Your Weather, 2021

[digitS']

It was 20°f at midnight, 17° at 7 AM, 13° at noon (Celsius: -6°, -8°, -11°) and now snowing lightly. So, the high temperature for the day will probably have been at midnight.

Not today, 5°f at midnight. Then, it warmed up a tiny bit and snowed, even a tinier bit .

Coldest part of the day at midnight? Clear sky right now ... somehow, I think it might be colder than 5° ( -15°C) by midnight, tonight ... brrrr!

digitS'

 

[Zeedman]

For the most part, this December hasn't been bad. The high temps have been mostly low 30's - upper 20's, and no lows below zero. Only a few light snows too. DD#2 & her family are presently down with Covid, so DW & I have been shoveling her sidewalk & driveway for the last few snows. City dwellers here get fined if they don't clear their sidewalks within 24 hours, IMO THAT should be suspended during the pandemic. At least today's snow was so light, we cleared most of it with a leaf blower.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

For the most part, this December hasn't been bad. The high temps have been mostly low 30's - upper 20's, and no lows below zero. Only a few light snows too. DD#2 & her family are presently down with Covid, so DW & I have been shoveling her sidewalk & driveway for the last few snows. City dwellers here get fined if they don't clear their sidewalks within 24 hours, IMO THAT should be suspended during the pandemic. At least today's snow was so light, we cleared most of it with a leaf blower.

That’s crazy! What happens if you are out of town disabled, sick, elderly or otherwise unable to do it on your own. Can they force you to pay to have it done??

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Officially under a tornado watch. Yippee....

 

[Zeedman]

That’s crazy! What happens if you are out of town disabled, sick, elderly or otherwise unable to do it on your own. Can they force you to pay to have it done??

The City sends someone to clear your sidewalk, then bills you exorbitantly for the labor. I don't know how the elderly or disabled deal with that, it strikes me as a form of discriminatory harassment, disguised as "public safety".

DD's neighbor just passed away last month & has a corner lot. We don't know if the City will be handling that, but DW & I cleared a path to the corner so that people could at least walk through.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Well no tornado warnings here luckily. We had one warning that we thought would affect us but it never crossed the county line. We had a severe thunderstorm warning here. The closest town registered a gust of 62mph and we think we got some small hail here. Very little damage though just a few small to medium limbs and part of the coop roof needs nailed back down. We got around 2 inches and family south of us think they got 4.

 

[flowerbug]

living way up north in the small city they had similar regulations but they were rarely enforced because it was nearly impossible to keep the sidewalks clear, especially with snow plows coming along and filling them in again. the main sidewalks along the highway were cleared eventually by snow blowers which would lift the snow and put it in dump trucks to haul it away because often there was no place to put it any longer.

we walked in the roads on the side streets. on campus itself the sidewalks were often plowed enough you'd be ok except in the worst winter storms when the wind would howl down the central campus corridor and you could get blown right off your feet (it happened to me a few times). i never understood why they didn't have an underground network of walkways for the winter season. it would have been so much easier...

my first year of college i had classes in the Student Development Complex at 7:45am, five days a week because they had some classrooms there too and they needed all the space they could get. the SDC was at the top of the hill and quite a hike. i also had PE classes up there later in the day. trudging up the hill in the morning with the sidewalks often full of snow plus whatever the plows pushed over there was really a treat and then later in the day yet another round. by the end of the year i was in great shape (one of my PE classes was weight training ).

i actually ended up really enjoying going out in storms with my heavy snow boots and other snow gear, it was a great way to get some exercise and burn off some stress.

 

[flowerbug]

Well no tornado warnings here luckily. We had one warning that we thought would affect us but it never crossed the county line. We had a severe thunderstorm warning here. The closest town registered a gust of 62mph and we think we got some small hail here. Very little damage though just a few small to medium limbs and part of the coop roof needs nailed back down. We got around 2 inches and family south of us think they got 4.

glad all is safe.

 

[flowerbug]

we picked up a little more snow last night. at least it looks nice and white out there. yay for higher planet albedo!

 

[digitS']

we picked up a little more snow last night. at least it looks nice and white out there. yay for higher planet albedo!

I had to look up that word "albedo." Yes, and that light isn't lost to us Earth dwellers - even if it's overcast.

The other "day," DW opened the curtains at 6:30. The clouds had dropped a little snow on us, the moon was very nearly full, and it was 6:30 AM. It was so bright outside! Easy to see most everything even before "civil twilight." Civilization's streetlights helped.

We can celebrate @Artichoke Lover 's dodging of the storm, I hope that was also true for @Dirtmechanic .

Steve
back to his snow shovel ... ☃️