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It's time to move on and move forward.
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A good friend of mine lives in Winnipeg and I visited him one time during the winter and it was very cold. After that visit, I never complained about how cold it is here in NY!!
We don't recommend to many people visit in the winter, most people just don't like it very much.
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Hi there.From Thunder Bay and wishing we were in Florida right now lol.At least we've been having bright, sunny days.
Yes at least we get lots of sun, it sure makes a big difference.
The sunshine I agree. The dry cold is very different from the wet cold that I am experiencing here which feels colder than it really is. Whoo Hooo, you are going through a warm spell at minus 25 (I remember those days LOL)
I am in the Kootneys so I get a lot of snow, but the kids can atleast play outside. Right now, I am trying to deal with the slush. We have been dry and warmer than most part of Canada-no windchills to speak of unless you go skiing on top of the mountains. I just have problems with the cloud cover during the winter and by the middle of Feb, it is really getting to me.
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I can't even fathom temps that cold! I was literally just whining to DH that it is supposed to get down to 28 tonight here and that is way too cold for me.
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So would you like to swap my 38-40C temps over here? We have had five consecutive days of +40C just prior to Christmas and I just about cried each time I left the house-lol. I like the summer months but these temps are just too hot (even with a pool in the yard and the beach a 200m walk...)
The sunshine I agree. The dry cold is very different from the wet cold that I am experiencing here which feels colder than it really is. Whoo Hooo, you are going through a warm spell at minus 25 (I remember those days LOL)
I am in the Kootneys so I get a lot of snow, but the kids can atleast play outside. Right now, I am trying to deal with the slush. We have been dry and warmer than most part of Canada-no windchills to speak of unless you go skiing on top of the mountains. I just have problems with the cloud cover during the winter and by the middle of Feb, it is really getting to me.
Its nice when the kids can enjoy playing outside, we need it to warm up a little say to -25 for the kids to go out, I am not seeing a lot of snow men this year. I agree it is the sun that makes the difference I don't think I could do the cold and the clouds together.
Sure is and today it is windy so the snow is whipping around.
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I can't even fathom temps that cold! I was literally just whining to DH that it is supposed to get down to 28 tonight here and that is way too cold for me.
I think you just get use to it, we are a hardy group of people and Manitobains really enjoy their outside activities.
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So would you like to swap my 38-40C temps over here? We have had five consecutive days of +40C just prior to Christmas and I just about cried each time I left the house-lol. I like the summer months but these temps are just too hot (even with a pool in the yard and the beach a 200m walk...)
Nope I don't think so thats to hot for me. We were in Portugal one year and had those temps and as long as we were in the shade it wasn't bad as it wasn't too humid. Hope it cools down for you.
We here in Maine had a wind chill of 30 below (fahrenheit)Thursday evening, and it was -12 when I got up for work Friday. Plus we have so much snow from storm after storm . . . The furnace could not keep up and our house dipped to 58. The roads are still covered in snow today because salt doesn't really work when temps are so low . . . now they say tomorrow it will rain, and then everything will freeze up Tuesday when the temps plummet again . . . I can't remember such a cold start to winter in a long time. I can't remember below zero temps for many years.
We here in Maine had a wind chill of 30 below (fahrenheit)Thursday evening, and it was -12 when I got up for work Friday. Plus we have so much snow from storm after storm . . . The furnace could not keep up and our house dipped to 58. The roads are still covered in snow today because salt doesn't really work when temps are so low . . . now they say tomorrow it will rain, and then everything will freeze up Tuesday when the temps plummet again . . . I can't remember such a cold start to winter in a long time. I can't remember below zero temps for many years.
Its not good when it rains and then freezes it makes everything so much more slippery. Hope it warms up for you soon.
Now, I know why I wouldn't consider moving further north than St. Louis! We're in the middle of an Arctic blast with a forecast high of zeroF today and windchills to -32.
Thankfully, we're to be back to the more usual daytime highs of 32F by Wednesday with an equally typical warm Saturday at 50 degrees.
Yesterday and today are most unusual here even for January, or I'd be wanting to move to the desert Southwest for sure!
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Now, I know why I wouldn't consider moving further north than St. Louis! We're in the middle of an Arctic blast with a forecast high of zeroF today and windchills to -32.
Thankfully, we're to be back to the more usual daytime highs of 32F by Wednesday with an equally typical warm Saturday at 50 degrees.
Yesterday and today are most unusual here even for January, or I'd be wanting to move to the desert Southwest for sure!
It seems it is colder everywhere this year. We don't usually have it this cold for this long. I can't wait to retire and spend 6 weeks in Orlando.
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