 7 in Seattle AKwannabe Jan 2025 #37
62F in my little part of Texas SARose Jan 2025 #25
70 here, but 40 tomorrow morning 🥶 surfered Jan 2025 #26
It's about 68 here this morning...but Liberal In Texas Jan 2025 #27
Yeah, is this false Winter or our one week of true Winter? bluesbassman Jan 2025 #47
I just got back from picking up a few things from Albertson's and the temp has dropped Liberal In Texas Jan 2025 #62
Well that was quick. You were the second hottest place in the country! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #69
Indeed. I walked out around 6 a.m. and it was actually very nice. The wind was out of the south. Liberal In Texas Jan 2025 #80
DFW is 43 degrees at 9 am. Blue Norther headed our way in next 24 hours yellowdogintexas Jan 2025 #49
Yeah, right now, I wish I was living next door to you in your house in Australia. 3Hotdogs Jan 2025 #29
Australia malaise Jan 2025 #34
Jamaica - a happy, then sad memory. I live in a "communal' type of house. Lynn got dementia and needed in-home care. 3Hotdogs Jan 2025 #73
Oh my goodness malaise Jan 2025 #74
44 when I went outside to feed the critters TommieMommy Jan 2025 #30
We're in Panama City, Panama for the week PJMcK Jan 2025 #31
Highland MI chilly kkmarie Jan 2025 #32
wu says that its 34 degrees f in sonora ca. AllaN01Bear Jan 2025 #33
+12F here boonecreek Jan 2025 #35
It's a balmy -3F here Klondike Kat Jan 2025 #36
Freezing malaise Jan 2025 #75
It was 14 degrees here in DC suburbs when I took the dogs out bottomofthehill Jan 2025 #38
I'm not a fan of warm weather, especially in January, so you can keep it. Xavier Breath Jan 2025 #39
Truth!!! wolfie001 Jan 2025 #57
And for anyone with lingering drought effects the snow will be welcomed. Xavier Breath Jan 2025 #59
My electric blanket is set to 85 degrees ... Tarzanrock Jan 2025 #40
I got a new electric throw for Christmas. Emile Jan 2025 #44
When are you hosting the DU meet-up? Tanuki Jan 2025 #41
Ha malaise Jan 2025 #89
When I was in graduate school in Chicago and my sister Tanuki Jan 2025 #93
It's 15 degrees right now... GiqueCee Jan 2025 #43
17 in Denver. Warmer in the mountains 🙄 mountain grammy Jan 2025 #45
21F here, with a high of 32. Gloating is soooo not nice! To be fair, we did niyad Jan 2025 #46
8F in the West suburbs of Milwaukee 9:00am Kenneth53151 Jan 2025 #48
25 degrees here in balmy Buffalo La Coliniere Jan 2025 #50
My mother always swore Buffalo* winters felt colder than Minneapolis (plus a lot more snow) dflprincess Jan 2025 #101
That's probably true. La Coliniere Jan 2025 #102
+1 in Minneapolis. But it's a dry cold. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #51
LOL Emile Jan 2025 #56
Actually, dry cold is a whole lot more tolerable than damp cold. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #66
LOL, Norwegians are tough people. Emile Jan 2025 #70
It's 13F here and beautiful with the blue sky and the sun glistening off the ice crystals in the air doc03 Jan 2025 #52
It is 14 degrees Fahrenheit here. murielm99 Jan 2025 #53
Its 23 in my neighborhood by the sea in NH and feels like -3. Brrrr! Joinfortmill Jan 2025 #54
Just below the Mason Dixon Line ReRe Jan 2025 #55
Malaise, you minx you... yorkster Jan 2025 #58
I'm happy for the cold weather we're getting. GoCubsGo Jan 2025 #60
It's +23F here... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #61
Here, too DFW Jan 2025 #68
Ugh! 2naSalit Jan 2025 #79
Trade ya KS Toronado Jan 2025 #63
You've made us all jealous, malaise peggysue2 Jan 2025 #64
Dang it, don't rub it in. 😅 a kennedy Jan 2025 #65
30F here at the Jersey shore Wicked Blue Jan 2025 #67
10:18 am and 74 F. Igel Jan 2025 #71
It's time to throw the laundry in the yard...LOL LeftInTX Jan 2025 #100
It was 14 out this morning Littlered Jan 2025 #72
Nothing like rubbing it in, malaise! Diamond_Dog Jan 2025 #76
It is 76 degrees right now but will be in the 30s by tomorrow morning LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #77
I'm listening to ice hitting the windows FullySupportDems Jan 2025 #78
I feel for you malaise Jan 2025 #88
I hope the sunshine is lovely :) FullySupportDems Jan 2025 #90
Been cloudy most of the day malaise Jan 2025 #94
And your place sleeps how many? Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #81
Let me see malaise Jan 2025 #82
It it's 73F in Jamaica, is everyone wearing coats? JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2025 #83
Its 13F where I live this morning. milestogo Jan 2025 #84
🤬UNFRIENDING! NewDayOranges Jan 2025 #85
Paging Skittles. Ordering up an asskicking for you!! 🤬🤬🤬 madinmaryland Jan 2025 #86
Wuss. Disaffected Jan 2025 #87
Sounds good, but I think I prefer senseandsensibility Jan 2025 #91
I'm gazing longingly at the rain radar canetoad Jan 2025 #92
We never get as hot as Parts of Oz malaise Jan 2025 #96
Yep canetoad Jan 2025 #97
Brave kid malaise Jan 2025 #98
It's 73 here ornotna Jan 2025 #95
I just looked up your average temps. Ugh..No wonder you're cold.. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #99
18F at my house w/10-12 inches of snow NEOH Jan 2025 #104

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
6. It will be that at Noon today. Sun has not risen and it's only 58 degrees at 6:40 am
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 08:38 AM
Jan 2025

But, we're in for big cold!!! Wind is gonna shift at midnight and it's gonna get down to 34. We're supposed to get our first freeze this week.

Everything is still growing, except for my deciduous trees.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
19. What?? I'm in San Antonio and it's 60! But it's supposed to get cold tonight.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:21 AM
Jan 2025

Still, it's weird for it to be that cold in the middle of Florida and for us not be to cold!!

Conjuay

(2,383 posts)
10. 42F in O-land-O,
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 08:56 AM
Jan 2025

Had to get up before sunrise to wash the frost off everything.

But this coming week will be a challenge; I can stop frost damage, but that artic front they're talking about...

Woodwizard

(1,164 posts)
12. Wife and I
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:03 AM
Jan 2025

Are going for a hike this morning with friends. It is a nice crisp 24. I love winter, lived in HI for 5 years love the Catskills more.

Added bonus no BUGS.

malaise

(283,281 posts)
16. I hate winter and winter hates me
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:19 AM
Jan 2025

Enjoy your hike😀
I’ll walk to the pharmacy later this morning

Woodwizard

(1,164 posts)
103. It was great!
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:19 PM
Jan 2025

We walked in a valley along a river the ice formations were awesome. Especially waterfalls.

Response to Woodwizard (Reply #12)

malaise

(283,281 posts)
20. Anytime daytime is in the 70s in the city here, it's pretty cold in Florida
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:23 AM
Jan 2025

Stay warm.

William769

(58,767 posts)
23. We are up to 51 right now. Went up 10 degrees in the past 2 hours.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:34 AM
Jan 2025

Our high today is suppose to be 75 degrees. Overnight Monday we're suppose to have a wind chill somewhere in the lower 30's.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
28. We're supposed to get our first freeze here sometime this week.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:51 AM
Jan 2025

Usually we get it in early December.

SARose

(1,343 posts)
25. 62F in my little part of Texas
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:41 AM
Jan 2025

High today is 75. Downhill from there - low tomorrow 36 with N winds 20/30 mph.

Hello Winter!👍 Finally!

bluesbassman

(20,251 posts)
47. Yeah, is this false Winter or our one week of true Winter?
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:59 AM
Jan 2025

‘Cuz next week it’ll likely be back in the 80’s again! Probably not true Winter though, I was in my HEB yesterday and people hadn’t stripped the shelves bare.

Liberal In Texas

(15,130 posts)
62. I just got back from picking up a few things from Albertson's and the temp has dropped
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:20 AM
Jan 2025

to around 55 and the wind is gusty and very frigid.

The store wasn't all that busy.

Liberal In Texas

(15,130 posts)
80. Indeed. I walked out around 6 a.m. and it was actually very nice. The wind was out of the south.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:33 PM
Jan 2025

Then that front moved through. The wind shifted and it's now about 44°.




yellowdogintexas

(23,194 posts)
49. DFW is 43 degrees at 9 am. Blue Norther headed our way in next 24 hours
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:05 AM
Jan 2025

I will be staying indoors with a cat on my lap.

malaise

(283,281 posts)
34. Australia
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:27 AM
Jan 2025

That’s my friend Canetoad.
I’m a million miles away in Jamaica😀

Stay warm

3Hotdogs

(14,106 posts)
73. Jamaica - a happy, then sad memory. I live in a "communal' type of house. Lynn got dementia and needed in-home care.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:44 PM
Jan 2025

The agency sent us Rena.... and she was wonderful. In her 70's. She was a sergeant in the Jamaica army and then moved to the U.S. with her family. She owned a house in Jamaica and planned to move there when she retired. Lynn was going to be her last client and then she would retire.

Sundays were the best, when we would cook breakfast together. I would do the eggs, Rena would do bacon, sausage and grits.

After Lynn passed, we would have her over for supper or afternoon tea/coffee. She lived about 5 miles away in East Orange. She would also visit her mom in Brooklyn and sometimes stay there.

Then came covid. She went to stay with her mom. That was the last we heard from her. We tried finding what happened to her. The staff at her apartment building had no information. The nursing home agency had no contact after she retired. So we guess she was one of Covid's victims.

I think of her every Sunday morning, when I am frying eggs.

PJMcK

(23,484 posts)
31. We're in Panama City, Panama for the week
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:54 AM
Jan 2025

It's 81º F and partly sunny. I'm wearing shorts and a tee shirt. Sight seeing in the historic district today.

It was 2º F when we left our house in the Catskills yesterday.

As I get older, I hate the cold more and more.

Klondike Kat

(874 posts)
36. It's a balmy -3F here
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jan 2025

Up a degree from -4F at 0600. Expected high of 14F today.

Aah - January in Minnesota.

Xavier Breath

(5,536 posts)
39. I'm not a fan of warm weather, especially in January, so you can keep it.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:50 AM
Jan 2025

Actually looking forward to the snow we're about to get.

wolfie001

(4,705 posts)
57. Truth!!!
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jan 2025

Whenever it's 60 and above in Jan/Feb here in Maryland, I think of glaciers melting and the Earth burning up.

Xavier Breath

(5,536 posts)
59. And for anyone with lingering drought effects the snow will be welcomed.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:18 AM
Jan 2025

I think we're just about back to normal after recent rains, and if so, a bit of a surplus would be a nice change.

Tarzanrock

(720 posts)
40. My electric blanket is set to 85 degrees ...
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:51 AM
Jan 2025

... which is the preferred temperature setting of my kitty, Francoise. It's 47 degrees this morning here in Los Angeles.

Tanuki

(15,826 posts)
93. When I was in graduate school in Chicago and my sister
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:39 PM
Jan 2025

was living in Jamaica, I visited her there twice (once at Christmas and once over spring break). It was sublime!
🥶🧊❄️☃️ ➡️➡️➡️ 🍍🍌🌴🏖🏝

niyad

(123,340 posts)
46. 21F here, with a high of 32. Gloating is soooo not nice! To be fair, we did
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:58 AM
Jan 2025

have a high of 60 the other day. .and snow the next morning!

La Coliniere

(1,362 posts)
50. 25 degrees here in balmy Buffalo
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:06 AM
Jan 2025

At least we’re not buried in 5 ft of Lake Effect snow. The wind has been terrible over the last 5 days. Constant 15-25 mph winds and guts to 40 every day. Not exactly walking weather, but I’ll think about Jamaica on my jaunt to keep me inspired!

dflprincess

(28,774 posts)
101. My mother always swore Buffalo* winters felt colder than Minneapolis (plus a lot more snow)
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:46 PM
Jan 2025

that was, as Ocelot notes in a post below, Minneapolis tends to have a dry cold & Buffalo was damper.


*My family lived there for several years after my dad was transferred out there (Hamburg, to be exact).

La Coliniere

(1,362 posts)
102. That's probably true.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jan 2025

With the wind blowing across Lake Erie the air is bound to get more humid. Lately the cold has been kind of dry, but when the humidity kicks in you can feel it in your bones and it’s not pleasant. Thinking it’s going to be another erratic winter, just like the last 3 when most of the lake remained free of ice because of the wobbling jet stream. A direct result of climate change. With Lake Erie not freezing over, the threat of severe lake-effect snow remains high. When it ices over, the snow machine shuts down.

Emile

(34,174 posts)
56. LOL
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jan 2025

Reminds me of my dad when he retired to Tucson, Arizona. One hundred and twenty degrees and he would say it's not too bad, it's a dry heat.

Ocelot II

(124,343 posts)
66. Actually, dry cold is a whole lot more tolerable than damp cold.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:10 PM
Jan 2025

I've never been so cold as I was one winter afternoon in Chicago - it was barely below freezing but there was a humid wind coming off the lake and it cut to the bone. Humidity makes both heat and cold a lot worse. In a little while I'll bundle up and go for a pleasant walk in the dry cold. As they say in another cold place, Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær. (There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.)

doc03

(37,734 posts)
52. It's 13F here and beautiful with the blue sky and the sun glistening off the ice crystals in the air
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:11 AM
Jan 2025

and the snow on the ground.

ReRe

(11,569 posts)
55. Just below the Mason Dixon Line
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:14 AM
Jan 2025

25 F & go'in down outside. Furnace went out 8:30 last night. Waiting on repairman. Temp indoors 60 F.
Snow finally started in about an hour ago. Supposed to snow until 8PM.

GoCubsGo

(33,747 posts)
60. I'm happy for the cold weather we're getting.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:18 AM
Jan 2025

Constantly dripping sweat gets really old after a while. I'm about to head out for a walk, and those are much more pleasant now. The same goes for yard work. Hopefully, it's enough to knock back the fire ants and other pests, too. We need a freeze for the peach crop, and lots of other plants around here need the cold to bloom/set fruit.

2naSalit

(96,513 posts)
61. It's +23F here...
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:18 AM
Jan 2025

And it's warmed up overnight from +11F!

And the sky is clear for the first time since last Wednesday! I might see stars and whatever else is in the sky tonight!

DFW

(57,806 posts)
68. Here, too
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:15 PM
Jan 2025

I’m still in northern Virginia. I’m supposed to fly out tomorrow morning in the the middle of a snow storm that should have 4 to 5 inches on the ground by then.

That should be an adventure.

2naSalit

(96,513 posts)
79. Ugh!
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:29 PM
Jan 2025

I feel for you. Last spring I flew to the east coast, for the eclipse, and got stuck in a snowstorm at Newark... for 27 hours. Once I got to my destination everything was good but getting there was far from pleasant.


Have a safe and pleasant journey!

KS Toronado

(21,015 posts)
63. Trade ya
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:31 AM
Jan 2025

Currently snowing at 4 inches with ice as a bottom layer and forecast says continue snowing until
approximately 3 o'clock with 10 to 15 inches of total accumulation.

Refrigerator & pantry are stocked if you enjoy shoveling snow,

peggysue2

(11,753 posts)
64. You've made us all jealous, malaise
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:42 AM
Jan 2025

I woke up to 27 degrees (feels like 14) in Delaware. At least it's not windy today!

Igel

(36,728 posts)
71. 10:18 am and 74 F.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:20 PM
Jan 2025

But it's Houston.

But they times they are a-changin'. Maybe 29 F tonight as a chunk of cold atmosphere from up north makes its way here to warm up over the next few days.

Good thing--it reduces the population of some unpleasant bugs.

Bad thing--it kills off the population of some very pleasant plants.

Littlered

(222 posts)
72. It was 14 out this morning
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 12:31 PM
Jan 2025

Beautiful coating of snow on the ground that is giving a nice contrast to the cardinals. Have a nice fire going, and it’s a nice toasty 81°.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,099 posts)
81. And your place sleeps how many?
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:39 PM
Jan 2025

Never been to Jamaica. haha

about 38 here when it would normally be in snow.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,088 posts)
83. It it's 73F in Jamaica, is everyone wearing coats?
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 02:45 PM
Jan 2025

Is 73 the normal temp for this time of year?

Here, it's about 25F, but no snow. (No rain or mosquitos, either )

senseandsensibility

(21,737 posts)
91. Sounds good, but I think I prefer
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:20 PM
Jan 2025

the South Bay (South of San Francisco) where I am. True it dips into the forties at night and the mornings are chilly, but every day for the next ten days it will warm into the mid to high 60's, which is perfect to me. The days are also brilliantly clear and sunny which helps my mood.

canetoad

(18,931 posts)
92. I'm gazing longingly at the rain radar
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 06:28 PM
Jan 2025

A huge patch is about to hit us within the hour after a 40 c. couple of days. Still, it's not cold - comfortable 24c with a hot week coming up.

I'm a bit envious of your weather, as I am of my sister's in Queensland. The heat can be extreme here.

malaise

(283,281 posts)
98. Brave kid
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:21 PM
Jan 2025

His father exposed him to a serious bowling machine since he was eight. Fearless.😀
Now I can get some sleep. These very late nights are rough😀

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
99. I just looked up your average temps. Ugh..No wonder you're cold..
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:24 PM
Jan 2025

I figured low 70s were the average lows this time of year. But the average low this past Dec was 78. Muggy, muggy...

NEOH

(215 posts)
104. 18F at my house w/10-12 inches of snow
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 10:27 PM
Jan 2025

18F at my house w/10-12 inches of snow on the ground.

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