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15 December 2008

It's December 15, and it's 60 damn degrees out in NYC. The next person who tells me global warming is a myth gets a size 11 Chuck Taylor to the ass. (Not that I won't enjoy the nice day out on my porch, but jeez.)

post by: jonmc at: 10:26 | 29 comments

it is 50 here in buffalo. all the snow melted.
wooo fifty! Global warming will give us the climate of Maryland.
(unfortunately I think it will put them underwater)

posted by kellydamnit 15 December | 10:28

I am not understanding this weather at all. Of course the day I decided to take a long walk was teh 30 degree day last week.
Weather: please make up your mind. I am sick of moving my stuff from coat to coat.

posted by rmless2 15 December | 10:42

rmless: two days ago it was freeze-the-balls-off-a-brass-monkey time. Now it's downright balmy. I ronically, earlier this morning, I went to the dry cleaners to pick my winter parka. It took forever for the attendant to find it and her English was iffy, but it was fun watching the carousel doohickie spin around.

posted by jonmc 15 December | 10:48

It was 85°F yesterday in San Antonio. Ridiculous! Today it is back to a more seasonal temperature.

posted by muddgirl 15 December | 10:52

Yeah, there has been a bizarre seesaw to the winter weather so far. The general pattern has been 2-3 days of 8-15 degree deep-freeze, followed by 2-3 days of relatively balmy upper 30s and 40s. Highs of 50 in NH today; a cruel irony, given the fact that we had this disastrous ice storm last Thursday night that took 300,000 people off the power grid. Many were without power, heat, and hot water until yesterday - and of course, those were the coldest nights of the year so far. Now their lights are back on, and it's a comfortable 50. Timing is everything.

posted by Miko 15 December | 10:55

It's 21 degrees here with 3" of new snow overnight. And Salem and Portland got it worse.

Iffy weather all week and we NEED to drive south and get Daughter from SF by next Monday, or she'll be on the street.

Hey Jon, 11 is my size. ..toss 'em here!

posted by danf 15 December | 10:56

Wait till tomorrow, guys. Winter's coming back with a vengeance.

It was in the 40s here in Chicago yesterday, then dropped into the teens overnight, along with freezing rain and gusting winds (we could hear the rain spattering and freezing on the bathroom window as we got ready for bed.) They're warning of -20° windchills later today.

posted by me3dia 15 December | 10:56

Totally nutty. What's weird to me is how my dog somehow knows the general temperature outside- if it's higher than 45, she'll want to go out for a walk, but if it's lower than 45, she makes no moves toward wanting to go out and sometimes even refuses an offer. I can never figure out what the weather will be like without checking the little temperature thing on NYTimes.com.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 15 December | 10:58

jonmc: which is more fun, watching the dry-cleaning carousel go around or watching laundry spin? For me, I think laundry. Then again, you get to see what other people are wearing on the carousel...

posted by rmless2 15 December | 11:06

It's fifty now but we have a winter storm watch for tomorrow night with a lovely "Wintery mix" coming.

posted by octothorpe 15 December | 11:15

rmless: during the dry cycle I usually repair to the bar across the street, so I'll have to go with the carousel doohickie. I actually envision a community of fetishists growing around that contraption, people who are aroused by the idea of being laundered and pressed and then stuck in a clear plastic bag and spun around until someone comes up with a ticket to claim them. They'll be called 'starchies.' I say we create a web community for them. It'll only be a matter of weeks until it's incorporated into a CSI plotline.

posted by jonmc 15 December | 11:15

It's 40 here. I'd dance on Winter's grave, but I'm sure it'll just be the opposite.

posted by DarkForest 15 December | 11:23

It was a balmy 40 yesterday. Today it's 4 out with 50 MPH winds.

posted by drezdn 15 December | 11:37

It's in the mid-40s here, but it's also supposed to do nothing but rain and be super shitty for the next 10 days (according to the chart on weather.com).

I just hope the weather decides to not take a complete shit on me because I'm planning on taking an extended weekend to go visit my homie in NY state. If I get stuck up there, I'm going to be PISSED.

posted by sperose 15 December | 11:43

I posit that there's never been a year, ever, when anyone said to someone else, "Gee, you know, the weather has been so normal this year!" It's *always* the strangest weather year ever. Like clockwork.

posted by mudpuppie 15 December | 11:56

We had snow last Tuesday that melted almost before it hit the ground. Then it was in the 70's over the weekend.

Right this minute the wind chill is -1. Lucky I have my Santa hat.

And pups, yeah, you have a point, but the last ten winters or so have been higher or lower than average, not this see-sawy thing we've been doing. We've had roller coasters, but not this wild, I don't think.

posted by lysdexic 15 December | 11:57

the last ten winters or so have been higher or lower than average

But see, that's my point! :)

I'm no math genius, but isn't it much more unlikely for something to be exactly average than for it to be above or below average? I mean, the whole point of averages is that things generally measure either higher or lower than them.

Okay, enough of that. I just blew my own mind.

posted by mudpuppie 15 December | 12:09

It's 15 here and the temperature dropped 40+ degrees in about five hours overnight, so everything is coated in a very thick shell of ice. It took 20 minutes to scrape my wife's car this morning. Ugh.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 15 December | 12:17

The Globe just published an analysis showing that average temps in New England have been rising almost a degree per decade over the last 40 years. The individual seesawing month by month and year by year turns into a clear upward grade at the distance of decades. But it's just weird to experience the back-and-forth.

posted by Miko 15 December | 12:22

We haven't been above freezing for several days and we've got at least a week more of the same. AND we've had a lot of wind making it feel even colder. We got a bit of snow a couple days ago that hasn't melted - it's just been blown around by the wind. AND we can't seem to get the house above 60f (we're comfortable at 65f). Brrr.

/whining

posted by deborah 15 December | 14:01

I don't speak fahrenheit but here in the warmest part of the UK, my carnations are still blooming on my exposed balcony (south facing) and we've had pub lunches outside two of the last three saturdays in glorious sunshine. I love it...... but.... it is worrying.

posted by Wilder 15 December | 14:09

sorry that sounded snarky, I just can't look up the conversion charts at the mo cos I'm full of a shitty, shitty headcold and feel grim. Mecha is keeping me sane (and the wonderful cards!!!)

posted by Wilder 15 December | 14:10

If you want cold and nasty, come to Michigan.

posted by King of Prontopia 15 December | 14:46

It's 47 degrees and rainy in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I don't know what's happening. My friends who go to school on the East Coast are saying it's warmer there than here, which seems to be the general sentiment upheld by this thread.

posted by unsurprising 15 December | 15:12

Sorry, mudpuppie, I just meant that we had a warm winter here, or a cold winter there, not "keep your summer AND winter clothes out because you don't know what temperature it's going to be next Tuesday".

posted by lysdexic 15 December | 15:47

Don't apologize! I was just getting all enthusiastic about my theory.

I forget that some of you people usually have real seasons. The climates I've lived in have always been the "keep your summer AND winter clothes out" kinds. For instance, last night during the Cowboys game (my hometown is 45 minutes away) it was in the 70s. Today they're getting freezing rain. It's supposed to be 70 by the end of the week again.

That's just winter in Texas, though. People will talk about how weird it is, but it happens every damn year.

posted by mudpuppie 15 December | 16:04

I will trade - it is 10 degrees out here. But it was something like 48 yesterday.

posted by sisterhavana 15 December | 20:03

You people forget-there is such a thing as Indian Summer.

We'll be in the seventies this week.

posted by bunnyfire 15 December | 20:30

It's been cold here in London, the coldest December so far in my five years here (ie - I need gloves and an actual winter coat). I've got used to (and have been rather obliviously enjoying) global warming here so far :(

Speaking of ridiculous weather, I hope dg and our other Brisbane(ish) bunnies made it through this okay.

posted by goo 15 December | 22:55

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