Spared a Blizzard (sorry) of Bad PR Just imagine: if the Twin Cities played host to the Super Bowl this year instead of last, thousands of out-of-town visitors would now be arriving to a minus 35° wind chill — headed towards as low as minus 60°(!) the next two nights. That compares with an air temp...Read More
[Editor’s Note: I originally ran a variation of this post more than 5 years(!) ago. Since then, I’ve noticed that it attracts hits either when Miami gets smacked with a cold blast (at least for them) — or Minnesota does. With air temps and wind chills locally soon expected to be -25° and -60°(!), respectively,...Read More
January 2019 Thaw Comes to an Abrupt End In case you can’t read the fine print in the photo above, the next time the temperature in the Twin Cities is supposed to reach double digits (as in, 10° or warmer) is early February, more than 10 days(!) away. And that’s air temperature, not windchill. As...Read More
More People Living — & Working — by the Lakes? “You Betcha!” Once upon a time, on an especially nice weekday in Spring or Summer, the traffic heading east to Lake Calhoun would back up a couple blocks during rush hour. No more. Now, it’s practically year-round, both directions — at least any time the windchill...Read More
(Just Past) Mid-Fall in Minnesota 🙁 In the midst of a blast of arctic air this week — the windchill in Minneapolis this am is below zero(!) — Minnesotans can be forgiven for being a little shell-shocked . . . and in need of comic relief. Note: my personal contributions are indicated with asterisks**. 60...Read More
Why No One’s Rooting For FREE* Ice Cream People in the Twin Cities know that when the thermometer dives, ice cream at local favorite Sebastian Joe’s goes on sale. The discount last night, when the temp was “only” -14º below: a cool (sorry) 25%. *Using Sebastian Joe’s scale, the price when the temp is more than...Read More
