December Discussion 2022

[Brian D]

Temp around 0 right now, with windy conditions. Not too bad, tho. Earlier this morning, winds were very gusty, whipping up the fresh snow we just had, but now pretty mellow in that regard. Upper level clouds moving in from the E/NE. Radar picking up some returns along the North Shore as the moisture interacts with the ridges along the shore. They are moving SW along the shoreline. Extremely light snow bands, but that will contribute to limited visibility along Hwy 61 north of me.

[Brian D]

Near record Low Max temps from Duluth. And top 10 record Min temps

Dec 21st (3rd)

1989 -9

1924 -8

2022 -4

Dec 22nd (tied 2nd)

1983 -5

1943/90/2004/22 -4

Max temp today (23rd) should be top 10. Update: Tied for 8th at 2 1878/92/97/1984/2013/22

Dec 21st (tied 6th)

1989 -28

1916/70 -23

1921 -22

1973 -20

1924 -19

1976/2022 -18

Dec 20th was tied at 9th 1921/2022 -14, and Dec 22nd was tied at 8th 1969/2022 -12. This morning's low was -14 which places that at 8th 1878/92/1953/2022. Very cold for this time of year. 

 

[Brian D]

Two Harbors cold records for low max, and min.

Low max Dec 21st (4th)

1989 -6

1924 -4

1921 3

2022 5

Dec 22nd (3rd)

1960 -1

1989 4

2022 5

Dec 23rd (tied 1st)

1914/2004/22 1

Min Dec 21st (7th)

2022 -13

Dec 22nd (4th)

1914/24 -18

1916/89 -17

1998 -15

2022 -14

Dec 23rd (tied 6th)

2004/22 -11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hoosier]

15 hours ago, Chicago Storm said:

The temp has slipped below zero, to -1 at ORD.

We'll see whether or not if it stays below zero for Friday as a whole.

-3 at ORD as of noon.

Guidance has temps rising this evening as the core of the cold aloft slips east, so we're not going to be out of the woods after the afternoon high occurs.  In fact, I'd say there's a pretty good shot that ORD will creep to or above 0 before midnight.  But we'll see.

[Chicago Storm]

4 hours ago, Nelson said:

Don't feed the trolls man...

you're telling that to someone who has a past history doing some light tolling on this forum himself.

am i really going to take the time to go back and bump about 50 posts? probably not.

we have palm root ball killing cold to focus on right now.

[Nelson]

48 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

you're telling that to someone who has a past history doing some light tolling on this forum himself.

am i really going to take the time to go back and bump about 50 posts? probably not.

we have palm root ball killing cold to focus on right now.

But I feel like you're reformed and have started down a more righteous path... That said, you're right, the cold should be the focus.

-4F currently - didn't crack 0 today.

[Hoosier]

4 minutes ago, Nelson said:

But I feel like you're reformed and have started down a more righteous path... That said, you're right, the cold should be the focus.

-4F currently - didn't crack 0 today.

Has he really reformed or is it just an audition to get on the staff?  

[beavis1729]

Brownsville dropped to 27F today, and the dewpoint is currently 7F.  Not bad for the southern tip of TX.  This is their coldest December temp in more than three decades.  It was 16F exactly 33 years ago, on 12/23/1989...which is their coldest December temp on record by far.

All-time low is 12F during the infamous February 1899 cold wave. 

[Brian D]

10 hours ago, Brian D said:

Temp around 0 right now, with windy conditions. Not too bad, tho. Earlier this morning, winds were very gusty, whipping up the fresh snow we just had, but now pretty mellow in that regard. Upper level clouds moving in from the E/NE. Radar picking up some returns along the North Shore as the moisture interacts with the ridges along the shore. They are moving SW along the shoreline. Extremely light snow bands, but that will contribute to limited visibility along Hwy 61 north of me.

Winds had relaxed at the surface here in town this afternoon, but this evening they've amped up quite a bit. Very similar to early this morning. Gusts 35-45 mph. This afternoon they had only been 25-30 mph.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

MSP has been below zero since 9:08PM on 12/21 and that was just a few hour stretch of 0-1 degrees otherwise it’s 12/20 5:53PM when we dropped below zero. Impressive for this early in the year to have 48+ hours below zero. 

[Hoosier]

Still -1 at ORD.  Assuming there wasn't an intrahour bump to 0, cue the drama.  Not long until midnight now...

[Hoosier]

It's official.  High of -1 at ORD on Friday, making it the first December day to stay below 0 since Christmas 1983.  Impressive stuff.

[Hoosier]

1 hour ago, Hoosier said:

It's official.  High of -1 at ORD on Friday, making it the first December day to stay below 0 since Christmas 1983.  Impressive stuff.

More stats for Chicago...

12/23/2022 is the 48th day on record with a high below 0, and the first such day since 1/30/2019.  

Of the 48 days with a high below 0, only 7 of them have occurred in December.

December days with a high below 0:

12/28/1880:  high -1

12/15/1901:  high -2

12/13/1903:  high -2

12/23/1983:  high -6

12/24/1983:  high -11

12/25/1983:  high -5

12/23/2022:  high -1

[bowtie`]

1983 was an eskimo's dream come true. Was that the Bengals football game I vaguely remember?

[jlauderdal]

It's official.  High of -1 at ORD on Friday, making it the first December day to stay below 0 since Christmas 1983.  Impressive stuff.

That storm delivered even with traveler advisory totals in chicago. Back to blustry south florida,wont even hit 60 this weekend. Good luck the rest of the winter with big totals.

[beavis1729]

5 hours ago, bowtie` said:

1983 was an eskimo's dream come true. Was that the Bengals football game I vaguely remember?

No, the Bengals cold game was January 1982. One of the coldest months on record for much of the eastern US. That’s when Minneapolis had two huge back to back snowstorms. This month often gets forgotten compared to December 1983, 1989, 2000.

[Brian D]

Winds started howling after sunset yesterday. 50+ gusts. It was wild there for a while, until just after midnight. Winds settled down some, and are now back up to the 40+ range today.

Duluth really close to a monthly record for snow in Dec. One week left. I think we'll get it NP with the upcoming pattern. Probably smash it.

1950 44.3

2022 43.1*

1996 42.2

2013 39.9

1969 38.8

[bowtie`]

6 hours ago, beavis1729 said:

No, the Bengals cold game was January 1982. One of the coldest months on record for much of the eastern US. That’s when Minneapolis had two huge back to back snowstorms. This month often gets forgotten compared to December 1983, 1989, 2000.

Thanks. That cleared up something that was bothering me. For that game I knew I was in Columbus still going to OSU. And I thought that in 1983 I had moved here to Indiana. So my brain was getting all confused. 

[bowtie`]

Winds still gusting in the 30's here. Fortunately it got to 16 at KIND and that as just warm enough to put a crust on the snow. Maybe now the blowing snow will ease off or stop.

[RogueWaves]

On 12/22/2022 at 12:14 PM, Hoosier said:

Did some quick calculating, and Friday alone is going to knock almost 1.5 degrees off the monthly December temperature departure at ORD, which will take the month into negative territory.  Pretty impressive to see that much of a move in 1 day this late in the month.  

Had the 24 hr temps from yesterday at 10 am to 10 am this morning timed it right, would've set the all-time coldest Christmas here in Detroit. 1983 remains champ for the 25th. About 1 day too early to have a shot here. 

[michsnowfreak]

What a nice Christmas surprise. After 2 days of nonstop blowing snow, the winds calmed down and we picked up 1.5" of snow overnight via Lake MI. The fluffy topping on the drifty snow makes for an absolutely beautiful white Christmas

 

[IWXwx]

I just noticed that FWA has a 7" deficit in precip for the year. That Friday/Saturday system is going to need to dump a lot of rain to cut into that by year's end.

[IWXwx]

1 hour ago, TheRegionRat said:

I agree with this. This past set looked great on paper for a few hours. In retrospect a bit more snow would have been nice, but getting buried would have been even colder. 

A question for the sharpies. It was below zero all day December 23. How often does that happen at O'Hare? Seems somewhat rare.

Here ya go...

On 12/24/2022 at 3:06 AM, Hoosier said:

More stats for Chicago...

12/23/2022 is the 48th day on record with a high below 0, and the first such day since 1/30/2019.  

Of the 48 days with a high below 0, only 7 of them have occurred in December.

December days with a high below 0:

12/28/1880:  high -1

12/15/1901:  high -2

12/13/1903:  high -2

12/23/1983:  high -6

12/24/1983:  high -11

12/25/1983:  high -5

12/23/2022:  high -1

 

[TheRegionRat]

1 minute ago, IWXwx said:

 

 

Thanks. I remember that 1983 spell quite well. It followed the El Nino driven Christmas of 1982. Every Christmas Eve we'd walk a few houses down for Wigilia(Polish Christmas Eve dinner). First time I can recall being flash frozen. I was 14. 

[cyclone77]

I guess we can kinda call this a white Christsmas.  Most areas have been scoured mostly free of snow from the long-duration high wind event, but still looks kinda white. 

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Brian D]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

[Hoosier]

White Christmas officially clinched at ORD for the first time since 2017... just barely with a snow depth of 1"

[Hoosier]

2 hours ago, Brian D said:

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Likewise.  Nice to not have the  this year, even though the rug got pulled out on the big blizzard for most people outside of the LES areas.

[bowtie`]

WooHoo! Wind chill at a positive one degree. First time in three days it has been above zero.

[michsnowfreak]

Merry Christmas everyone! It ended up snowing all night unexpectedly thanks to lake Michigan. Picked up 2.1" of fluff overnight into this morning. My mom said when she got out of midnight mass it was a Christmas postcard. The high ratio fluff covered up the low ratio sugar and drifts to make for a beautiful white Christmas.