What's the temperature where you are???

[Bsmac]

For REAL! Sad, isn't it?

Yes! It sure is! It has been a trying winter so far!

 

[muddy75]

31 with high of 38.....it's a heatwave

 

[FamilyofThree]

We are in Northwest Florida and it got down to 18F at our house the other night. The chickens went from balmy 70ish degree weather much of the winter to this. We put our bantam flock into a dog kennel within the main coop overnight for the past two nights because those silly tiny birds insist on sleeping on top of their coop (within a completely hardware cloth covered dog run structure but no real wind protection) instead of in it. They felt cold instead of warm underneath when we checked on them after sundown so we made the decision to move them to the more protected bigger coop overnight. They seemed normal in the morning though the bantam rooster tried to get into a fight with the full sized Rhode Island Red rooster as we were extracting them. It reminded me of a Chihuahua attacking a Great Dane. No one was injured but it was hilarious.

 

[Nym]

I agree! Oddly enough this is a warm up compared to temps we have been having!

And ours has taken a big dumping! brr

 

[Nym]

Tuesday 3rd of February 9.03a.m. Grey and cold. 1.7 / 16kph SSW, Hg 60%, 19.5C / 67.1F feels like 18C / 64.4F. Better than yest.

Back to normal temps of 27C / 81F morrow and 31C / 88F on Thursday.

Moon is 97%

In Antarctica's hostile environment, survival experts keep people safe​

4 hours ago​

By Antarctic reporter Jano Gibson​

As Arno Payan looks out over the frozen landscape, he is aware the sunny conditions could turn into a dangerous blizzard in a matter of minutes.

"The biggest issue would be losing visibility," the field training officer says.

"So, you could easily become disorientated, and you could possibly walk off, or drive off an ice cliff."

Another threat in Antarctica is exposure to the cold.

"The longer you're outside, the colder you can get if you're not careful," he says.

"That's mainly what's going kill you."

Mr Payan is one of a handful of survival specialists based at Casey Station, Australia's largest permanent base in Antarctica.

Their role is to provide safety and logistical support to expeditioners working in one of the most hostile environments on the planet.

"We can safely and efficiently take people out into this incredible environment, which is beautiful, but [it] can be extremely dangerous as well," he said.

Arno Payan is one of a handful of survival specialists based at Casey Station. (ABC News: Jano Gibson)

ABC News Australia​