mikejh Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Brutal, supposed to maybe get up to 50 (and rainy) here in Washington in another week.
Wookie Posted February 15 Posted February 15 MN one of the few places that does -20F in winter and 110F in summer.
tbelle7 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Lived in Excelsior, Minnesota for 3 years. It's hard for most to understand exactly how cold it is until you have experienced it.
HP2 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 22 minutes ago, tbelle7 said: Lived in Excelsior, Minnesota for 3 years. It's hard for most to understand exactly how cold it is until you have experienced it. 10 years in Iowa. I get it. 1
BoliDan Posted February 16 Posted February 16 February is always the worst month of winter for some reason. Its like winter wants to end with a bang.
TacoSauce Posted February 16 Posted February 16 1 minute ago, BoliDan said: February is always the worst month of winter for some reason. Its like winter wants to end with a bang. I don't think many Minnesotans would agree with you that winter ends with February. In Minnesota, they celebrate Cinco de Mayo as the last snowfall of the season.
Chas.Alpha Posted February 16 Posted February 16 19 hours ago, tbelle7 said: Lived in Excelsior, Minnesota for 3 years. It's hard for most to understand exactly how cold it is until you have experienced it. My home town. It was vastly different back then. The trendiest shop was Hance Hardware. There were no traffic lights.😳
tbelle7 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 10 minutes ago, Chas.Alpha said: My home town. It was vastly different back then. The trendiest shop was Hance Hardware. There were no traffic lights.😳 Great place. The Minnetonka area as a whole is one of the nicest places in the world (8 months out of the year).
Chas.Alpha Posted February 16 Posted February 16 1 hour ago, tbelle7 said: Great place. The Minnetonka area as a whole is one of the nicest places in the world (8 months out of the year). 8 months? October 15- April 1: Frozen wasteland. April 2- May 10: Melting snow, soggy with the scent of all the fish that didn’t survive the winter rotting on the shore. May 11- June 30: Lovely, very pleasant. Mid 70’s/ early 80’s. July 1- August 30: Oppressively hot, mosquitoes dominate the land and air. September 1- October 14: Fall! My favorite time of year!!! October 15- … 😔 4
Ford2112 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 2 hours ago, tbelle7 said: The Minnetonka area Know it well... 1
Chas.Alpha Posted February 16 Posted February 16 14 minutes ago, Ford2112 said: Know it well... That isn’t lake Minnetonka 🤣 2
BoliDan Posted February 17 Posted February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 2:25 AM, TacoSauce said: I don't think many Minnesotans would agree with you that winter ends with February. In Minnesota, they celebrate Cinco de Mayo as the last snowfall of the season. We got snow May 21st in Denver not too long ago. We don't usually get snow until late December, sometimes January. We had some in October this year but it quickly went back to 60 degrees. February we get bitter cold snow storms. If it snows in February we know temps are dropping and ice will be everywhere.
KCCubano Posted February 17 Posted February 17 7 hours ago, BoliDan said: We got snow May 21st in Denver not too long ago. We don't usually get snow until late December, sometimes January. We had some in October this year but it quickly went back to 60 degrees. February we get bitter cold snow storms. If it snows in February we know temps are dropping and ice will be everywhere. Back in mid 90s I lived up in Conifer/Evergreen area. I recall getting about 6 inches on June 9th, my birthday. 2
tbelle7 Posted February 17 Posted February 17 20 hours ago, Chas.Alpha said: 8 months? October 15- April 1: Frozen wasteland. April 2- May 10: Melting snow, soggy with the scent of all the fish that didn’t survive the winter rotting on the shore. May 11- June 30: Lovely, very pleasant. Mid 70’s/ early 80’s. July 1- August 30: Oppressively hot, mosquitoes dominate the land and air. September 1- October 14: Fall! My favorite time of year!!! October 15- … 😔 You're right. The Oppressively Hot feature is an added bonus. 1
habanohal Posted February 17 Posted February 17 I'm just West of Chicago. Right now it's 10 degrees out. Have 2 space heaters pointed at my chair every day for my smoking. I'm waiting till this weather breaks. 1
Cigar Surgeon Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Oddly enough in Calgary it's been brutal the past few weeks but as of Thursday it's basically spring weather. Insane shifts.
iahawk36 Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Farmington, MN resident here. -15 this morning when I woke up. I warmed up to a whopping 5 today. 🥶 2 1
Cigar Surgeon Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/18/2025 at 3:31 PM, iahawk36 said: Farmington, MN resident here. -15 this morning when I woke up. I warmed up to a whopping 5 today. 🥶 Last week we went from -20F(reedom) in the morning to +50F(reedom) the next morning. 2
madandana Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Peter, maybe when you get old you can become a winter Texan.
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