Chinook Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Party like it's 1899, February, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Made it down to -8 here and -7 at ORD early this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Absolutely unreal cold. Much of it has been stated but a recap for SE Michigan DTW hit -12, not only a record for the day but the coldest temp on record for Detroit this late in the season. So Detroit has set 3 record lows in 2 days! FNT hit -25 which not only smashed their daily record but tied for their all time coldest temp on record in flint. The usual cold spots and valleys and rural areas had tons of -25 to -30 reports! I witnessed something ive never seen before. When left my house around 710 this morning my car said -9. When I got to the usual cold spot just south of dtw in a rural slightly lower area...it got to -22! Ive never seen my car read lower than -13. It went back up as I got on the freeway but still. This spot is less than a mile from DTW btw. ARB hit -30. Wow all around. -13 at DTW actually. An intrahour -13 snuck in between two -11's I guess. They'll have to correct the record report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Guess we just keep on rolling along: SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. RECORD LOWS 8 BELOW TO 14 BELOWZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.WIND CHILLS DOWN TO AROUND 23 BELOW..MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 9 TO 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Guess we just keep on rolling along: SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. RECORD LOWS 8 BELOW TO 14 BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. WIND CHILLS DOWN TO AROUND 23 BELOW. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 9 TO 13. This is getting kind of comical at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 12-18 below Sunday night on the way. Can't remember ever seeing so many double digit negatives in one winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 -13 at DTW actually. An intrahour -13 snuck in between two -11's I guess. They'll have to correct the record report. Yup i noticed. this was my car at 730 in rural Romulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 12-18 below Sunday night on the way. Can't remember ever seeing so many double digit negatives in one winter. Deja vu. Last winter i swear we had a ton of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 This is getting kind of comical at this point. I think its kind of neat in a weird way. Just like I thought it was neat when we had string of 100 degree weather on 2012. Both unbearable but interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Deja vu. Last winter i swear we had a ton of them. Outlying areas further north in the lower peninsula are getting colder this time around because of the later timing (and more frozen lakes) vs. the big arctic push last year which was earlier in January and moderated more in areas more heavily influenced by the lakes, which would have been less frozen at the time. The longwave trough was further west in general last winter. The coldest nights last year at DTW were with SW winds advecting cold around the lakes, not great radiating nights like last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Detroits records go to 1874... Our top 5 coldest febs... 1. Feb 1875, 12.2F...this is also the all-time coldest month 2. Feb 1934, 14.8F 3. Feb 1936, 16.0F 4. Feb 1904, 16.1F 5. Feb 1978, 16.3F Feb 2015 mean temp thru 20th is 14.9F Snowfall will end up over 25 inches this Feb, which is also unprecedented. None of the top 10 coldest Februaries exceeded 16", and many had below normal snow. Also interesting is the snowcover.... 1. Feb 1875 - snowcover all month, unsure of depth tho as snow depth records were not kept 2. Feb 1934 - brutal. cold, very little snowcover. The first 11 days had a T-1" depth, the following week had 0 depth, and the last 10 days had a 1-2" depth 3. Feb 1936 - snowcover thru the 24th, but not deep. Ranged from 1-6", most days between 2-5". Down to T last 5 days of month 4. Feb 1904 - unsure of snowcover status, likely snowcover most of month, but dont think it was deep, plus a few days in 40s...so unsure 5. Feb 1978 - snowcover all month ranged from 5-9". Started month a 9", slowly compacted to 5", finished month at 6" Feb 2015 - double digit depth the entire month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFF Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Given the local forecast of today DTX av temp of next week works out to be around 10.7°f. We could be flirting with an all time coldest month if we could break out a few colder than forecasted lows next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Weird coincidence in the F6 monthly climate report for Toledo up to February 20th. By the way this may be the snowiest February for Toledo. --------------------------- AVERAGE MONTHLY: 13.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.37 DPTR FM NORMAL: -13.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Pretty good chance this Feb ends up the 4th coldest all time for MKE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Weird coincidence in the F6 monthly climate report for Toledo up to February 20th. By the way this may be the snowiest February for Toledo. --------------------------- AVERAGE MONTHLY: 13.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.37 DPTR FM NORMAL: -13.7 funny lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherbo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 down to 4 already and a high of -7 tomorrow. the weeks on end of cold has been a little hard to take but walking to the mailbox today, strangely I felt a hint of Spring. Maybe it was the sun angle and a bird singing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 down to 4 already and a high of -7 tomorrow. the weeks on end of cold has been a little hard to take but walking to the mailbox today, strangely I felt a hint of Spring. Maybe it was the sun angle and a bird singing.. Hit 30 down this way. Definitely felt like spring. sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Going to be pretty solid back-to-back cold Februaries for the region. And for the most part, a lot of locations will be colder with this edition versus last year's. Here's a current comparison of February 2014 and 2015 for several cities. Mean average temperatures and departures to date (thru 2/21): Alpena MI Feb 2014: 11.6˚ -8.1˚ Feb 2015: 7.1˚ -12.6˚ Chicago IL Feb 2014: 17.4˚ -9.2˚ Feb 2015: 15.9˚ -10.7˚ Cleveland OH Feb 2014: 22.4˚ -7.6˚ Feb 2015: 15.5˚ -14.5˚ Columbus OH Feb 2014: 25.7˚ -6.2˚ Feb 2015: 20.9˚ -11.0˚ Detroit MI Feb 2014: 19.6˚ -7.7˚ Feb 2015: 15.1˚ -12.2˚ Fort Wayne IN Feb 2014: 17.2˚ -10.1˚ Feb 2015: 17.1˚ -10.2˚ Grand Rapids MI Feb 2014: 18.8˚ -7.2˚ Feb 2015: 14.6˚ -11.4˚ Green Bay WI Feb 2014: 8.8˚ -10.5˚ Feb 2015: 10.9˚ -8.4˚ Indianapolis IN Feb 2014: 21.9˚ -9.1˚ Feb 2015: 21.8˚ -9.2˚ La Crosse WI Feb 2014: 10.7˚ -10.6˚ Feb 2015: 12.8˚ -8.5˚ Louisville KY Feb 2014: 32.8˚ -5.1˚ Feb 2015: 28.8˚ -9.1˚ Marquette MI Feb 2014: 7.7˚ -7.0˚ Feb 2015: 3.5˚ -11.2˚ Milwaukee WI Feb 2014: 17.2˚ -7.7˚ Feb 2015: 15.5˚ -9.4˚ Moline IL Feb 2014: 14.0˚ -11.9˚ Feb 2015: 16.4˚ -9.5˚ Paducah KY Feb 2014: 30.6˚ -7.5˚ Feb 2015: 29.1˚ -9.0˚ Peoria IL Feb 2014: 17.2˚ -11.0˚ Feb 2015: 20.2˚ -8.0˚ St. Louis MO Feb 2014: 26.4˚ -9.1˚ Feb 2015: 28.5˚ -7.0˚ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 This month is going to end up colder than January 2014. I remember last January being EXTREMELY cold. I guess I'm a seasoned veteran at this point. What's another -25 wind chill? Doesn't even seem that unusual anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitown Storm Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Still -6F here this morning. The wind is a killer. Just brutal. Full sun not doing much today. After a brief warmup on Tuesday, the wind chill the rest of the week should remain below 0. Good times as we finish February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 This month is going to end up colder than January 2014. I remember last January being EXTREMELY cold. I guess I'm a seasoned veteran at this point. What's another -25 wind chill? Doesn't even seem that unusual anymore We had two pretty severe blasts last January 2-3 weeks apart. I was impressed by that. We've had two more severe blasts this month within a week with two more pretty severe shots coming this week. Seems unreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Tonight may end up as the coldest night this winter. Similar setup to when MSP hit -11 on Jan 5th with 925mb temps at -22 to -24C and 850mb ~ -25C. Surface high is positioned a bit better this time but lack of snow cover doesn't help. I say we bottom out at -10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I see MSP reports a snow depth of just 1"...is that representative of most of the Twin cities metro area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I see MSP reports a snow depth of just 1"...is that representative of most of the Twin cities metro area? Yup, you can see the grass sticking through the layer of snow we have on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewers Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hard to fathom how CVG has a colder minimum temp than MSP but I guess that sums up this winter for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Point has -8. Sounds about right. Winds will stay up a good portion of the night keeping temps from bottoming out too much here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The snow around here is just nasty. Naefs keeps it cold right through the first week + of March. Need a pattern change about mid March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The snow around here is just nasty. Naefs keeps it cold right through the first week + of March. Need a pattern change about mid March. Maybe sooner than that. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 From DTX via FB Using our forecast temperatures for the rest of the month, we are nearly a lock for Detroit's 3rd coldest February in 140 years...potentially the 2nd coldest. The two years we are competing against are 1875 (#1) and 1934 (#2). It's a similar situation in Flint and Saginaw. In fact, all three locations are experiencing one of their coldest months EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Check out this forecast on Mt. Washington New Hampshire on Monday. Monday:Mostly in the clouds w/ a slight chance of snow showers. High: Falling into the mid-30s below Wind: W shifting NW 50-70 mph increasing to 70-90 mph w/ gusts up to 100 mph Wind Chill: Falling to 85-95 below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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