tamarack Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, dendrite said: Christmas 1980 really flies under the radar with the cheap midnight high. 18° at 5z for CON, 0° at 8z, and -15° at 12z. Then eating dinner at 2pm with an afternoon high of -8°. Then it briefly went calm the following night and they reported -25° although for some reason the ob looks discounted and -19° went in the books. That event came within a whisker of multiple fatalities on the back road between Frenchville and Fort Kent. There's a stretch about 1.5 miles on that road that had only one occupied home - long-time friends would've made it two but were away for Christmas. The elderly couple from that one home were driving back from midnight mass in Fenchville when they piled into a waist-high drift. The man knew where the drift always would form, only 500' from home, but he looked at his wife in evening gown and heels and his heart sank. They made it home but only when he dragged his near-unconscious wife across the dooryard. A few minutes later a car coming from Fort Kent passed by and the couple turned on all outside/inside lights, knowing that the drift would catch that car, too. It was a family of eight and several of the kids needed help and were so cold they couldn't speak. They never would've survived had the first couple failed to get home. BOS temp that day was 35/-7 and NYC 20/-1. I've read that BOS only got back to zero that afternoon, NYC only to 7 (but warmed later as the 12/26 low was 8). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: There’s definitely a UHI thing too. Although the area has been built up quite a bit since the 50s. I’m not sure UHI matters much though when the cold is being delivered by 40kt winds. Yeah the move to the Logan airport site from a bit inland in 1936 had a much larger effect than any UHI. BOS proper was already quite built up by mid-20th century as you said. It’s not a situation like Dulles airport or Sea-Tac where a ton of land use changes happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, dendrite said: They’re still separate sensors IIRC. Yeah that’s what I thought but couldn’t remember. Unlikely both sensors would be fried so the dews are prob legit. Im just glad ORH didn’t put up -14 or -15 on the temps. Extremely unlikely they beat 2016’s reading of -16 given the surrounding mesonets. One in Paxton touched -17 but a few others didn’t and that one was at 1200 feet a couple hundred feet higher than airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 My weather station is on a windowsill in my kitchen. That gets pretty cold. Same here. I put the davis wifi unit in the window which is line of sight to the outdoor station. It was reading 36f against the window earlier. I really need to put it in a better spot so we have actual indoor house temp when we're awaySent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: My weather station is on a windowsill in my kitchen. That gets pretty cold. Same here. It says 49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 7/-20 at 12:30p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, tamarack said: BOS temp that day was 35/-7 and NYC 20/-1. I've read that BOS only got back to zero that afternoon, NYC only to 7 (but warmed later as the 12/26 low was 8). 59 minutes ago, dendrite said: Christmas 1980 really flies under the radar with the cheap midnight high. 18° at 5z for CON, 0° at 8z, and -15° at 12z. Then eating dinner at 2pm with an afternoon high of -8°. Then it briefly went calm the following night and they reported -25° although for some reason the ob looks discounted and -19° went in the books. Got a new pair of skates XMAS '80 and walked up to the local pond just south of Boston to try them out that afternoon - didn't last long. Plan to lace the same pair up later this PM at one of the local ponds in metrowest that looked safe this AM on inspection when things warm up a bit! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, dendrite said: I have my stove on the opposite side of the house from the bedrooms. It’s tough to get the heat down the hallway to the other side. The living room is a toasty 75 though. So do you use other forms of heat also. Is it either or, or a mix of both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Snow 1717 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: 4° at noon is pretty rare here. Nice winter event. Agree, at least yesterday and today felt/feels like winter. 6 in Methuen at 1230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said: Agree, at least yesterday and today felt/feels like winter. 6 in Methuen at 1230 Yeah, it’s not like the temperature is moving up quickly either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5F at lunchtime. I was expecting a slightly better rebound today but yesterday someone (I think wx2fish) mentioned the inversion kind of holding tough for a while with the high still cresting over New England….looks like that has happened so far. Might be the type of day where the max is closer to sunset than usual…we’ll see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonWX Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Pretty incredible visibility today. Some sea smoke at Wollaston beach and wachusett clearly visible from granite links 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Single digit afternoon, 20s by midnight? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 -0.5/21 at 1pm Not too bad out there with slightly diminishing winds and full sun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 NWS had me at 16° this afternoon. Not sure we’re gonna get there. 6/-10 currently. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, weathafella said: Single digit afternoon, 20s by midnight? Infuriating that we’re gonna have a cheap late night high temperature. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Tree fell on someone in Colchester. Unfortunately now a fatal incident. Happened about an hour ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 10.5F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 33 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Infuriating that we’re gonna have a cheap late night high temperature. The winter was so hard and cold Froze ten feet ‘neath the ground 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan2 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Nice rebound so far to 14F from a low of -10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSC97wxnut Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Just went to get a couple things at the the local Star Market and all the refrigerated shelves were either empty or roped off with signs that said "scan and destroy". Was informed by an employee it was so cold last night, the Freon or whatever runs the coolers froze last night. Not only did it happen there, but he mentioned it also happened at the Stars in Auburndale and the Pru Center! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, LSC97wxnut said: Just went to get a couple things at the the local Star Market and all the refrigerated shelves were either empty or roped off with signs that said "scan and destroy". Was informed by an employee it was so cold last night, the Freon or whatever runs the coolers froze last night. Not only did it happen there, but he mentioned it also happened at the Stars in Auburndale and the Pru Center! Roof units not a rare occurrence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, LSC97wxnut said: Just went to get a couple things at the the local Star Market and all the refrigerated shelves were either empty or roped off with signs that said "scan and destroy". Was informed by an employee it was so cold last night, the Freon or whatever runs the coolers froze last night. Not only did it happen there, but he mentioned it also happened at the Stars in Auburndale and the Pru Center! Which Star is this? I often go to the one on chestnut hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSC97wxnut Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, weathafella said: Which Star is this? I often go to the one on chestnut hill. Mass Pike overpass in Newtonville. The employee didn't mention the one there or on Comm Ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 minute ago, LSC97wxnut said: Mass Pike overpass in Newtonville. The employee didn't mention the one there or on Comm Ave. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, weathafella said: Which Star is this? I often go to the one on chestnut hill. You have heat splits? Was wondering how well they operated last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 9.1 from a low of -12.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 17 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: You have heat splits? Was wondering how well they operated last night No that was our last house. Conventional gas here and it worked fine. We have a heat zone in our 4 season porch (my cave) but the split there is only used for cooling (put in by previous owners) and only rarely as the rest of the house zones cool that area 95% of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 hours ago, klw said: The KMPV reading of -13 sticks out like a sore thumb. I had -21 and I'm not that far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 ..looks and feels like winter...at least for a few days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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