Cold in New York State

RickieBlue · Jan 14, 2015

I have 2 different brands of infrared thermometers that you point and click..here in the sticks one shows -18°F and one shows -20°F which translates to -29°C for our Canadian friends. I have only seen it this cold in this part of New York once before in my life.....Glad I heat with wood...

Billy NY · Jan 14, 2015

It was -10F on my thermometer before the sunrise. The air is still, the steam vapors from chimneys can be seen as straight plumes, and there is a haze over the nearby city along the hudson river. I am thankful that my stove is lit, the even heat is coming off it, I've got plenty of dry split hardwood, enough to get me through this winter and 1/2 of the next at this point. I remember the correctional facility job site in Malone NY being beyond -20, closer to -30, somewhere in between, its a game changer for sure. Had to change my F150 oil into something more suited for the cold, the battery in it was also upgraded, and boy was that 5 spd stiff when it first fired up, needed a warm up. Last week that cold air mass moved in, but the wind made it so much worse, it feels much warmer today, being the air is still.

Zachary Hoyt · Jan 14, 2015

A few years ago we had -30 F here near the eastern end of Lake Ontario, but that was the lowest I have seen.
Zach

Matt H NY · Jan 14, 2015

-20 F In CNY this morning. Surprisingly the cows and machinery have cooperated so far today.

Gundoctor · Jan 14, 2015

We were -12 this morning here in Vermont but no wind yet. I have seen it -40 here many times.

Billy NY · Jan 14, 2015

Has to be the still air, last week the wind and the cold air that moved in, it got to 56F in the garage downstairs, which is unheard of, stove took a good while to heat things up again, and this was just overnight, this morning in the same place it was 61F, and the last wood was placed in the stove around midnight. Good to hear its no trouble for you this morning !

2underage · Jan 14, 2015

Watertown, NY was reporting 21f below zero this morning. The weather girl stated it is normal temp for the city and surrounding area and I agree with her. It is cold outside and yet surprisingly comfortable if you are dressed for it.
No wind and that helps.

TimV · Jan 14, 2015

-22F overnight here just off NY's Tug Hill, and I'm sure it was colder on the Tug and at higher elevations. Not at all out of the ordinary for mid-January in northern NY.

Dave Sherburne, NY · Jan 14, 2015

At about 3AM I checked and it was -20F Right now at 9:40 am its -9. I got up a few times in the night to change the water in the pipes in the crawl space/cave. Nothing froze, good thing there was no wind.

bill mart · Jan 14, 2015

western ny where I am was -10 this morning. Bill

Adirondack case guy · Jan 14, 2015

Yup,, It was 0 here at 5:00 last night and -11F at 7:00 this morning and dead calm. Still -2F as I post here.
Loren

JayinNY · Jan 14, 2015

Was down to -4 3 am or so, I'm just east of ACG guy, and west I believe of BillyNY, just like last winter, January was very cold, going threw the firewood now! Lol

ss55 · Jan 14, 2015

A warm front is on the way. It was -14F yesterday morning in MN, it was +10F this morning. Hang in there.

jeffcat · Jan 14, 2015

Don't you just love it when you are dragging in the fire wood that you have sweated over. Look up and see a bedroom window open so "I can air out the bedroom"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deere54 · Jan 14, 2015

Minus 32 in Fort Covington in the St Lawrence Valley, readings of -20 to -24 elsewhere in the surorounding area.

greywolf224 · Jan 14, 2015

Glad I live just south of Albany. It was a sunshine beach weather 1 degree here this morning .

Fordfarmer · Jan 14, 2015

It was an almost balmy 13 when I headed to the barn this morning... 35 degrees warmer than yesterday morning.

Part Time Pete · Jan 14, 2015

Minus 12 in Otsego county this morning. Both wood stoves and the furnace were running last night
Pete

JDemaris · Jan 14, 2015

Where are you from in Otsego County? I still have a place in Worcester. Lived there nearly 40 years. Hartwick area heading towards Cooperstown on Route 28 has had some of the coldest weather for Otsego that I've heard of. I've witnessed 32 below F once around 30 years ago.

I'm in northern Michigan now. A few miles from Otsego County Michigan and Otsego Lake, both named by New Yorkers after the New York places. 10 below F here this morning.

Donald Lehman · Jan 14, 2015

The coldest we had last winter here was -32. So far this winter the coldest was -24. Last night it was -20 at 3 am. and had warmed up to a balmy -10 by 7 am.

Bret4207 · Jan 14, 2015

We were running somewhere between -20 and -17 here south of Black Lake, about 10 miles south of the Canadian border. But the air was dead still and that makes all the difference to me these days. I've seen -52F when I was living in Long Lake NY. That year we had more than 30 days in a row where the
high never got above 0F. I have to say the wind up here hurts me a lot more than the cold. I can take the cold, but the wind just cuts me to the bone. I look like a model from a 1940's Woolrich advertisement when I go out in that weather!

teched · Jan 14, 2015

I had -18F in Forestport, NY Southwestern Adirondacks

sms · Jan 14, 2015

I went to Clarkson University (class of 81) in Potsdam NY. Saw -40 -42 on more then one occasion. Walked to class at -40 truck wouldn't even turn over with two batteries in it. One week never got above -10 even during the day.

Davidj · Jan 15, 2015

(quoted from post at 09:49:28 01/14/15) Minus 32 in Fort Covington in the St Lawrence Valley, readings of -20 to -24 elsewhere in the surorounding area.

We can see the lights of Fort Covington from here (East of Martintown Ontario) I had -33C yesterday morning (-27F)

TimV · Jan 15, 2015

Gets nippy up there, doesn't it? Graduated from the same school 10 years behind you (BSME) and walked a mile and a half back to the Hill from downtown more than once in -40 or worse. Like Robert W. Service wrote, "when our eyes we'd close, the lashes froze, 'til sometimes we couldn't see"! Seemed like a good idea at the time, but not sure I'd want to do it now.

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