-22F with wind chill -49F. Furnace has not cycled off for a couple hours but house holding at 72. Forecast calling for -28F tonight but less windy. I am pretty sure this is coldest I have ever seen in my 67 years. Hope everyone and their families keeps safe.
January 30, 2019, 06:39 AM
Ronin1069
So this is what I woke up to this morning. Stupid cold...I plugged the car in last night (points for installing a block heater!) and it was still not happy to start this morning.
I had to PRESS the brake pedal just to get the ignition to engage. F-this.
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January 30, 2019, 06:39 AM
Gustofer
Meh.
T-Shirt weather.
quote:
I thought Cut Bank, MT was the coldest place in the USA.
Best thing about Cut Bank is Hwy 2. It'll take you away from there, east or west.
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January 30, 2019, 06:43 AM
C-Dubs
Thank God for remote starters! Started my truck as I went to bed last night at 11 PM. Had guzzled a water at 9 PM, so I woke up as planned at 2:30 AM, and started it again. Woke up at 6:30 AM, and started it again.
Every 4 hours seems good enough to prevent it from freezing.
I really need to replace my garage, so I can actually park inside someday.
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January 30, 2019, 06:49 AM
Bassamatic
I just looked, it's -2. Way too damn cold.
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January 30, 2019, 06:55 AM
wildheartedson0105
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765: I've been getting up every 3 hours to run the car for 15 minutes, and so far it's started fine each time.
Thanks to your post, and a show I watched that highligted on keeping vehicles running in Siberia, I went out to start my car. It barely did, after five hours of sitting.
Debating sleep versus listening to her idle for several hours.
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January 30, 2019, 07:19 AM
striker1
Sitting at -19 right now. Should be a balmy -13 by noon.
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January 30, 2019, 08:12 AM
JDHunz
Sitting at -29° with windchill of -56°. Our county pulled plows yesterday as they couldn’t keep up with all of the drifting. Almost like a ghost town right now.
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January 30, 2019, 08:25 AM
bcereuss
quote:
Originally posted by Ronin1069: So this is what I woke up to this morning. Stupid cold...I plugged the car in last night (points for installing a block heater!) and it was still not happy to start this morning.
I had to PRESS the brake pedal just to get the ignition to engage. F-this.
Or, as most of us natives say, “it’s Wednesday.”
January 30, 2019, 08:52 AM
m1009
Yep, -19 currently not counting wind chill. Got sent home at 1 yesterday, as they decided to close. No work today, due to temps. Starting later tomorrow unless things change. Hubby still had to go in to his job. Will have to see if my vehicle starts up today. Just checked wind chill... -45 And only letting dog to do his business, come right back in. Not that he wants to be out longer anyway. He’s no dummy.
January 30, 2019, 08:54 AM
ptruck
It's a balmy -26*F, and winds have died down so the wind chill is sitting at -52*F
January 30, 2019, 09:04 AM
newtoSig765
quote:
Originally posted by wildheartedson0105:
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765: I've been getting up every 3 hours to run the car for 15 minutes, and so far it's started fine each time.
Thanks to your post, and a show I watched that highligted on keeping vehicles running in Siberia, I went out to start my car. It barely did, after five hours of sitting.
Debating sleep versus listening to her idle for several hours.
I let it idle for 15 minutes, enough to get it to operating temp, then ran the heater to make sure coolant was circulating, then shut it off.
Repeat every three hours.
Since it's still -24 I guess I have to keep doing it for a while more.
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January 30, 2019, 09:07 AM
pbslinger
Just went for a walk at -26 and -48 wind chill in Madison, Wisconsin. No big deal, I have a down expedition suit.
January 30, 2019, 10:24 AM
6guns
quote:
Originally posted by striker1: Sitting at -19 right now. Should be a balmy -13 by noon.
Same here.
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January 30, 2019, 05:03 PM
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January 30, 2019, 08:10 PM
Chowser
Already told that tonight we are responding to calls only. No self initiated activity.
Not minority enough!
January 30, 2019, 08:21 PM
wcb6092
Coldest historic temperature ever recorded in the 50 states.
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January 30, 2019, 08:48 PM
DaBigBR
Worked last night. Saw -23. Got home and the house was 50 furnace apparently took most of the night off. Allegedly fixed now, but it's taking forever to get back up to temp. Back to work in a couple hours.
...forecast for Sunday is 49 above. Over a 70 degree swing in five days.
January 30, 2019, 08:58 PM
Sunset_Va
No negative temps in south central Va, 14° with windchill was the low last night.
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January 30, 2019, 09:17 PM
irreverent
quote:
Originally posted by pbslinger: Just went for a walk at -26 and -48 wind chill in Madison, Wisconsin. No big deal, I have a down expedition suit.
