We’ve known that the USA is in for a bi-coastal blast of cold air, snow, and heavy rains, but this map by Jesse Farrell shows just have much of the contiguous USA have below freezing temperatures this morning.
Here is a summary of temperatures seen this morning by states:
- All States except Florida (80% of US Land) are less than 32°F
- 25 States (30% Land) Below 0 °F
- 6 States Below -20°F
Of course, though not seen in the map above, Alaska has subfreezing temperatures, and Hawaii has subfreezing temperatures on the mountain peaks of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea -not unusual for this time of year, but it is important not to exclude the 49th, and 50th states from any discussion about the USA.
Meanwhile, a once in a decade storm will hit California this weekend.
East Texas, 12 degrees here this morning. We hate it!!!!
13 deg F (low) yesterday, 20 deg F (low) this morning north of Dallas Tejas …
Too bad the Weather Channel hasn’t the budget or personnel to do in person
coverage of this “once in a decade” event on the west coast.
They’re too wrapped up in their climate change reporting to cover weather
events that DEFINE what the climate actually is today.
Severe cold is also affecting most of Europe. Except us in the UK of course. Apparently it is going to rain.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38546998
“Icy temperatures across Europe have left more than 20 people dead and blanketed even the Greek islands and southern Italy in snow.
Italy saw ferries and flights cancelled and schools in the south are expected to close on Monday.
Turkey has also been badly affected. The Bosphorus was closed to shipping as a heavy snowstorm hit Istanbul.
At least 10 people died of cold in Poland. Night temperatures in Russia plunged to minus 30C.
Normally milder Greece has witnessed temperatures of minus 15C in the north where an Afghan migrant died of cold last week and roads were closed.
Russia has experienced its coldest Orthodox Christmas in 120 years.”
Over in Halfway, Oregon, while the room is warm the plastic linoleum is so cold the water in the dog dish has ice crystals in it. We have been down to -23 (at least) several times. Even freezes sewer lines. The snow is so deep neither my dogs nor I can walk in unplowed piles of it. If I were to fall in a snow drift they won’t find me till spring. The locals have seen worse but they say this is like it was 30 years ago.
California has a massive precipitation. But having torn down almost 500 water impoundments and damns the zany Green blob said would never be filled or needed, they can’t prevent flooding or losing the runoff to mitigate drought periods. Aren’t the Greenies just “absotively an’ posilutely wondaful”
Big coldy coldy is now moving slowly west through Europe from Siberia.
this map by Jesse Farrell looks grimy.
Good Luck.