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Midwest Folks, You Good? (EXTREME Cold)
- Thread starter Deadly Cyclone
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Chicagoland area here, says its 3 degrees but the wind chill is making it -13 degrees.
Chicago is at 5 degrees with the same -13 windchill effect.
Chicago is at 5 degrees with the same -13 windchill effect.
Minneapolis here. I don't mind the cold so much, but I am kinda getting sick of driving on icy roads to work every morning. Seems it doesn't matter which route I take, there's an accident or two each day.
-6 in Omaha. They didn't cancel school on Friday and it took me over an hour to get my kid and get home when it's normally a twenty minute drive. Massive wrecks everywhere as the snow was freezing to the road and tire treads became useless.
edit: Just checked the weather. The high tomorrow is -4. lol
edit: Just checked the weather. The high tomorrow is -4. lol
Minneapolis here too, not planning on leaving my apt much today... Thank god this week things will start to warm up so I can continue walking outside. March is almost here and then Spring!
Oh you can't forget about Fool's Spring and Second Winter.
Not going above 30 until Thursday here in Louisville and we are supposed to get quite a bit of snow in the next couple of days.
I mean... Yes, keeping the heat on is normal in the winter here. How do you think Nordic countries have managed all these years lol
That's not really what I was asking. So, where I live the temp doesn't drop below ~20 degrees on the coldest of days. We use electric indoor central heating. I was wondering if Midwest homes use electric, or more gas to heat their home. And if so, how does the furnace stay running consistently in those -10 degree temps.
It was a genuine question. I'm not an idiot. I mean, of course I thought that the Northern European countries just froze to death. Which is weird that my wife's family is Estonian.
Mainly gas. On regular cold days the furnace/blower stay on for about 10-15 mins an hour. One super cold days it could stay on for 45 mins/hr. The thermostat controls it automatically.
(The same blower works with the ac condenser in the summer to cool the house.)
Most homes around where I am, in Illinois, have gas heat. Dunno if that's just my area or whatever.
It struggles to keep up when the temperature drops below -15 or so. It'll keep up otherwise, but will run constantly below zero.
I'm more mad at the damn ice sickles that keep forming on my house. I've been trying to get the ice melted this past week out of my gutters.
Just depends on the home. I have gas furnace. Mine runs about 6.5 hours total a day according to my Nest. But I keep it in the high 60 degrees. Warmer at night, colder during the day.
My parents ranch only has electric in the bedrooms. The rest of the house is heated by a wood stove.
Just depends on the home. I have gas furnace. Mine runs about 6.5 hours total a day according to my Nest. But I keep it in the high 60 degrees. Warmer at night, colder during the day.
My parents ranch only has electric in the bedrooms. The rest of the house is heated by a wood stove.
That sucks. :/ what're the prices like for a gas heated home in those conditions?
God I am so fucking glad I moved out of Iowa City two years ago. When we had the polar vortex, some poor college kid died because he got caught outside without a coat. I heard that the full story was he tried running to stay warm and inhaled too much cold air, collapsing his lungs. Not sure if that's true though.
If I don't put the boots on her in this kind of weather, she does this weird squat when she pees with only two feet on the ground.
This month will probably be $150 or so. Normal winter months are $70-$90. Our water heater is also on gas.
Not too bad actually. It definitely feels cheaper than the costs to cool the house in summer.
Peak winter/summer bill for me is usually 1.5x-2x the lowest point of the year (which are in Fall and Spring). Like Einbroch said, that includes everything from water heating to gas for the furnace to electricity usage.
This is what I will tell my husband next time he asks why i've been taking such a long painting break :p
Currently in Indianapolis. Luckily the cold isn't so bad (it's about 15°, feels like 0° with the wind chill), but we're about to get 12 inches of snow with a massive cold front on the end of it... so I'm not really looking forward to that
I had to go to the store in Minneapolis and yeah, it's cold enough that it hurts to breathe in. Thankfully I took my vacation this last week and this week (which I scheduled a year ago so go me on foresight) so I'll be avoiding all of it or I'd be outside working in it all day. Sitting at a stop light is actually enough for the temp gauge on your car to start going back down, it feels so bad lmao
Which direction?
Also, STL here. -16 degrees C. It's fucking freezing, Mr. Bigglesworth.
Snow ain't stopping, and I'm curled up w/ my wife, cats, and BotW.
Really nice here in Kansas City.
and by that I mean that if my furnace goes out I will probably die
and by that I mean that if my furnace goes out I will probably die
I'm happy to report that my car started after sitting outside all weekend. It was a close one, lol.
I woke up this morning and saw it was only -6 in Minnesota and that was great news, hahaha.
I woke up this morning and saw it was only -6 in Minnesota and that was great news, hahaha.
We've improved today that the "feels like" temp is the same as the actual temp. I mean it's still -4 but yesterday was -8 and "felt like -30ish".
Doing fine but really want to get back to walks/wagon rides with our dog and 18mo old daughter. (And sledding and parks and stuff)
Doing fine but really want to get back to walks/wagon rides with our dog and 18mo old daughter. (And sledding and parks and stuff)