2019-2020 I hate snow thread

[MileHigh]

I really don't hate snow as most others here do. I never complain about moisture here in the Rockies, but we're getting hit hard pretty early in the season.

Most snow in Denver in October in 22 years -- as of now -- despite how it's officially measured here.

Denver weather: More snow on the way Tuesday ad Denver has snowiest October in 22 years

Still, a good foot-plus on the ground here not far from downtown in the past two days.

Disaster this morning as a second snowstorm moved in hours earlier than scheduled and schools said they would be open as usual. Whoops. Many sent kids home early and likely will be closed in the morning as we push temps toward zero.

Now the bitter cold. That I freakin' hate.

 

[Moderator1]

I hate snow. But you know that

 

[MileHigh]

Yes sir. But it's different where you're at. Once that snow hits, you're locked in for months. Hell, I could be in shorts from January to April. And likely will be.

 

[Chef2]

I don't hate snow.
I despise it.
Just got up to let the dogs out.
Wife and kid were all excited for the 3-7 inches they were calling for here overnight........not a flake.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

The joke in Fort Collins - except that it wasn't exactly a joke - was that kids' costumes were usually bought a size bigger than they normally to accommodate the winter coat and boots because of the snow already on the ground.

I was expecting chillier temps and more snow there. What surprised me was how poorly the roads were maintained following snowstorms. Was not much better than the South, which is somewhere between clueless and utterly lost following the odd snowfall.

 

[MileHigh]

The joke in Fort Collins - except that it wasn't exactly a joke - was that kids' costumes were usually bought a size bigger than they normally to accommodate the winter coat and boots because of the snow already on the ground.

I was expecting chillier temps and more snow there. What surprised me was how poorly the roads were maintained following snowstorms. Was not much better than the South, which is somewhere between clueless and utterly lost following the odd snowfall.

Absolutely true. My late sister did that for the twins. So does my sister in Boulder for her three kids.

 

[Chef2]

Down to 6 degrees tonight here.
6.
FAHRENHEIT.
With 3 inches of snow on the ground.
I hope Ma Nature is ready for me someday, because when I see her, I'm kicking her in the ****ing throat.

 

[MileHigh]

Denver could set its all-time coldest October temperature tonight of minus-2 set in 1917. With 8 inches of snow on the ground. This after we hit 100 degrees for the first time ever in Denver in September.

Denver also had the second-largest temperature drop over two days dating to 1872 and the largest in October: 83 degrees on Oct. 9 and down to 13 degrees on Oct. 10 -- a 70-degree difference.

Not to be outdone, we had the largest one-day temperature swing in October as well: 83 degrees on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. before it dropped to 28 degrees just before midnight the same day -- a 55-degree difference in 10 hours.

And we've got snow in the mountains galore. Winter Park to have its earliest opening in its 80-year history. Monarch Mountain with its earliest opening in 50 years. Eldora's earliest opening in 22 years.

It's been a goofy weather year here for sure after we got buried in the mountains last season and Arapahoe Basin was open on the Fourth of July.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

It wasn’t as bad in Detroit as it is in other places
I used to live in Marquette
Beautiful town but I never drank more before or since moving there
You really do get cabin fever
Marquette is 3 1/2 hours from Green Bay, for God’s sake
Glad I don’t have to worry about winter anymore

 

[I Should Coco]

There's lake effect snow in South Bend, Ind., and the northwest lower peninsula of Michigan.

And then there's the U.P., especially places like Houghton and Marquette. That's a whole 'nuther level. A strong northwest wind combined with a never-frozen Lake Superior is one hell of a snowmaking machine.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

One year in Marquette I covered the Ishpeming-Negaunee game in a driving snowstorm
On October 12
It was snowing so bad they had to stop the game every few minutes to shovel out the yard lines
It was 36-0 Ishpeming in the third quarter, but the stands were full

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Denver could set its all-time coldest October temperature tonight of minus-2 set in 1917. With 8 inches of snow on the ground. This after we hit 100 degrees for the first time ever in Denver in September.

Denver also had the second-largest temperature drop over two days dating to 1872 and the largest in October: 83 degrees on Oct. 9 and down to 13 degrees on Oct. 10 -- a 70-degree difference.

Not to be outdone, we had the largest one-day temperature swing in October as well: 83 degrees on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. before it dropped to 28 degrees just before midnight the same day -- a 55-degree difference in 10 hours.

And we've got snow in the mountains galore. Winter Park to have its earliest opening in its 80-year history. Monarch Mountain with its earliest opening in 50 years. Eldora's earliest opening in 22 years.

It's been a goofy weather year here for sure after we got buried in the mountains last season and Arapahoe Basin was open on the Fourth of July.

There's no such thing as stable, steady weather on the Front Range. It can be 70 degrees with a gentle breeze, then a 30-degree drop and the sort of wind that blows trash bins across streets in two hours.

Some things about the area were far superior to where I am. The "wait five minutes, it will change" weather is not one of them.

 

[swingline]

It wasn’t as bad in Detroit as it is in other places
I used to live in Marquette
Beautiful town but I never drank more before or since moving there
You really do get cabin fever
Marquette is 3 1/2 hours from Green Bay, for God’s sake
Glad I don’t have to worry about winter anymore

You *******.

 

[MileHigh]

There's no such thing as stable, steady weather on the Front Range. It can be 70 degrees with a gentle breeze, then a 30-degree drop and the sort of wind that blows trash bins across streets in two hours.

Some things about the area were far superior to where I am. The "wait five minutes, it will change" weather is not one of them.

The weather is the best part of living here.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Well, the weather is the worst part of living here in Boston, but yesterday it was over 70, albeit windy and rainy. This morning it's 50, tonight it will be 33. It's an accelerated version of our annual change. Between mid-April and Halloween, you get about two or three nice days for every bad one, with one or two summer heat waves. From here on in, it's like one or two nice days a week, with two or three purely horrendous weeks thrown in. Early snowstorms happen, but they're rare. It's the March storms of wet snow and power loss that drain the soul.

 

[exmediahack]

Yes. A less than stellar night for the sexy nurses and cops and Elsa characters in college towns in the upper Midwest.