What is this, Minnesota?

@dawnald (85135)
Shingle Springs, California
January 11, 2013 12:10pm CST
Went outside today, and everything was frosted over. The temperature outside was high 20's, low 30's. So much for California weather. It was quite cool to see the frost everywhere though. Not what I'm used to (Southern California baby living in Northern California). Brrrr..... Ok, now this is where all you people in colder climate can come in here and razz me about being a wus. Personally I prefer my Los Angeles winters where it sometimes gets up as high as 70 or more, and the I get to razz everybody.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
11 Jan 13
Aww, I'm sorry, maybe the world is confused right now, because this weekend in OHIO is going to be rainy and in the 60s..
• United States
11 Jan 13
Oh yeah, I forgot, you are three hours behind me..
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
yes, and Saturday will come later, but so will Monday
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
It will be 60's here too, but at mid-day.
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@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
14 Jan 13
I think Minnesota is a state in the northern part of the US. Am I right? That is the technical answer to your headline, now it is normal to feel cold when you have walked from the southern part to the northern part. I have not traveled to US much so that is all I can say about it.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
That's correct, and it's a much colder climate than here in California.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Jan 13
My home is in northern California, about halfway between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe.
• India
17 Jan 13
Yeah you are right, it will be better to live there in the summer. California has beaches too, that is another advantage of it. Do you have home at the two places?
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jan 13
Oh shush! 70's weather there. Ugh! Last week we had some real frigid weather here down in the single digits. My poor ole car squeeled big time one morning I was driving my grandson to school. But this week it is up in the 30's or mid 20's. I live in a valley so most of the snow is in the mountains and we don't get much here. Until this year that is.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
47 here.... No 70's weather today.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
Not here in Sacramento, that's LA weather...
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jan 13
But atleast you have afew of those to look forward to. We might get some more in April.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Jan 13
It's been pretty chilly down here too . . . BIZARRE! The other day I was dropping off my daughter to school, and we found an area with ice all over the sidewalk and gutter - people were literally slipping on it (this is where my skating experience helped - ha ha). Apparently there were other ice patches around . . . could it really get THAT cold in the Valley . . . it was surreal. There was frost on lawns and people having take the ice off their windshields. This ain't no Southern CA weather - where'd that LA winter weather go?! I'm layering up my clothes A LOT - and I realized I didn't really have a lot of winter clothes (never really needed them). Still, I guess, this is nothing compared to real winters elsewhere!!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
Ice in the valley? Maybe the Mayans were a month off and the end of the world is next week?
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Jan 13
HA! I was thinking that too!!!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Jan 13
• China
19 Jan 13
Over here,It has stayed below freezing recently .I was born and bred here and have been seasoned to the cold.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
19 Jan 13
I was born and raised in Los Angeles, so I am used to a warmer climate.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Jan 13
Yes, very true.
• China
20 Jan 13
Nowadays,There is no knowing what the weather will do.Some places that used to have mild climate have vile climate now .
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• United States
6 Feb 13
I didn't complain much when it dipped into the high 50s. Started donning a sweater indoors at 55 and really started complaining when it dipped into the 40s. I was starting to lose circulation in my far extremities. Now I'm comfortable with the weather than when I first moved back up here a few years ago. Even now at this hour of the morning, it really isn't that bad (Sleep is evading me tonight.) but am wearing socks to stop the bad circulation. The temperatures at your place are not too different from me here in Carmichael. The day we get back up to about 65 that's what it will be nice.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
6 Feb 13
Well duh it's not too different. It's less than 20 miles. lol
• United States
6 Feb 13
that's when*
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• United States
6 Feb 13
lol
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
12 Jan 13
NOrthern al can even get snow I hear lololol WE have been in the 20s at night the snow is on the west mountain they get left over from Cal and the serras
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
In the mountains. It's really rare to see snow in the flatlands....
@AmbiePam (85496)
• United States
16 Jan 13
I lived in California for a few years as a child, and a couple of summers over the years we would go back and visit old friends. And we always got a laugh when people would relay stories about it getting to 70 degrees in California and people putting on jackets. I have GOT to believe that's an exaggeration. But here, unless it's under 55 degrees, I don't even bother with a coat or jacket.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
OK I draw the line at 65, 55 is too darn cold unless it's just walking to the mailbox.
• United States
12 Jan 13
Reason number 1 why I wouldn't handle Sourthern Cal, No change in weather. I can understand you not liking frost and cold. I don't like frost and cold but it is a great price for the joy that comes once it is spring!
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• United States
17 Jan 13
Over here we have the Cheery Blossoms. I love Spring. Not only do you have warm weather and beautiful trees but it is the hockey playoffs!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
Southern Cal has joy in spring. it's called flowers. :D
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Jan 13
Actually, it's quite springlike in southern Ontario this week... a little rainy today, but not cold at all. Newfoundland, however, is another story.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
Rain in Canada in January? Is that legal?
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Jan 13
Have you ever been to Vancouver..?
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
Oh well, that's different. And yes, but I was pretty young.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
12 Jan 13
You are being a woos. 20's is pretty cold but 30's feels like a heat wave here after the below zero weather we've been having. You would just not handle it where I am at. Last week was painfully cold. I'd go out with my daughter in the morning and I would tell her to make sure we got all we needed while we were out because I did not want to go back out again. Ineviteably, we'd get home and I would finally start to thaw and she'd go , "Mom, you are going to hate me but I for got diapers or baby wipes" or some other thing that we just could not ignore. The wipes, I think we could have improvised on but there was also something else that day like creamer for our coffee as well and I just braved it and went back out. What really kills me is the young people that walk around in this stuff half dressed!!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
I drop my kids off at school, it's 32 degrees out, and there are boys wearing shorts. brrr... yes, I'm a wus.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
11 Jan 13
It is about late seventies -early eighties today. Very rainy this morning but sunny now. I have to agree that I do not like snow and cold. It is pretty for one day but then that is it. No more. Am I a wus? Oh yes!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
I'd rather have neither.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
11 Jan 13
I'd rather have the today-snow than the day after ice. Slipping and sliding on the road while driving makes me a complete wus.
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@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
12 Jan 13
Here in Wisconsin we have had temps in the high thirdies and forties. Not a normal January so far! Tomorrow we are going to go back to the twenties. Usually January we are suppose to have more snow and cold for this time of the year! Darn that gobal warning! It seems winters are not normal anymore! Anywhere!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
seems like
@vandana7 (98830)
• India
12 Jan 13
I had to check that one out for Fahrehheit..lol...are you serious? I mean...out here, its 20 to 30 degrees centigrade in daytime, and nights touch 15...that is about as low as we can get...summers are blistering hot...almost 45 degrees centigrade. The climate suits papa...and rains are very time bound...in the sense they make sure they appear when people are leaving for workplace, and accompany people back on return journey. Otherwise, the rest of the day is quite bright and sunny. We really dont know autumn...rains just spread across autumn.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
11 Jan 13
Personally I hate the heat! It just doesn't agree with me, my moods crash when it gets too hot so I prefer the Winter and Fall months when it's nice and cold. If I had the money I would escape our heat for a colder country. Mind you we certainly don't get the higher temperatures you get in California!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
I don't like heat either. My favorite seasons are spring and fall.
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
12 Jan 13
Today was one of those days that make all those stupid 100ยบ summer days worth it! It was up in the mid-70's today! LOVELY! I'm glad that if I have to have a medical procedure, it was on a day like today! No heavy coat to keep track of!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13
(for the weather, not the medical procedure)
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
12 Jan 13
It was in the 40's here today in central NY.. going up to the 60's tomorrow. Neeners!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
12 Jan 13
the high here was 47
• United States
11 Jan 13
I am a cool climate kind of girl. I don't do well in warm climates, which was quite clear as I spent a year in Florida. I like being in a place with four seasons, and I like having a real winter. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s are how I think that winter should be.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
That gave me chills.
@fannitia (2167)
• Bulgaria
11 Jan 13
his is a strange winter. In my country today it was about 0 degree Celsius or 32 degree Fahrenheit. Last winter we had a lot of snow and temperatures below 14 F. But it was a dry weather. Now it's a wet winter and it feels colder.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jan 13
global warming?
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jan 13
I'm sorry, here in NC it has been in the 70's this week! Not to rub it in or anything...
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jan 13