Saturday, January 12, 2013

My metric for how cold it is.

It has gotten quite a bit cooler these past few days, but it's not that cold.  Oh sure, we have freezing fog and right now it's at about 30° F (-1° C), and some small ponds have a layer of thin ice over it.

But my metric is whether or not I can stand to wear shorts.  One Winter, it was 18° F (-8° C) in the sun and the wind was blowing to make it feel like 12° F (-11° C)  -- that was my limit.

We haven't had a Winter like that in a very long time; over a decade I think.

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