So mrbb, what was the weather supposed to be that day? If your weather is not "normal" you must know what "normal" is. Why is it when we had one of the coldest winters on record no one complains like this? It's just as abnormal. Weather is always changing, sometime its extreme, like iceages, or dust bowls, sometimes its not. Normal does not belong in a weather conversation.
well the typical temp of the DATE we broke the record low , should have been about 30 degree's on average for that date
and it was at minus 12 or so!, but the super heavy winds, had wind chills at a much lower danger factor
and it broke a ALL time record LOW temp for that date
was like 5 days later and we then broke the ALL time HIGH temp recorded for that DATE, which normal would again have been about 31 they said, and was 62 degree's!, thus beating the old record of 50 degree's on same date
as for weather being a changing thing, YES t is always changing, BUT there ARE normal temps for DATES and then there are NON normal temps for dates!
when you are 100% HIGHER in temps than what is NORMAL for that date, that is a HUGE Difference, its not a small swing up or down, when its a 100% increase
say, again, going from 30 degree normal average to 62 degree's that is way off normal weather
I DOUBT anyone complains about winters that are below average in temps
as IMO< most expect winters in colder area's to be COLD in winter
and most folks in SUMMER time, expect temps to be HOT
BUT again, weird weather, can be in any season
WE had 40 degree days here in July, which is NOT normal, set a LOW temp for date record this past summer here, and had temp swings from 40 to a 100 degree's
we also set a record for the MOST rain fall in any YR in history here this past yr(2018)
so, again, weather can and does change from day to day
but HUGE swings in temps IMO, and NOT normal
when your talking 60 to 100% changes in temps in a 24 hour period, which I had here several times in the past few months!
which again is NOT a normal thing, on average temps here!
so does NORMAL belong in a weather conversation
YES it does, as after all these yrs of keeping records on weather and temps, there is a average of what is NORMAL for any date and location records have been kept
when you NO where NEAR that NORMAL tempo for said date
your weather is NOT normal then!! LOL
high of 34 yesterday here, and is 64 right now? should be in the low 30's here?
its NOT a normal Feb 7 th weather here today!
and its darn near again a 100 temp change in under 24 hours!
second time this week we had such a swing in temp here in a 24 hr period!
Monday it was minus 7 here! Tuesday it was 60!
YOU call that ??WHAT??
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