It was 45 degrees here today. FORTY-FUCKING-FIVE FUCKING DEGREES!!!

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Let me explain for you warm-weather dwellers how momentous this is.

* That is 40 degrees warmer than it was 48 hours ago, and the first time it's been in the 40s since November.

* For the first time in two months, I can actually see the sidewalk in front of my house-- there's not a 1" layer of ice on it.

* I could leave the house wearing only a sweatshirt and t-shirt. No big winter jacket, no hat, no gloves.

* For the first time since November, I didn't have to warm up the car for ten minutes.

* I could spend time on my south-facing 3-season porch, in the sunshine, without freezing my dick off while doing so.

DO YOU REALIZE HOW HUGH THIS IS?!?!? I AM SERIES!!!!1111oneoneone!!111

This is the DU member formerly known as ColderThanAWelldiggersAss.

[NightWatcher]

1. I thought you were complaining about 45. If you prefer the warm weather, MOVE SOUTH

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3. What, and leave the well-paying job, family, and nice house behind

to live in a trailer court and work as a greeter at Wal-Mart? Where do I sign?

[NightWatcher]

5. a. it's a double-wide, thank you. b. it's co-asst. night manager of Walmart

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9. Ah, crap. My bad.

I offer my most humble apologies. :D

[mcctatas]

2. It was 38 here

I went to Target in yoga pants, flip flops and a sweatshirt!

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4. It's nice, isn't it?

Did you get the sunshine, too? It's so strange to have warm sunshine in January. Usually, when it's sunny in January, its subzero outside.

It's supposed to be around 30 here tomorrow... maybe you'll get up above 40, if this weather is headed east? :hi:

[mcctatas]

8. We didn't get much sun and the slush is kinda nasty

but it was glorious none the less :hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Wasn't that weird?

I was working outside without having to wear a jacket. Felt good.

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10. I was kinda freaked when I went out on the porch

and I didn't need to turn on the space heater before I rode my bike. I even had my sunglasses on, it was so bright. And I worked up a real sweat, not just the half-assed sweat you get when it's freezing or colder.

I hope we get more tomorrow. :D

[Pierre.Suave]

29. I thought it was nice

I went for a walk around uptown without a big bulky jacket, just a fleece and my waterproof boots... :P

[azmouse]

7. It got that cold here last night in AZ....

brrrrr....

Luckily that extreme cold didn't last. The high today was 76! Nice. :hi:

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11. ...and that's why my dad fled MN for AZ 33 years ago.

Of course, the first winter he was down there, it got below freezing and he ended up with a thin layer of ice on his swimming pool. :dunce:

[azmouse]

15. About 2 yrs ago we had a few nights below freezing.

Damaged a lot of plants here but no icy pools... thank gawd.

We've been above normal with our temps this winter. Our citrus trees are starting to put out new growth and it looks like they'll bloom early this year. Usually the blossoms don't appear til late March... ohhh do they ever smell good. It's worth living here just for the smell of orange flowers in the spring.

[rurallib]

12. 48 here in Iowa. That is 80 degrees warmer than last Monday (I think)

One night last week it got down to -32. Whewie!
For the first time since early December I see some pavement out in my street.

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13. Damn, that's cold!

I love living in the upper midwest, but the winters are so brutal some years. The last few have been hellacious, it seems.

Maybe you guys will hit 50 tomorrow? :thumbsup:

[LeftyMom]

14. It's 65 here.

:D

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17. 65? Why, that's mid-April weather

Which usually starts a week after the Boy's State Hockey Tournament, which is also the time we get our Spring Blizzard.

[LeftyMom]

19. By mid-April it'll be in the eighties here.

It normally stops raining in March, but we're having a dry year, so we may not even get another storm.

[bicentennial_baby]

16. We're supposed to hit 40 tomorrow

Downgraded from 45, but I'll take it. Hell yes.

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18. January thaws are awesome

They usually come right about the time you start getting sick of winter.

For some reason, we always get them during the St Paul Winter Carnival, which is the big event of the winter around these parts. This is usually bad for the ice sculptures.

[VenusRising]

20. That's a heat wave!!!!

Send it this way please.

:hi:

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22. Fo' sho'

I think it's headed SE, so you may get it in a day or so. At least it will melt some of the ice you folks got in that storm last week. x(

[VenusRising]

31. I hope so!

It's been like driving off road here with all the ice. It's like they forgot it iced before it snowed. It is awful! x(

[texanwitch]

21. I wish it was 45 here in Houston.

It was to hot for me.

Our hot summer is just around the corner.

Glad it has warmed up for you.

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23. Warmth and sunlight to do weird things to us MNans in mid-winter

People become civil, and friendly, and start coming out of their sealed-up houses. It becomes almost nice to live here again.

But we'll probably be below zero again soon, and get another couple feet of snow, and go back to being our normal passive-aggressive a-hole selves. :crazy:

[texanwitch]

27. We get the opposite here when it gets hot.

People loose their temper really fast in summer time.

Now when fall comes and it cools down people get back to normal.

We have a cool front coming again, next week will be a little cooler.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. It was 70 here

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25. In Kansas?

Damn! Not bad when you get it in January!

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Yep

We have a few warm days like this every winter.

[GOPisEvil]

26. It was beautiful and sunny here, too.

I saw a display that was reading 53 degrees! Boy, it was a great day today - weather-wise.

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30. Yeah, that's pretty nice!

I hope it keeps up for a couple days. I'd like to get outside a bit more tomorrow, but we'll see....

[Blue Dog Dominion]

32. 45 degrees? For me at depends what position we are trying

Try the veal!

[Iggo]

33. Nuh-uh. It was like 80.

Jeez. Where were you?

[Haole Girl]

34. It was 70 degrees here today

:hide:

[susanna]

35. Awesome...

I'm in Detroit; is it coming MY way? I'd be freaking ecstatic if so, looking at the 1" of snow/ice blend I've been blooming on the sidewalk. :-)