1 post tagged “1996”
What's the most extreme weather you've been in? A memorable storm? Heat wave? Or something else?
It's not extreme by my standards, but it's probably extreme for the rest of you:
January 1996, Winnipeg: a month or more where the daytime highs were always below -20°C (-4°F) and the overnight lows were always below -30°C (-22°F). One morning it was below -40°C (-40°F), and that morning I not only had to start the car, I had a job interview. (Layers under the suit.)
One day, when the cold snap finally broke, it got up to -19°C (-2°F): I felt warm -- I had my jacket open and everything!
None of these temperatures include wind chill. Wind chill cannot be expressed by temperatures -- "feels like minus 70" -- does anyone know what minus 70 feels like? Screw the new system; I miss the Siple-Passel equation.
