[Diana in Wisconsin]

We are freezing our butts off up here in southern Wisconsin...I can only imagine what the northern half of our state is going through.

It's going on a week straight now that we've been below zero. In real temps; none of that "Wind Chill" cr@p.

We might make it into the 20's over the weekend. I'll be wearing shorts, LOL!

[VOA]

We are freezing our butts off up here in southern Wisconsin...
I can only imagine what the northern half of our state is going through.

My co-worker in Mid-Missouri has a brother in the Rochester, MN area.

He said that his brother has taunted him about how the winter is milder
in Minnesota (in terms of snow/ice) than it is in Mid-Missouri.

We haven't seen more than a couple of days that have just topped
freezing since the second week of January.
And now the meterologists are predicting a "storm of the season"
on Mon-Tues that will top the 15" of snow that overwhelmed
Columbia/Jefferson City in December.

It may be global warming in the summer here (maybe five-six days
as high as 103-105)...
but we sure seem to have global cooling in wintertime!

[Mr_Moonlight]

In real temps; none of that "Wind Chill" cr@p.

Really, that 'wind chill' reporting has gotten way out of hand. My guess is that they use it (or overuse it) in order for their reports to sound more dramatic ... "OMMYGOD! It's minus 22 out there!" (when its really +8 with a 15mph wind) ... +8 is still cold, to be sure, but certainly not as dire as -22. Many times while listening to the radio while driving to work, they'll be reporting the 'wind chill temp' rather than the actual temp, it tends to sound more dramatic than it really is, which is the effect that these reporters want to instill

[holymoly]

We are freezing our butts off up here in southern Wisconsin.

It's only slightly better here in W. Mich.

We get a bit of warming from the lake. Of course, we also get lake effect, which means I'm on the tractor every other day, pushing snow around.

Our "average" high for Feb. is 31-32F. Our 7-day forecast is for continued 10-15 below "normal".

A local newspaper websites' weather link offers a glimmer of hope - temps may actually reach into the 30s, week after next.

Looks like I better get the Coppertone and cutoffs ready!!!