A-L-E-K Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 -18/-44 here. I may step outside simply to briefly experience the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 UGN dropped another degree. -16° -13° at RAC. There is a lot less cars on the road today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 MBY.... -17°F -27°C Humidity63% Wind SpeedW 25 G 33 mph Barometer30.21 in Dewpoint-26°F (-32°C) Visibility3.00 mi Wind Chill-47°F (-44°C) Last Update on 6 Jan 8:35 am CST Also...windchill is down to +19F in New Orleans....which prolly feels to them the same way -40F does to us Also Also....could it be any drier in my house?! Gonna fill up a glass of water (with a 1 cup measurement) to see how long it takes to evaporate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_4184 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Gotta love the lakes, they give us all the snow and protect us from the Cold (assuming they don't freeze over). Its a paltry 4 degrees here right now, windchill's are a another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Via WGN At 7 a.m. Monday, the mercury dropped to -15 at the city’s official thermometer at O’Hare International Airport breaking the record low for the date of minus 14 established in 1988. The day’s high of minus 2 was set when the day began at midnight and will almost certainly not be surpassed, thus breaking the days previous record low maximum of minus 1 established in 1912. January 6, 2014 becomes the coldest January 6th in the city’s history dating back to 1871. Read more: http://wgntv.com/2014/01/06/chicago-hits-record-low-temperatures/#ixzz2pd9oALHo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Just chucked a pot of boiling water out the window. Neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Just chucked a pot of boiling water out the window. Neat. video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Just chucked a pot of boiling water out the window. Neat. Plan on doing it.. Not many chances to do that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 /img] Now thats an arctic front! Forecast low tonight is -13F (-25C) which would be some once in a decade cold around here. Could go even lower as Environment Canada is rarely bullish on these calls. High temp forecast for tomorrow is 3F. Would be nice to see a below zero high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Furnace running constantly... Heat bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Furnace running constantly... Heat bill yeah mine was kicking on every 45 minutes or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 video? Have a video uploading. Advisory here until midnight due to blow and drifting snow. I've been watching the snow blow across the fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 yeah mine was kicking on every 45 minutes or so. That isn't bad.... i've had mine cycling as low as every 15 minutes. Our big juicy van this morning had this... thank God for block heaters... they make a HUGE difference. I had mine on for 3 hours (timer) and it starts like its summer time ...just purrs...of course the rest of the vehicle is frozen so its still slow to move (grease is like caramel in these temps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue60007 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Sorry, the video is pretty shaky. Pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 That is cool to see. Thanks for posting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I'm trying that tonight^. Temp bumped up 1° so far. At 9:45am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Sorry, the video is pretty shaky. Pretty neat. cool, it definitely worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I scrounged up some CO-OP station statistics for the Geneva (hometown) and DeKalb (NIU, my undergrad alma mater) areas. CO-OP data, based on observations taken in morning for the 24 hours preceding the observation, help capture the most significant aspect of this cold snap: the record-cold daytime temperatures ... For the Geneva area ... At the NWS CO-OP observation site in Aurora (about eight miles away), where a high-quality climate record extends back to 1887, the data from this morning's daily observation are missing. However, at the CO-OP site in Elgin, where the climate record is more questionable, a low of -17 was recorded in this morning's observation at 0700; I am going to use that as a proxy for Aurora's low temperature for 6 January. Since 1887, there have been 104 occurrences of a low temperature equal to or lower than -17. There is a fairly high probability that the temperature will remain steady or even fall a degree or two during the day and that it will fall several degrees tonight, meaning that -17 will likely be nearly the daytime high and the high temperature recorded for tomorrow's daily, 0700 observation. There are no occurrences since 1887 of a high temperature equal to or lower than -17. In fact, the lowest high temperature on record is -12, set on 24 December 1983; the high was -11 on 15 January 1972 and 18 January 1994. *Bottom line*: Today's daytime temperature and the high temperature recorded for 7 January (tomorrow) are likely to break the record for all-time record lowest, perhaps by several degrees. For DeKalb ... At the NWS CO-OP observation site in DeKalb, where a high-quality climate record extends back to 1896, a low of -19 was recorded in this morning's observation at 0700. Since 1896, there have been 62 occurrences of a low temperature equal to or lower than -19. There are no occurrences since 1896 of a high temperature equal to or lower than -19. In fact, the lowest high temperature on record is -14, set on 19 January 1994; the high was -12 on 25 January 1897. *Bottom line*: Today's daytime temperature and the high temperature recorded for 7 January (tomorrow) are likely to break the record for all-time record lowest, perhaps by several degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hit -17 here. Lowest wind chill recorded was -44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 you can actually see the Chicago river freezing over...like glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 you can actually see the Chicago river freezing over...like glass Awesome. Water is vaporizing off the lake like crazy too. Lowest wind chill on the hour was -41° here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnweather Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Hit -23 at midnight. Clouds increased and the temp held steady after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I scrounged up some CO-OP station statistics for the Geneva (hometown) and DeKalb (NIU, my undergrad alma mater) areas. CO-OP data, based on observations taken in morning for the 24 hours preceding the observation, help capture the most significant aspect of this cold snap: the record-cold daytime temperatures ... For the Geneva area ... At the NWS CO-OP observation site in Aurora (about eight miles away), where a high-quality climate record extends back to 1887, the data from this morning's daily observation are missing. However, at the CO-OP site in Elgin, where the climate record is more questionable, a low of -17 was recorded in this morning's observation at 0700; I am going to use that as a proxy for Aurora's low temperature for 6 January. Since 1887, there have been 104 occurrences of a low temperature equal to or lower than -17. There is a fairly high probability that the temperature will remain steady or even fall a degree or two during the day and that it will fall several degrees tonight, meaning that -17 will likely be nearly the daytime high and the high temperature recorded for tomorrow's daily, 0700 observation. There are no occurrences since 1887 of a high temperature equal to or lower than -17. In fact, the lowest high temperature on record is -12, set on 24 December 1983; the high was -11 on 15 January 1972 and 18 January 1994. *Bottom line*: Today's daytime temperature and the high temperature recorded for 7 January (tomorrow) are likely to break the record for all-time record lowest, perhaps by several degrees. For DeKalb ... At the NWS CO-OP observation site in DeKalb, where a high-quality climate record extends back to 1896, a low of -19 was recorded in this morning's observation at 0700. Since 1896, there have been 62 occurrences of a low temperature equal to or lower than -19. There are no occurrences since 1896 of a high temperature equal to or lower than -19. In fact, the lowest high temperature on record is -14, set on 19 January 1994; the high was -12 on 25 January 1897. *Bottom line*: Today's daytime temperature and the high temperature recorded for 7 January (tomorrow) are likely to break the record for all-time record lowest, perhaps by several degrees. ? The forecast for Dekalb, IL for tomorrow is a high around 0F. The high in Aurora (at least the temp at 12:01am CST) was -5F. Neither is close to a record low max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 amazing how it's still 8 degrees here with hvy snow. the lake really does create it's own climate #bestclimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I have a low tunnel (plastic covered) for gardening that i left up this winter... hit -6.1F inside there... attached garage was -8F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN927 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014...LATEST WIND CHILL REPORTS...LOCATION TEMP TIME/DATEGRAND MARAIS AIRPORT -55 0913 PM 01/05GRAND RAPIDS -52 0855 PM 01/05NORTHOME -52 0857 PM 01/05INTERNATIONAL FALLS -50 0855 PM 01/05LONGVILLE -50 0856 PM 01/05ORR -50 0853 PM 01/055 E HIBBING -48 0907 PM 01/053 S CHISHOLM -48 0845 PM 01/054 SW ORR -48 0908 PM 01/05ELY -47 0832 PM 01/051 W ISABELLA -47 0904 PM 01/051 NNE HERMANTOWN -47 0859 PM 01/05LITTLEFORK RAWS -47 0908 PM 01/05COOK -47 0915 PM 01/05BRUNO -47 0854 PM 01/05RICE LAKE N.W.R. -46 0852 PM 01/05CASS LAKE -46 0901 PM 01/05CHISHOLM-HIBBING AIRPORT -46 0853 PM 01/051 NNW HILL CITY -46 0844 PM 01/05DULUTH -45 0855 PM 01/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 -12/-38 in Goshen over here in Michiana. Temp continues to fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 ? The forecast for Dekalb, IL for tomorrow is a high around 0F. The high in Aurora (at least the temp at 12:01am CST) was -5F. Neither is close to a record low max. COOP sites run on a 7AM - 7AM "calendar" day. So, the period in question is 7AM on January 6 through 7AM on January 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Really pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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