So Dang Cold!!!

[Marilyn]

Y'all take care. I'd be so paranoid about something happening and not being able to get to the hospital. Down here, we worry more about heat stroke in the summer than ever getting iced or snowed in.

I do remember one Sunday when I was pregnant with Karen and hubby wouldn't let me go to church because it was very icy he was afraid I'd fall and hurt the baby. I think we even had snow that year.

It was another warm day here. No jackets necessary.

[Tink]

Temperature extremes in Wisconsin

Highest Recorded Temperature: 114 F 13 July 1936
Lowest Recorded Temperature: -55 F 2 & 4 Feb 1996
This is without humidity or wind chill factored in.

Snowfall

Highest Daily Snowfall: 25" Trempealeau Co, WI (Which is where I live!)
Highest Winter Snowfall: 301.8"

Tornadoes

Average number tornadoes per year: 19 Wisconsin 1950-1995
Most Tornadoes in a year: 44 Wisconsin 1980
Most Tornadoes in a month: 28 Wisconsin June 1993

Other

Highest measured state Wind Gust: 128 mph southern Dodge Co, WI 30/31 May 1998

[Marilyn]

I'm trying to find some weather history about our area. So far I've found:

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Houston was 5 °F (−15 °C) on January 23, 1940. Houston receives a high amount of rainfall annually, averaging about 54 inches a year. These rains tend to cause floods over portions of the city.

During the summer months, it is common for the temperature to reach over 90 °F (32 °C), with an average of 99 days per year above 90 °F (32 °C).However, the humidity results in a heat index higher than the actual temperature. Summer mornings average over 90 percent relative humidity and approximately 60 percent in the afternoon.

We're actually a little farther south than Houston, but I'm getting close.

[Marilyn]

Here's a chart that I found for our city, well tried to post, but had to edit and delete the chart it turned out to be a bunch of junk when it posted. Sorry, I'll have to keep on trying.

[Janet]

Well, I don't know all the statisitcs here, all I know is it's hot and humid (ya feel like you are melting) in the summer and cold as ???? in the winter. I know, I'm complaining, I just want spring now.....wahhh....wahhh!!!!


We didn't get all the snow they predicted, but this morning on the way to school, it started raining ice. I had to stop I don't know how many times to clean the windshield off. This is why I complain about the weather. Ya never know what it's going to do for sure and it's so hard in Indiana to prepare.

[Tink]

Wow Marilyn, this surprised me...

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Houston was 5 °F

I just don't think of your area ever getting that cold.

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Janet

Well, I don't know all the statisitcs here, all I know is it's hot and humid (ya feel like you are melting) in the summer and cold as ???? in the winter........

We have a lot of humidity too. It can sure make things miserable when it's really cold or hot!

My community holds a record for having one of the hottest days ever. It got up to 121*!!! I think that it was in the '30's but I'm not sure. My sister-in-law's Dad had a lot of memories from that time. He said that after working all day they would take the wheels off of the hay wagons and lower them into the wells so they wouldn't dry out and be ruined. I can't even imagine being out working in that kind of weather!!!!

We get quite a bit of rainfall compared to Western Kansas. I live in the green part of Kansas, in fact people think of all of Kansas as being flat and bare but the eastern part isn't like that at all. You'll find the flat and bare Kansas west of Wichita.

[Tink]

Dang Diana! That's incredibly hot!
I am a wimp and don't do well in either extreme... that would likely kill me. LOL

It's interesting learning about the different places. thanks for sharing ladies I do enjoy it.