What's the temperature where you are???

[Debbie292d]

I think the lowest winter temp I've seen here was 21°. That was very unusual, though.

It snows a few times most years, usually at night when it's cold enough. It melts the next day but it's still a big deal and everyone talks about it for weeks.

Once or twice we've had daytime snow and everyone lost their minds, lol. This was daytime snow in February, 2019:

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It nearly always snows in the mountains in winter. They go up past 9000 ft (2700 m). There's a ski resort up there, one of the southernmost ski resorts in the U.S. Most people don't think "skiing" when you say "Tucson" but it's there.

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When there's no snow the resort stays open with a restaurant and ski lift rides.

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It's beautiful (I love ski lift rides) but that's how I found out my roommate is afraid of heights. She kept her eyes tightly closed all the way down!

Most people don't think "skiing" when you say "Tucson" but it's there.

News to me! Wow, that's really neat! How far of a drive is that for you Emma? I think I'd take a tent, my pets, and stay there a couple of the worst weeks of the summer!

 

[007Sean]

Friday: : 9:53pm, 54°F, dew point 52°F, humidity 93%, wind W @ 3mph, partly cloudy.

 

[Ponypoor]

I think the lowest winter temp I've seen here was 21°. That was very unusual, though.

It snows a few times most years, usually at night when it's cold enough. It melts the next day but it's still a big deal and everyone talks about it for weeks.

Once or twice we've had daytime snow and everyone lost their minds, lol. This was daytime snow in February, 2019:

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It nearly always snows in the mountains in winter. They go up past 9000 ft (2700 m). There's a ski resort up there, one of the southernmost ski resorts in the U.S. Most people don't think "skiing" when you say "Tucson" but it's there.

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When there's no snow the resort stays open with a restaurant and ski lift rides.

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It's beautiful (I love ski lift rides) but that's how I found out my roommate is afraid of heights. She kept her eyes tightly closed all the way down!

Beautiful location

 

[Ponypoor]

Next week’s forecast

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And Fahrenheit (as comparison)

Looking forward to Spring.

 

[Debbie292d]

Looking forward to Spring.

Me too! It's a long ways off though. Oh well, we'll appreciate it more when we get it!

 

[007Sean]

Next week’s forecast

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Looking forward to Spring.

Brrrrrrr

 

[chrissynemetz]

20°F mostly cloudy and breezy
12:48 a.m.

 

[Nym]

This seems like some vicious storms you’re having there - is this the norm?

Yeah, I would say it's pretty normal. If a east coast low settles in we can be stuck under rain for weeks

 

[Nym]

20F, was 37F but so windy! At least way better than the sub-zero temps we had for a few days. They're coming again Sunday.

Lots of wind here as well. Going by the posters here there seems to be a lot of wind, generally. Interesting!

 

[Nym]

Saturday 18th of January - what a moody day; sunny one minute, raining the next! Warm when the sun is out but very cold when the rain starts. I managed to get a decent walk in for the dogs, and now it's raining again.

NSW activates Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements for those affected by storms in Hunter, Mid North Coast regions​

11 hours ago​

By Sam Nichols and Paulina Vidal​

The NSW SES has responded to more than 6,000 incidents over the past three days. (ABC News: Marcus Stimson)

The recent wave of storms and heavy rainfall pounding the New South Wales Mid North Coast has been declared a natural disaster, with the state government activating its Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) to support those affected.

Since Wednesday, the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) has responded to more than 7,500 incidents, 4,110 of those concentrated in the Greater Sydney area due to fallen trees, damaged property and cars.

The hardest hit in 2,285 incidents have been from the areas of Medford, Lakewood, Port Stephens, the Central Coast and the Hunter.

Majority of SES incidents overnight across Greater Sydney​

According to SES, 1,988 of the near 3,000 incidents were across Greater Sydney, largely centred around fallen and damaged properties due to strong winds.

The areas hit hardest, according to the NSW SES, are the Sutherland region, with 227 incidents.

This was followed by Bankstown and Ku-ring-gai at 189 and 127 incidents respectively.

Strong winds also a saw a vinyl sheet of the Sydney Cricket Ground's roofing fall into the stands during a Big Bash League match.

"We did have some injuries as a result of trees falling on properties and vehicles overnight," said Mr Edmunds.

Mr Edmunds added that there were reports of people being trapped and injured.

"And also at Hyde Park in Sydney yesterday afternoon, there were two people treated for minor injuries and taken to hospital after a tree fell on them in the park."

Tens of thousands still without power​

A spokesperson for Ausgrid said it had been a difficult and busy past few days, with electricity restored in some areas only to be again be cut off again after another storm.