What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 03:53 PM

Had slight fluffies today. Windy and cold. Had my AC on in the truck not long ago... I like to run it on the first hot day with the windows open as I find starting it up the first few times with the windows up can give one a cold. I expect we'll have a heat wave after the full moon on the 5th.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Becca72
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 11:56 AM

One week ago today in Southern Maine it was 80° - today we got a dusting of snow!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 09:16 AM

The West of Ireland is having it's summer early this year. It's lovely, no sign of rain (the usual haze the eastern winds bring though) and nearing 20C but there's always the worry we are indeed using up our good weather allowance for the year early on.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 11:16 PM

Seasonal temperatures returned. Parts of RI were supposed to have freezing temps last season, a concern for plants which had already blossomed, especially for fruit trees in orchards. I have managed to miss all the weather reports today, so I don't know if the temps really got that low.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 09:42 PM

It was snowing on the canary in my maple tree yesterday.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ole Juul
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 09:12 PM

Here in Coalmont BC, the snow is starting to disappear and we just got the first crocuses poking through. Still burning a lot of wood though.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: maeve
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 11:55 AM

We also have high winds and Red Flag fire warnings in Maine.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 11:45 AM

Way too early for high winds and fire danger, but Colorado has both this week: CLICK. We need more snow in the high country and rain elsewhere.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Mar 12 - 04:53 PM

Warmest March on record here...(MD-DC)

Sure hope Summer is not a similar amount above normal... we will bake!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 23 Mar 12 - 03:47 PM

Bright warm sunshine and smell of pig sh*t.   Apparently the fertiliser of choice around this part of Essex.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Janie
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 11:13 PM

Way too warm all winter. Did we have winter?

Tomorrow, highs in the mid 80's F, has been ranging from the mid 70's to the low 80's for the better part of the last 2 weeks. Night temps in the mid 50's. Bloom times for trees and shrubs anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks early.

Messing with our many local farmers who count on spring farmers markets. Stuff like asparagus is 3 weeks early and will be finished before some local farmers markets open for the season.

We have not had, all winter long, a succesion of hard frosts and cold weather sufficient to either kill off or render completely dormant some common insect pests.

Also, while we are not in a drought phase, it certainly has not been a wet winter or early spring, and ground water reserves are not being adequately recharged so far to sufficiently replenish ground water reserves.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 10:41 PM

Got into the 80sF here in RI today. A friend of mine in Merrimack, New Hampshire, posted on Facebook that temps there got into the 80s, too. I have managed not to use my air conditioner for the last three summers, but I may use it this year. My heating bills this winter were low, but my electric bill this summer may be high.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 09:24 PM

Very slight overcast, 59F at present, you can see the mountains 120 miles away across the Snake River plain. Supposed to be 70F on Saturday and partly cloudy.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 03:44 PM

28C in the shade on my thermometer. About 32H. I am not pleased. Two years ago, we had NO spring and it was HOT from early May to late October. Not hot like Texas and the like, but too hot for this little black duck.

It's supposed to get back to more normal weather tomorrow, but even that fprecast weather is not normal for March in NB, CAN.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 03:34 PM

Light snow today in Calgary, more tomorrow, but the Spring Bull Sale is bringing good prices.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: mg
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 03:07 AM

OK...we are making up for all your summer weather. After a very dry and not so warm but markedly nonwindy winter, we have had weeks of snow showers, hail, rain, just cold weather. Some daffodils out but spring very delayed. Rhododendruns all turned to brown mush. Very odd how little wind we had though..usually nonstop. mg

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 09:33 PM

Sunny with a high of 25 east of Toronto today. Perfect dog walking weather. For mid-June.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 01:16 PM

Old Man Winter must be off on a bender. The snowbanks are gone. My thermometer is reading 26C in the shade and it's only 2PM. I had to close my windows a little while ago. I expect there will be flooding in some river valleys.

maeve... are your fruit trees budding?

I noticed in Sobeys this AM that only two bottles of Maple Slurpup were on the shelves. Usually, there would be close to 100 (various sizes). I wonder if Quebec maples will be affected. La Belle Province produces 4 times the amount that all other jurisdictions combined produce. That would hit a lot of Quebec(ers) hard.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Newport Boy
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 11:17 AM

It's a bit late for daffodils, Patsy. If they're not ready for 1 March, they're not much use.

Phil

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 21 Mar 12 - 09:56 AM

It is very warm in Bristol this afternoon too warm to be inside.
The weather has been a bit odd since last October with very few really cold days and the pattern seems to be continuing. Daffodils intended for shops have been reported in flower way too early and no good to sell which has been a bit of a blow especially with Mother's Day last weekend.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: frogprince
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 10:49 PM

85 degrees in Michigan on March 20th ????
It's due to drop back to something like normal again for awhile, but the last few days have been delightful but weird. As some have mentioned though, hope the plants and crops aren't all screwed up.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 10:33 PM

3km walk in a tee shirt at 7pm. UNreal.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 10:03 PM

Here in RI, we had a record high of 73 yesterday. The Newport mansion tours are starting two weeks earlier than usual. My son's family planted some seeds--not a lot, just in case--during the weekend, ignoring the "wait 'til the last full moon in May" wisdom. I'm waiting to see if the farmstand near their house opens early. Every year the sign says, "Reopens in April." Then at the beginning of April they post the opening date, usually a weekend in the middle of the month. I hope this year they open at the beginning of April or sooner.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 04:11 PM

24C here in the shade in my back yard. Unreal. maeve... I pray your fruit trees don't blossum too soon. Forecast here is back to reasonable temps by Saturday but will that be too little too late? This is a very serious situation.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: maeve
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 02:38 PM

We're concerned about the fruit trees as well, gnu. Also, the maple syrup season is pretty well a bust.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 02:29 PM

We have songbirds here that never... usually don't... arrive before May. The apple growers are scared out of their wits. Apples are big business here and losing blooms to frost could be devastating... buds are forming. Of course, there are other fruit trees in the same danger.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Mar 12 - 02:56 AM

It's a little early for it - our annual bright, clear weather usually runs from about mid-April to the end of June - but spring appears to have arrived in Juneau, Alaska. Berries are budding, plants of various sorts are up two inches, very little snow left, temperatures in the mid-30sF; I've seen ravens with mouthfuls of dried grasses. Light snow still falls overnight but is gone before noon.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 12 - 02:42 PM

T, W, Th... 19,22,20C??? It's March! Where am I? Calleeforneeah?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 03 Mar 12 - 01:48 PM

"This could be the last snow storm of the season but I don't want to take that chance."

You live in Maine, right? >;-)

Here... VERY strange. A snowsquall, followed by sleet, turning to rain soon and the temp going up to 8C. On another thread, 999 saw flocks of Canada Geese in southern Quebec. It's MARCH!

Strange not to be shovelling. And, I am NOT complaining.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: kendall
Date: 03 Mar 12 - 09:12 AM

I just bought a two year old Troy Bilt 26 inch 7 hp with electric start for $550.00.
I'll repair the old 11 hp 30 inch Troy Bilt and sell it for about the same price.
This could be the last snow storm of the season but I don't want to take that chance.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Mar 12 - 03:16 PM

Oh... yeah... don't forget the reviews. I just read them and some of them are nightmares. Still, I'd take a chance on it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Mar 12 - 03:02 PM

Kendall... best buy on the market is a Troy-Bilt 420 cc 45-in OHV Snowthrower. Go to Canadian Tire, paste that in the search and read the specs. It's STEERABLE! and you know what THAT means.... worth every penny. They are selling for just under $2000 here now. I bought a Honda a while back that cost over twice as much because it's got tracks and can climb stairs... dumb move on my part on accounta after my back gets bad using the shortass thing I don't care about it climbing steps.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: kendall
Date: 02 Mar 12 - 02:11 PM

On top of that, my snow blower snuffed it! The gears that drive the auger wore out.

Definition of time: Just one damn thing after another.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 02 Mar 12 - 06:12 AM

The weather has been very strange since December we have had some very short cold spells followed by very mild for the time of year. Again we are having mild sunny summery temperatures but next week cold and snow is expected. It seems to have been the pattern since the very hot spell in October that we had, so unusual of the UK.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Joe_F
Date: 01 Mar 12 - 08:37 PM

Today, in eastern Massachusetts, it was a light wet snow, not accumulating -- dreary, but could be worse.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 01 Mar 12 - 03:06 PM

Kendall... THAT sucks! Rain on snow... yuk! Is the snow you have fluffy? We ain't supposed to get squat here. It must be headed for Ed and Sandy, which, personally, I don't mind.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: kendall
Date: 01 Mar 12 - 02:52 PM

Snow is almost up to the tops of the car tires and more on the way.
Now they tell us that it is supposed to rain!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 02:33 PM

-20 this AM. +4 tomorrow. I expect another snowstorm by weekend.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 14 Feb 12 - 08:00 AM

We were lucky in the South West the short winter snap didn't last and it seems that we missed the heavy snow that the east side of the UK had. With the amount of snow we had we got off quite lightly much to the disappointment of a number of children hoping to use their sledges and to get time off school! For once it didn't happen and everything didn't grind to a halt like it normally does.

It is now back to milder temperatures again with the odd glimpse of springlike sun.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ed T
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 03:57 PM

Sorry. Not one hundred, not even ten. But, about one dollar (Loonie) a day to operate the unit.

My heating bill went from about 1600 down to about three or four hundred last year, which was a colder year than this year. This year my furnace rarely kicks in, even in today's cold temperature. Under $two hundred for extra electricity, and about $ one hundred and fifty dollars for oil. I expect it to be slightly cheaper this winter, as it was a warmer winter.

Heat rises, so, I also benefit on the upper house level, which also benefits from daytime solar heat.

Air conditioning benefits in the summer is limited to the lower level, as cold stays low, and does not rise much.

If I ever need to replace my forced air oil furnace, I would buy a full heat pump furnace replacement. I could then use my air ducts to put it all around the house. These are about 5 K at Home Depot, and they claim you can get a 1k subsidy back - though I have not looked into that.


It is only the power to run the compressor and indoor fan. No wires are heated. The inverter technology makes them much more efficient over the past two or three years, than earlier models .

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 01:18 PM

"It cost me about $100. a day to operate in the winter"... assuming you meant $10 a day... that's $300 a month. How much has your heating cost dropped? My electric furnace runs about $300 per month from October to March. Today might be a "little costlier".

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ed T
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 12:28 PM

I bought it for 1300. plus a hundred for the outside wall bracket, the cover for the lines will cost about a hundred (a rip off, but it looks much better-though cheaper stuff may be available than what I got).

I got it installed by an electrician (needed for the warranty) for about four hundred- Cuts a hole in the house, attaches it to the wall inside, puts a bracket for the compressor outside and electric box, snaps the compressed lines to the compressor and hooks up the electric to the indoor panel.

I suspect I could have gotten it a bit cheaper.

Most companies want to sell them to you installed. That is anywhere between 2500 to 3500 (depending on the size, area that you want to heat, and the company).

Napoleon pushes their model alot. Even Sears carry them now. Mine is UHF, imported by a firm in Moncton from China and distributed mostly through pluming shops.

It cost me about $100. a day to operate in the winter(depending on the temperature). On cold days it could be a few pennies more.

It works very well for me, as I have a energy efficient house that is open concept.

There is a government grant, but I did not apply for it. To be eligible, you foist have to arrange for an energy audit, that costs from 150 to 175.

What seems to be the difference in various brands is the compressor. There are a few different ones, mostly made in Japan. The warranty can differ, as well as service level). My indoor unit is warranted for two years and the compressor for five-hich is about standard.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 11:33 AM

How much did that run ya, Ed. Been thinkin one for Mum's house.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ed T
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:33 AM

My mini split heat pump was still pumping out heat at -18 C. Only went through about 1/8th of a 100 litre tank of furnace oil this year yet, because of the trusty "mini split" heat pump. These things really work. Second year for it and it has been amazing, heating and air conditioning my open concept two level house.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ed T
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 10:30 AM

It rained hard Saturday, turned to sleet overnight Saturday night, last night it dipped down to -18C. A small bit of white sleet and ice remains on the ground. Supposed to be cold today, gradually warm up to rain again on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 12 - 09:22 AM

Hope the flooding isn't too bad this year.

My furnace is hummin almost constantly. At daybreak, it was -22C with -34WC. Even when it hits the forecast high of -12C, still a -34WC. At least it's sunny.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: freda underhill
Date: 02 Feb 12 - 07:44 AM

2 days ago boiling hot. now - soaking, bucketing, pouring with rain. Rain on the roof, rain in the gutters, rain in the roads, rain all over the garden, rainy, rainy, rain. the skies have opened - for some hours now. and flooding further up north, as usual.

freda (sydney, australia)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Elmore
Date: 24 Jan 12 - 04:48 PM

Actually I'm headed for Miami Beach.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Jan 12 - 03:46 PM

A walk on the beach sounds great! Just don't swim in the salt water... salt water and a cool temp make for excruciating nipple pain. Been there, ain't goin back.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Elmore
Date: 24 Jan 12 - 01:23 PM

New Hampshire: 47 degrees and sunny. Headed for the beach.