Kinda chilly last nite -the heater on the sunporch kicked on - I have it set at 40.
The lemons and limes are ripe now, I should pick them.
Fairbanks, AKā¦ HIGH temp Fri -26F ā¦Sat -27F ā¦Sun -25Fā¦ yikes.although nothing out of the norm up thereā¦
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Allegedly in the mid 30s for highs tomorrow and Sunday. Darn near shorts weather
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-33F right now in Fairbanksā¦ I got 39F hereā¦ They can keep it for the rest of the winter 
Had a little sunshine earlier but mostly clouds now. Looks mild right thru the first week of Janā¦
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I remember those days when I lived back east!
Now, under 50Ā° I shiver uncontrollably.
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50, sunny, no wind, and Iād be sweating big time while I worked outside right now. A person adapts I guess
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I was outside with no jacket today. It all depends on if you are sitting or moving on top of if there is sun and windā¦ . I was sweating when we went out ice fishing when it was below 0Fā¦we had to walk about a mile to get out there and in big winter bootsā¦its a hike.
Very dry and very mild holiday this yearā¦iāll take it.
Iāve noticed a lot of outdoor Youtube guys who camp in all 4 seasons prefer winter ā¦none of them seem to like summer for camping. I donāt mind summer because i run the AC nonstopā¦but if i had no AC iād probably hate summer.
64Ā° for yesterdayās high. Interesting footnote - our winter lows to this point have only bottomed briefly to 31Ā°. On the west coast, our coldest time of the year historically is within 2 weeks of the solstice. The next 10 day forecast is showing no real strong cool downs. So, in theory a 10A winter is still within reach! 
Edit: keeping in the āgrowing fruitā spirit - the bananas still have full green leaves with no frost burn, and the habaneros are still hanging on. And finally, strawberries are still putting out about āoneā berry a week lol.
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45f today and 50F tomorrowā¦ Iām going to wash the carā¦ Be interesting to see if we lose are snow cover with 5 days straight of 40F or betterā¦ Tough to do with such short days and low sun angleā¦ maybeā¦
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only about 4-6in. left from all the snow we got in nov. till mid dec. been dry and sunny with below average temps but no severe -0f cold recently.
We were down in southern MN yesterday. Car thermometer said 45 there. 34 was the high here. Thereās barely any snow down around Owatonna, maybe 4-5". We still have 15"+ on the ground. Iām sure up by Ely theyād figure my temp and snow level would be nothing. Funny the difference 3 hours north or south can make.
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same here. Bangor is 3 hrs south of me. some years they have nothing and weāre buried. sometimes its the other way around. this year we are the only ones with snow left and it isnāt much. hope we get some more before the real cold hits us or i may see some cold damage on my bushes that arenāt that hardy like my goumi. deep snow is the only reason i can push my zones with some things.
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Some people we are dog watching for are up in Duluthā¦lots of snow on the ground there (had pics yesterday).
The streets are all wet here todayā¦almost like it rained but its sunny warm and windyā¦frost must be coming back out of the ground. About a million guys out ice fishing when i crossed the channel of the river near my house.
Took my house plants outside today and sprayed them with the hose. A few of them were very dry. Forget how much evaporation takes place inside during the winter in this bone dry air.
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Duluth got nailed big time a few weeks ago. Wind was pushing rocks bigger than basketballs up on shore. I think they got close to 2ā of snow in that storm, we got around 14"
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Our coldest avg are a month off the solsticeā¦same in the summerā¦so Jan 20th you can usually expect on avg the coldest temps of the yearā¦same with mid/late July.
Washed the car in a tshirtā¦ on the solsticeā¦ its funny there is a plumeria sitting outside next to a frozen bucket of iceā¦sunning. I always like to let my plants get a little fresh air in winter. Iām sure weāll pay for this warmth.
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Jinxed us, you did!!
lows 30ās and misting today. went ice fishing. got 12 doz. rainbow smelt and 4 splake. 14in. of ice. pickups driving everywhere. felt good to be out. my buddy got his deer so we had backstraps and fried potatoes for lunch.
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Making Maine sound good there!
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