Well I woke up this morning and it was “not as cold” as I had expected. That’s a relative phrase, not as cold, because the late news here in Minneapolis and St. Paul predicted a run at the all time low for the day, -20 F.
At 7:30 am it was –11 F but with a 6 mile an hour wind the wind chill is –26 F.
At 10:00 am it is –6 F with a 9 mile an hour wind making it –23 F.
When people think about Minnesota this is what they think we put up with every winter. Not lately, our last couple of winters have been pretty “wimpy” compared to historical averages.
But –11 F is cold and we are not used to it and it is not normal.
We let people talk about how cold it gets here as it reinforces in their own mind why they do want to live here. That’s fine by most of us Minnesotans. We like it this way. It really only gets “cold” from say Thanksgiving to March 1 and it’s not like you don’t get outside. You get used to it. Most years maybe two weeks of the winter at most is “snot freezing”. Now that’s cold.
Think about it, that’s about the same length of time Phoenix deals with the “heat” of summer time. They are indoors in the summer as much as we are in the winter.
You can’t beat the spring, summer and fall seasons here.
Here is a link to the weather page at KARE 11, local NBC affiliate, if you are curious about the temperature today.
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