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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Record Low Temperatures in Parts of U.S.
2005-12-07
DENVER - Bitterly cold air poured southward across the nation's midsection Wednesday, dropping temperatures to record lows from Montana to Illinois. The mercury dived to a record 45 below at West Yellowstone, Mont., the frequently cold spot at the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park, the National Weather Service said. The old record for Dec. 7 was 39 below, set in 1927.
Global warming is to blame, I guess, somehow.
The cold even extended south to the Texas Panhandle, where Lubbock shivered at a record low 6 above zero, the weather service said.
That bobwire fence must be down again
The coldest spot in Colorado early Wednesday was Hohnholz Ranch, 50 miles northwest of Fort Collins, which bottomed out at 37 below zero, the weather service said. Temperatures read like baseball scores in northeastern New Mexico — zero at Las Vegas and 1 at Raton. "I'm sitting here in my office and it's freezing and we've got the heat on full blast," said Bill Cox, owner of the Hillcrest Restaurant in Las Vegas. The cold follows a blizzard that blasted much of the Plains on Nov. 27-28, shutting down hundreds of miles of major highways across a half-dozen states and piling up snowdrifts 8 feet high in South Dakota. Elsewhere Wednesday, the weather service said record lows for the date included 28 below zero at Drummond, Mont., where the date's previous record was 21 below in 1971; 26 below at Seeley Lake, Mont.; 25 below at Laramie, Wyo., tying a 1978 reading; 17 below at Alliance, Neb.; 19 below at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and 3 below at Lincoln, Ill.
Posted by:Steve

#13  #9: Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

Now I've gotta scrub my mind's eye with Brillo. :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-12-07 23:44  

#12  45 below... Mercury freezes at 40.

Its a balmy 12° right now with 8 tonight.

Alliance, Neb is always cold.

I assume my relatives in Northern Montana are hunkered down inside.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-12-07 16:57  

#11  poor Al-Whore, gotta make a living somehow, I suppose.
Posted by: 2b   2005-12-07 16:50  

#10  per Xbalanke's link:

San Jose, CA
Conditions as of 12:53 PM PST
Overcast
Temperature: 55°
Wind: WSW 4 mph
Dew point: 36°
Pressure: 30.08 in.
Humidity: 47%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Observed at: San Jose, CA

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-12-07 16:44  

#9  I wonder what the temp is at Hillary's tit.
Posted by: Cloter Shique9533   2005-12-07 16:19  

#8  Al Gore: The Human Kiss of Death and the Inventor of Bad Timing.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-12-07 16:17  

#7  tu: Right on cue, heeeeeere's Al:link.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2005-12-07 16:12  

#6  Where's global warming when you really need it?
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2005-12-07 15:55  

#5  Heck it's a balmy 24 here in central Mass. And the snow ain't coming till Friday.

Now that's what I call global war...changing.
Posted by: AlanC   2005-12-07 15:41  

#4  Man, it was damn cold today. I almost thought about wearing gloves when I took my dog for a walk this morning around Palo Alto.
Posted by: Penguin   2005-12-07 15:19  

#3  We're in the balmy mid 30's here in The Nation's Capital. Of course, Congress *is* in session. I expect the temps to drop when they shut their yaps and go home for Christmas Festivus.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-12-07 15:03  

#2  I know it's cold here in HOTlanta. Or as we natives say, "It's colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra in Alaska."
Posted by: BA   2005-12-07 14:57  

#1  So when's Al Gore flying into Denver to do his Global Warming schtick at some fundraiser?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-12-07 14:45  

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