-57 degrees below zero last night!
Le Mans Master
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From: I can walk to MA
Originally Posted by EDDIEJ82
That's the problem with the southern states Norval, They don't even sell clothes down here to deal with the kind of weather were having today 19 degrees with a 11 degree WCF . I'm about to freeze to death. You northern guys come get your weather and take it back with you.
I was outside at midnight ... 48degreesF ... snow and fog ... eery rain.
This morning it was 0 F, but with the bright sun, it feels like a crisp
beautiful day.
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by NHvette
This morning it was 0 F, but with the bright sun, it feels like a crisp
beautiful day.
beautiful day.
C6 the C5 of tomorrow
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From: Twin Cities Minnesota
Originally Posted by paul67
The windchill as I write is -42F (-41C).
Of course at -57 nothing stays wet very long
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by 427V8
Windchill only matters if you are wet. I try not to go outside when it's below 0 if I'm wet
Of course at -57 nothing stays wet very long
Of course at -57 nothing stays wet very long
Drifting
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From: I got you a puppy!
Forcast for Alta Loma, CA, 91737
Today
Jan 18 Sunny / Wind
82°/51° 0%
From the Northeast
21mph
Wed
Jan 19 Sunny
81°/52° 0%
From the Northeast
6mph
Thu
Jan 20 Mostly Sunny
80°/49° 0%
From the North
4mph
Took the '70 driving yesterday and got sunburned
Today
Jan 18 Sunny / Wind
82°/51° 0%
From the Northeast
21mph
Wed
Jan 19 Sunny
81°/52° 0%
From the Northeast
6mph
Thu
Jan 20 Mostly Sunny
80°/49° 0%
From the North
4mph
Took the '70 driving yesterday and got sunburned
Safety Car
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From: North Easton Mass
Originally Posted by turtlevette
i'll disagree with you, windchill matters if you are warm blooded. Or to anything that is above the ambient temp.
Absolutely. I have camped out in sub-zero weather when my kids were in Scouts and you can't take cold temps lightly. I've witnessed the water-to-snow effect when throwing water from a cup, and I can't remember how long it took to heat water for coffee. I'm just glad they've finished Scouting! 
What I have noticed about working on vehicles in cold temps is that things like drill bits seem to break off much easier when the temps get below 20 degrees. Wrenches sure get cold too!
Rick B.
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Drifting
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From: Fayetteville NC
Originally Posted by 78 Vette
Winter sucks 
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. I'm hating it more and more as I get older and especially since getting the Vette. This is my first winter for having to park it. It's cold in the garage. At least it's not outside. Gonna be 17 tonite. My heat pump is frozen again. If I turn it to A/C, it will defrost itself. Winter just means money! Nothing wants to work right. Thanks for letting me vent.
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From: Redondo Beach, California
Originally Posted by 70_Shark
Even so, I did remove my gauge console yesterday(-4° in the garage). The tools and metal parts where so cold, they almost burned when handled with bare skin. Cannot wait 'til 40° 
I don't like to work with gloves. I've found that when temps go below 55 degrees F, I can only work for maybe two hours or so before my fingers start feeling numb.
Pro
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From: Quebec
Originally Posted by 70_Shark
For you lucky warm climate guys, your spit freezes before it hits the ground.
Otherwise, my two stroke snowmobile engine is acting like a bat out of he!! at those temperature.And of course, a heated garage is a must to enjoy the corvette winter modification activities.
Stephan
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From: Potomac Falls (Northern VA) VA
Originally Posted by fast idle
only a canadian knows this , but i'll let you in on it.
If you take a glass of HOT water outside below -40 and throw it up in the air, it will pass thru 3 stages in a second,liquid,gas and solid.
liquid in your glass,steam when you throw it, and solid(snow or ice) once it's airborn.
with 9 months of winter you get to learn these things.
want some real fun, hook your pressure washer up to the hot water tap and give your neighbour a snowstorm.lol.
If you take a glass of HOT water outside below -40 and throw it up in the air, it will pass thru 3 stages in a second,liquid,gas and solid.
liquid in your glass,steam when you throw it, and solid(snow or ice) once it's airborn.
with 9 months of winter you get to learn these things.
want some real fun, hook your pressure washer up to the hot water tap and give your neighbour a snowstorm.lol.
My god, that is too funny!! And sort of scary....
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From: Ventura County ca
Originally Posted by UKPaul
WTF? What sort of birds have you got that fly in those temps???? Or can eat bread with the texture of concrete?
FWIW it was a balmy 32F here last night
FWIW it was a balmy 32F here last night
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From: Minneapolis, Mn USA
Once you come back up from -25F, any temps in the 20s+ feels like a downright heatwave!! You cant mess around outside much with -25F cold temps.
Im a snowmobiler, so I welcome winter and the cold. The only problem is this year (along with the last 4-5 years), the snow is pretty scarce unless you get up to northern MN, Wisconsin or Michigan upper pennisula.
I guess Im just waiting until spring again!!
Brent....
Im a snowmobiler, so I welcome winter and the cold. The only problem is this year (along with the last 4-5 years), the snow is pretty scarce unless you get up to northern MN, Wisconsin or Michigan upper pennisula.
I guess Im just waiting until spring again!!
Brent....
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From: Juneau AK
OK, in Alaska (and some people in this state don't consider Juneau "in Alaska") we have about +25 degrees... course we also have had 34 inches of snow in the last 2 1/2 days. Not exactly Corvette weather....
kdlp
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From: Raleigh North Carolina
Raleigh NC is a ZOO right now (Wednesday 5:30pm)... tried to drive home, only made it a block.... roads are solid ice.... 150 accidents in about a 2 hour span. I'll hang out here for a while and try again later. I thought I left all of this in Syracuse. Poot.