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rodoheel said:
all we want is a little snow man. But apparently thanks to global warming it doesn't snow in central NC anymore.
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I grew up in the NC foothills, and I distinctly remember in the early 80s having cold snaps severe enough that the small creek that ran across my grandparent's farm would freeze over in large sections for days at a time. By the time my parents sold the farm 25 years later it never froze over for any length of time, and hasn't done so in many years according to people I know who still live in the area. Global warming is indeed real, despite what some may say.
 
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Mulberry Heel said:
I grew up in the NC foothills, and I distinctly remember in the early 80s having cold snaps severe enough that the creek that ran across my grandparent's farm would freeze over in large sections for days at a time. By the time my parents sold the farm 25 years later it never froze over for any length of time, and hasn't done so in many years according to people I know who still live in the area. Global warming is indeed real, despite what some may say.
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I first moved from NC to Vermont in 1991; I’d already spent significant time in NY’s Adirondacks and NH’s Whites in the winter.

In the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, it would snow in the Adirondacks, the Whites, and Vermont’s Greens in November and most years that first snow stuck around until April.

By mid-December, lakes were so frozen over we didn’t worry about crossing them. Lake Willoughby up in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom was always a favorite ice climbing destination. Last winter I flew up to meet a climbing buddy in February and we were scared to cross Lake Willoughby - we pretty much walked around it, which is about 5X as long and 20X a pain in the ass.

The warmer weather made the ice climbing both easier and scarier - lots of big chunks of ice came down (fridge size would be small).

Cross country skiing has become hit-or-miss in the Northeast.
 
Bobfripp said:
Y'all are Southern softies. Try living in New England.
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Hmmmm…..

New England……there’s Providence or Hartford or Greenwich cold…..then there’s what used to be Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom or Crawford Notch in the Whites or Mt. Katahdin or Inland Maine cold.
 
Zoo_View said:
Hmmmm…..

New England……there’s Providence or Hartford or Greenwich cold…..then there’s what used to be Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom or Crawford Notch in the Whites or Mt. Katahdin or Inland Maine cold.
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Burlington was my home once. Got down to -29F (air temp, not wind chill) January 27, 1994. -27F on February 07, 1993.
 
Bobfripp said:
Burlington was my home once. Got down to -29F (air temp, not wind chill) January 27, 1994. -27F on February 07, 1993.
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Right. Burlington is northern New England. It gets cold there.

-48F in Fairbanks, AK in February 1983 (the high didn’t break -40F for 10 days) is the coldest I’ve seen; but, I had central heat so it was OK. The snow makes a really odd squeak at -40F.

-36F in the Adirondacks in a tent in December late ‘80’s. That was COLD.

Somewhere in the -30’s/close to -40F in a snow cave on Mount Foraker in the Alaska Range. Properly build snow caves are usually just below freezing; so, it was relatively nice.

-33F under my house in Freeport, ME in December 2003 thawing the cold water pipe with a hair dryer. That day sucked!
 
Turd Ferguson said:
Congrats to everyone in NC who saw snow. Maybe the Triangle will get snow again someday.
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If it makes you feel any better, in Greensboro this was basically the worst kind of snow: enough to make the roads dangerous and cause lots of wrecks and cause the schools to close, but not nearly enough to play in or look pretty.
 
Got a dusting last night in Denver NC area (about 20 miles north of CLT)
 
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