8°C here as well, with lots and lots of rain :(

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Chicago hit a record low for this date this morning as temps hit -16 at O'Hare.

Brrrrrrrr.:(

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That's 24°C difference with here! I don't think my heating would cope... We had -15°C last winter though. Clouded here...

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Chicago hit a record low for this date this morning as temps hit -16 at O'Hare.

Brrrrrrrr.:(

Also a record for the lowest high on this date. The predicted high of -10F would be a record, and I don't know if it's even gotten that high so far.

Wind chills around -40F.

I doubt there's a school anywhere in the greater Chicago area that's open today or tomorrow. (In my case, this will push the last day of school into June.)

What a difference. Wednesday night, I was in an outdoor swimming pool, complaining that the rain was cold. Thursday, I got on the train at >60F. Woke up in the middle of the night with ice on the inside of my window and temps outside <0F. At least there wasn't as much snow here as I expected to find. (Been a lot since then, though.)

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

That's 24°C difference with here! I don't think my heating would cope... We had -15°C last winter though. Clouded here...

The good thing is that my furnace is strong enough that it's not even running constantly. I shudder to think about my next couple of gas bills, though.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Also a record for the lowest high on this date.

Or perhaps not. The official high for the day was -2 at midnight.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Heading to over the freezing point!
Thank God the real cold weather did not
get south of the line eh?

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I doubt there's a school anywhere in the greater Chicago area that's open today or tomorrow.

Okay, I was wrong about that too. Just saw on the news that Forest Park schools were open. The superintendent says it was so the kids would have someplace to go if their parents couldn't stay home from work. I'm surprised Chicago didn't give the same reason.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Also a record for the lowest high on this date.

Or perhaps not. The official high for the day was -2 at midnight.

I was right the first time. The previous record for the lowest high on this date was -1, set in 1912.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Wind Chill Warning
Issued: January 06 at 3:31PM CST until January 07 at 12:00PM CST by NWS
Expiring: Wind Chill Warning issued January 06 at 3:31PM CST until January 07 at 12:00PM CST
Areas Affected: Boone; Cook; De Kalb; DuPage; Ford; Grundy; Iroquois; Kane; Kankakee; Kendall; La Salle; Lake; Lee; Livingston; McHenry; Ogle; Will; Winnebago

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A sweltering 7°C with a bit of rain and wind. Forecast says, more of the same for the rest of the week.

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A sweltering 7°C with a bit of rain and wind. Forecast says, more of the same for the rest of the week.

But turning gradually cooler.

Finally a hint that the very stormy & rainy spell is ending and colder weather will arrive. Not as cold as the US though please, we'd never cope!

I saw these pictures on Sky/BBC of entire rock formations that have been smashed away by the recent storms in this part of the world.



More here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25637142

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Most would've heard of the old saying, "When Hell freezes over".
Well not only does it, but there are 2 Hells.

Hell has frozen over. Now what?

That goes for both Hell, Michigan, in the US and its European namesake, Hell, Norway.

Cheers.

Now -12c so we get a few days of better weather.
chance of freezing rain, but both LSM and I have
clampons for our boots, and new tires for the
auto publica so we can carry on with all decency...

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The Thames river level in my area is about to flood the towpaths.

River level is 5.30 metres. The typical river level range for this location is between 3.49 metres and 5.00 metres. The highest river level recorded at this location is 5.71 metres.

Leatherhead and Guildford are already in difficulties. We are also expecting further heavy rain later. We are nowhere near in as much trouble as Eastern Canada and the USA, but it is definitely a big soggy over here, although it is currently 50F.

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The good news is that today's rain band isn't amounting to very much for most places, but in many areas it really won't take much more.

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Quite windy, clear skies with a few clouds and 11°C

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he good news is that today's rain band isn't amounting to very much for most places, but in many areas it really won't take much more.

But in the "non-most" places its pretty spectacular in its rate :-(

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It's settled down here, no wind or rain with a temp of 6°C.

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Rained during the night here again, but not drastic amounts yesterday or today so far.

I've decided to try my hand at making a budget Stevenson screen for my weather station. Project report here

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Clouded, rainy and 13°C, whatever happened to Winter??

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