Weather

[CrealCritter]

15 degrees here in Southern IL. Hate to have to say it, but ole woollybear predicted it right.

 

[Hinotori]

We were at 39° most of today. Around 7pm the temp started going up and is currently 46°.

Just been a weird December here.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Brrrrrrrrrr across the board

14 degrees. Got several more inches of snow overnight.

 

[farmerjan]

Down to 10 this morning. Sun is out but I think it is "frozen sun"..... don't feel any warmth. up to maybe 28 today I think. Tomorrow supposed to be up near 50..... it was just 3 days ago that it was in the 60's.....
That 1 1/2 inches of rain we had Christmas eve froze pretty hard on the ground.... Going to take more water out to the chickens and close 'em up for the day early. Go down to the rental house and pack some more stuff for moving.

 

[Hinotori]

No thanks. I don't want summer temps in winter. I like our normal mild year round temps.

 

[Daisy]

36C today here, 40C at mums place - same for the next few days. I am perfectly comfortable under the air conditioning Summer is not so bad when you don't have to actually function in it!

 

[Hinotori]

We are personally safe. It was one of the risks I checked when we looked at properties along with lahar danger. There are plenty of areas at landslide risk around here, though. Some have small slides that block roads every year.

 

[Hinotori]

Oh and even the normally solid ground sinks when I walk across the grass to feed birds. The house is on the highest part so it's all good. If it stops raining for a few hours most of the ponding will start draining. Everyone thinks because we have marsh and ponds we will flood. It actually does the opposite as there is an outlet stream. So people on "dry property" will flood for days and into their houses. We don't even get water close. Slightly inclined property is sought out here by smart people.

 

[Daisy]

The hot weather broke here with some epic thunderstorms. The lightening was phenomenal and luckily followed but heavy rain, so the fires that sparked in the national park wern't too bad. I will have to go back to watering the garden tomorrow, but it was nice to have a day off and see everything green up. Also meant the sides of the roads greened up too, I saw hundreds of roos in my drive into town tonight, most in a low lying paddock near the road but a few very close to the bitumen, nibbling the fresh shoots.

Mid to high 20's the next couple days, so hopefully I can get some gardening done, without a side of heat stroke.

 

[Hinotori]

Yes. They are a concern around here. Oso was just the worst in recent times. There never should have been houses at the bottom of that cliff, though. They knew it had landslide history and then it was denuded of trees.