How cold is too cold?

[Wingmaster]

I have lived in this **** my whole life. I will never get used to it.
But, Our gun laws are good.

Wingmaster

 

[Beemerguy53]

I prefer cold weather over heatwave weather. I'm fairly comfortable down to 20 degrees so long as the wind is fairly light. Below zero it's layering and keeping my head and ears covered.

I couldn't agree more...ain't nothin' worse than hot, humid summer weather.

You can almost always find a way to get warm in the winter...and I love the feel of crisp, cold, air, the smell of fireplaces burning, and the beauty of fresh snow...

 

[mudcat100]

I wouldn't care if it never got below 80 degrees for the rest of my life. 90-95 degrees with about 85-90 percent humidity would be perfect. That's when the boat goes to the water with me in it. The older I get, the less I like cold weather. And I live in SC.

 

[shaggist]

The only thought I have when reading all those posts about minus this temp, minus that temp, & wind chill is--- FROZEN WASTELAND! Not for me!

 

[carpriver]

How cold is cold? When to balls fall off the brass monkey!

 

[Hobie1]

How cold is cold? When to balls fall off the brass monkey!

When you see a dog stuck to a fire hydrant...

Hobie

 

[zeke]

What we don't do is yank on the car door handles too hard, or go to car washes. Snow scraping off the sidewalks and roofs is good exercise. Reloading fills the coffers till it warms up. Any extended periods outside best include goggles.

-26 yesterday morning, still -16 right now. That ain't including the new fangled wind chill factor.

Go stick your tongue on the light pole, triple dog dare ya. Even if they are made of wood up here.

 

[Marshwheeling]

It's not the heat, it's the humidity.

 

[Smoke]

I live in Colorado and it gets a little nippy here on occasion. I work outside most of the day and over time you just learn to dress for it.

 

[Lost Lake]

Lost Lake,

Wasen't it you that had your truck go through the lake ice a while ago? how much ice formes on the lake in winter?

Yes, that was back around the end of November, beginning of December.

Now I think there is 10" to 12" of ice on Lost Lake where I live. The snow cover lets it melt from below as the lake is spring fed.

No problem driving big dump trucks on the lake to add stone to the shoreline right now, in fact my neighbor took his plow truck out there a couple days ago to clear the snow off and let the ice freeze deeper. I think that's what he is planning to do.

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[NYlakesider]

For you northern folks, we are hearing on the news of temps at night in the -20 to -30 degree range in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, at what temputaure do you guys just say enough is enough? What do you do when its -30 degrees outside?

A couple of years ago it went down that cold at our mountain home. Earlier that evening when it was only a balmy minus 20 , me and the wife went into our outside hot tub. Tub sits on large unenclosed front porch overlooking the then well frozen lake. Tub sits about 10' from the door and we make a quick dash in and out!

 

[AKtinman]

A lot of folks do this:

I don't understand the appeal of going out and catching a little fish through a hole in the ice. Now, catching Salmon and Halibut from a boat I can understand

 

[dougb1946]

A lot of folks do this:

I don't understand the appeal of going out and catching a little fish through a hole in the ice. Now, catching Salmon and Halibut from a boat I can understand

You ever try to cut a hole big enough for trolling?

 

[Robotech]

As long as the wind isn't howling, minus 15 to 20F isn't bad at all as long as I'm properly dressed as if for an arctic expedition.

Some of my favorite winter memories are of midnight hikes around the 'farm' in January and February. 510 acres of forest trails, fields, meadows, hills, swamps, lake... And if that wasn't enough, the even larger State game area next door. Too cold even for most of the local snowmobilers, these were solo treks, as friends and family thought I was crazy.
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Skies so clear that the stars still shine as sharp points even with bright moonlight...

Light and shadow, diamond flashes everywhere as you move and the moonlight plays off of the snow on the ground and branches...

Air so cold that the snow has stayed a loose powder, that hisses and crunches with every step of my boots, and falls again in a shower of sparks when I kick it up...

The 'bite' of the cold air as I breathe it in, and the mist that forms and dissipates when I exhale, or freezes around my hood and face, pin-pricks of ice...

Views from the hilltop so crisp and clear in the moonlight that more detail can be seen in the distance than on any summer's day, and looking like I've stepped into an Ansel Adams photograph...

The quiet, when the sound of the few cars on the highway several miles away at this hour has been muted to nothing, absorbed by the powder, and all I can hear is the crunch of my boots in the snow, the swish of the fabric of my parka and clothes as I walk, and the muffled 'thud' from the occasional mass of snow falling in a shower from the tree branches...

Or the occasional echoing "Snap-Twing!" as the ice on the lake cracks as the water below freezes even deeper and stresses on the surface ice are suddenly relieved...

And none of it would be the same without this bitter, bitter cold, a key part of the flavor and feeling of these winter walks, in a world that few have wanted to share...

 

[pharmer]

I've been following the story about the tourists stuck in the Antarctic ice. They have celebrated new Years by going out and packing down the snow so a Chinese helo can get to them. They paid to be there, it's way too cold for summer, the outcome is not certain even if the "world will" is. Needed a second T shirt for our walk this am, cold enough for me and the missus. Joe

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

What do you do when its -30 degrees outside?

Stay inside and drink?????? or is this some kind of trick question.

 

[Buford57]

Shovel the snow off the roof, dig a tunnel to the road and hope the milk man blows his horn so I can get to it before it freezes.

No, wait, that was when I was a kid. Now that I live in the Chicago tropics I light the grill and set up the lawn chair.

 

[wbraswell]

I put a pot of boiling water on the back porch. If it freezes so fast that it is still warm, I stay inside.

When I read your post, I knew you were from Texas, before I could look at the right hand corner.
I ain't living no where that folks own snow shovels. If it's 50 it's too hot to hunt, I can't stand mosquitos when I hunt. If it's 0 it's too cold to open the door.

 

[Water-Man]

The worst for me was living in Buffalo, NY during the Blizzard of 1977.

The wind chill got down to -60F. Twenty nine people died.

My car got stuck in the snow about a mile from home and I had to walk the distance. All I had on was a suit and raincoat.

Brrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Dashriprock]

As long as the wind isn't howling, minus 15 to 20F isn't bad at all as long as I'm properly dressed as if for an arctic expedition.

Some of my favorite winter memories are of midnight hikes around the 'farm' in January and February. 510 acres of forest trails, fields, meadows, hills, swamps, lake... And if that wasn't enough, the even larger State game area next door. Too cold even for most of the local snowmobilers, these were solo treks, as friends and family thought I was crazy.
---------------

Skies so clear that the stars still shine as sharp points even with bright moonlight...

Light and shadow, diamond flashes everywhere as you move and the moonlight plays off of the snow on the ground and branches...

Air so cold that the snow has stayed a loose powder, that hisses and crunches with every step of my boots, and falls again in a shower of sparks when I kick it up...

The 'bite' of the cold air as I breathe it in, and the mist that forms and dissipates when I exhale, or freezes around my hood and face, pin-pricks of ice...

Views from the hilltop so crisp and clear in the moonlight that more detail can be seen in the distance than on any summer's day, and looking like I've stepped into an Ansel Adams photograph...

The quiet, when the sound of the few cars on the highway several miles away at this hour has been muted to nothing, absorbed by the powder, and all I can hear is the crunch of my boots in the snow, the swish of the fabric of my parka and cloths as I walk, and the muffled 'thud' from the occasional mass of snow falling in a shower from the tree branches...

Or the occasional echoing "Snap-Twing!" as the ice on the lake cracks as the water below freezes even deeper and stresses on the surface ice are suddenly relieved...

And none of it would be the same without this bitter, bitter cold, a key part of the flavor and feeling of these winter walks, in a world that few have wanted to share...

Thanks for posting, that really did my heart good. Happy New Year!