Doesn't have to be the same place, but those instances would be pretty notable if they are extreme. For me back in January of 2013 I experienced -14F weather during a morning drive from Cedar City, Utah west to Great Basin National Park. Seven days later I experienced 94F weather on the Rio Grande River at Big Bend National Park.
I remember one year when it was 75° in DC the first weekend of January. Ms1995hoo and I went downtown for a Caps game and we ate dinner outdoors at a pizza place near the arena. The following weekend, she was out of town and it was 5° in the DC area, though that didn't stop me from cooking a burger outside on the grill. I don't remember what year that was, though.
When driving home from Mexico once, it was 102°F when we stopped for lunch in Monterrey. The next day, after arriving in Wichita, it was sleeting outside when my family went out to eat here in Wichita. Most of that temperature difference was just in the last 150 miles of the trip. It was 85°F when we left OKC but 35°F when we arrived in Wichita.
The one that beats that–by distance but not by time–was when my dad and I took the bus from Creel to Batopilas, Chihuahua (https://goo.gl/maps/AqDS9SCEVup2CUKFA), in December 2001. Over the course of just 85 miles, we dropped about 6000 feet in elevation. When we got up before dawn in Creel, it was below freezing; when we got off the bus in Batopilas at around noon that day, it was shorts and tee-shirt weather.
Not quite what the OP had in mind...but Upstate NY is good for this in the spring...I lived 4 miles from Lake Ontario...one day about 5 years ago the inland temp at my apt had spiked to 81 but it was 53 lakeside 10 minutes away. Not the biggest range listed...but not bad for a 4 mile distance.
kphoger's comment about the change in elevation reminded me of the largest one-day temperature variation I've experienced. On September 29, 2015, Ms1995hoo and I began the day at the Grand Canyon, where we had stayed overnight at the South Rim; it was 46° when we woke up in the morning. It had probably been colder than that during the night (I had to get up and close the window because we were cold), but I don't know what the actual low temperature was. After touring around the South Rim for a few hours, we drove down to Phoenix to my wife's brother's house. It was 103° there when we arrived.
Colorado is great for this kind of thing too. The time our car overheated north of Naturita, it was 100°F outside at noon. A few days later, after the car was repaired, we pitched our tent in a campground near Idaho Springs. The next morning, our tent had frost on it.
Quote from: kphoger on May 07, 2020, 02:49:48 PM
Colorado is great for this kind of thing too. The time our car overheated north of Naturita, it was 100°F outside at noon. A few days later, after the car was repaired, we pitched our tent in a campground near Idaho Springs. The next morning, our tent had frost on it.
Arizona is pretty solid too. It was fairly common to be in the single digits in Flagstaff or Show Low only to drive 2-3 hours back to weather in the low 70s in Phoenix. That -14F I cited above was actually 61F in Las Vegas twelve hours prior. Elevation can play a huge part in regional swings, especially in arid areas that cool fast.
The Tampa Bay area can get some temperature swings in February - I recall one day with a foggy 35 degree morning which topped out at 82 and clear in the afternoon, and a few days similar to that throughout mid-winter. There's no benefit of elevation changes in that part of the country...
Can't remember the specifics on a week, but it's not unusual to have a few places 50-60 degree spreads in fall or late-winter, which makes packing and preparing a little confusing. Just put a little of everything in the suitcase.
If we're counting flying in the same week/seven-day span, I've had some brutal changes from 72-75 degrees in Florida to the airport exit at -10 and thick with snow. That's a little unfair to count...
Haha, try four hours. Last January it was -25 degrees in Milwaukee when I took off at General Mitchell, and after a two hour flight to Denver, it was 60 there. Then after a two hour drive up into the mountains, it was in the low teens. A total variation of 135 degrees in four hours.
Can't remember the exact temps, but there have been a few times where it has snowed one day and got into the 70s a few days later
Probably when I was in Hawaii, and I went to Maunu Kea.
Mine is probably when I flew from DFW in December of 2000 to GRR. It was in the low 50s in DFW and when I got to GRR it was in the teens and lake effect snow.
Living in Michigan there might be many ties involved.
In December 2017, I flew from 90 degree or so NE Florida to 20 degree SW Missouri.
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 08, 2020, 12:43:42 AM
Living in Michigan there might be many ties involved.
You mean like this week?
A low temp of -11 degrees, followed by a high of 59 four days later in Feb. 2016, is the best gap I've seen living where I do now.
High of 75 on Sunday and a low of 39 on Wednesday.
This weekend is a fairly big one for the normally-temperate weather here: going from 60s to 80s to 60s again.
One set of flights. Was in the Bolivian rainforest in a town called Rurrenabaque where it was 95°. Flew through La Paz to a town called Uyuni in the southern part of the country that had a low of 15° the night we arrived. 80° in about 4 hours.
For a longer time period (still within a week), Denver has definitely gone from 10° to 80°.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 07, 2020, 12:37:29 PM
Doesn't have to be the same place, but those instances would be pretty notable if they are extreme. For me back in January of 2013 I experienced -14F weather during a morning drive from Cedar City, Utah west to Great Basin National Park. Seven days later I experienced 94F weather on the Rio Grande River at Big Bend National Park.
I've definitely flown through JFK from Rio on the way back to LA in February. One time my ex- and I even had a 20-hour stop over with a room. We went into town and needed winter coats. It was around 25F or so in New York after having had about 42C (108F), at least if you believe the temperature on all of the banks, the day before in Rio. Back in LA, it was more like mid 70s to low-80sF.
I have encountered similar differences after working in Seoul for several months (ending in January) where -15-20C (-4 to +5F) in the morning was common and heading immediately to Sint Marten where you wondered whether the thermometers that almost constantly showed 30C(86F) were broken. Although, I was almost always at the beach or the pool at the hottest times of the day, so I only saw the temperature in the late morning or and usually early evening to early morning.
Without involving three continents, living in Sacramento, there is usually one week in late March, April, or early May where the air dries out from a recent storm and it goes from a high 42F and fog on to Sunny in the mid-90sF. I believe that it actually hit about 105F one May after frost (or maybe just "colder than ...") earlier in the week, but I could be mistaken about the extremes. Maybe it was only "lows in the high 40s to highs in the low 90s", but you get the idea.
I do remember that on May 15, 1990, at about 9PM, I observed light snow in South Lake Tahoe as I left from an after work round trip to get back to Sacramento where it had been mid 80s earlier in the day.
Quote from: GaryV on May 08, 2020, 07:38:00 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 08, 2020, 12:43:42 AM
Living in Michigan there might be many ties involved.
You mean like this week?
It's a good example. It was in the 30's yesterday in Cadillac it even snowed. Wasn't it in the 70's last weekend?
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 08, 2020, 12:43:42 AM
Living in Michigan there might be many ties involved.
One summer (I think 1968) we were in the UP and it was 91 - uncharacteristically hot, even for July. A front came through and within a couple hours it was 41.
A couple of years ago, I had a meeting in Montréal on Monday (low temperature ~-15°F), and a meeting in San Antonio, TX on Wednesday (high temperature ~80°F)....
Admittedly, not probably not quite the experience the OP was looking for, but it was a rough week for me.
Not sure for a week long, but I've been through days with lows around freezing and highs at about 70 °F.
Quote from: frankenroad on May 09, 2020, 04:56:32 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 08, 2020, 12:43:42 AM
Living in Michigan there might be many ties involved.
One summer (I think 1968) we were in the UP and it was 91 - uncharacteristically hot, even for July. A front came through and within a couple hours it was 41.
Its almost like your in Canada the way the weather is.
I went from mid 80s in Costa Rica to below zeroo on my drive home from the airport in about a 12 hour period.
In one location, I once mowed my lawn on a Thursday in November in the low 70s, with multiple inches of snow on the ground by Saturday.
Had to be the day I went to Hawaii. Was about 28 degrees that morning when I walked into the terminal at BDL. Got to HNL and it was 80. Also seem to recall one November (1993) when we were preparing for my high school football team's championship game that it was near 80 degrees one day when we were practicing. During warmup the day of the game, it started snowing.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on May 10, 2020, 11:50:11 AM
I went from mid 80s in Costa Rica to below zeroo on my drive home from the airport in about a 12 hour period.
In one location, I once mowed my lawn on a Thursday in November in the low 70s, with multiple inches of snow on the ground by Saturday.
I remember the Christmas Day back in the late 1990s that my dad and I went up to the local high school in Atwood (KS) to play a competitive Frisbee game we had developed. There were at least six inches of snow on the ground, but we were playing in tee shirts under a cloudless sky.
Within a one week period of late Jan-early Feb 2019, I went from -29 to 51 degrees. A difference of almost 80 degrees
About a decade ago we had a March snowstorm here, and a few days later it was in the 80s. Some snow was still on the ground in shady areas and piles, which was a wild sight.
As a storm chaser, I have experienced many extremes in temperature. Back in 2006 I want to say, we had a lovely 65 degrees in San Antonio in early May. The next day, we were in Lubbock with 44 as a high and snow on the ground. 3 days later in Amarillo it was 90. So in 3 days we moved about 46 degrees in temp.
I think last month's coldpocalypse set my record. On February 16, the low was 15 degrees, and the following week the high was 76. A difference of 61 degrees.
Just remembered what is likely my highest 12 hour variation without flying. I left Breckenridge, CO at 5:30 AM when it was -3°. The high in Denver that same day was 67°.
Flying: Shortly after New Year's 2015, from SJU (80's) to MHT (0) with a layover in PHL.
Same location: Worcester MA sophomore year of college in 2016, went from 50's one weekend to 0 the next (with -30 wind chill - my roommates & I boiled a pot of water, tossed it into the backyard, and watched it instantly freeze :biggrin:)
Honorable mention: Ascending Pikes Peak on the Cog Railway in May 2016 - 60's at the base in Manitou Springs, 20's at the summit (threw on sweatpants over my shorts during the ride up :D)
Quote from: ozarkman417 on May 08, 2020, 12:46:32 AM
In December 2017, I flew from 90 degree or so NE Florida to 20 degree SW Missouri.
I believe this past winter's polar vortex has broken this record. The difference being -15 or -20 and 65 or 70 a few days later.
Not quite a maximum, but when I got to work today at 3:30, it was 75°. When I left work at 11:00, it was 33° and snowing.
last year, around labor day, it went from being nearly 100, to mid-20s and snow within like a day.
Quote from: jayhawkco on March 29, 2021, 04:31:38 PM
Just remembered what is likely my highest 12 hour variation without flying. I left Breckenridge, CO at 5:30 AM when it was -3°. The high in Denver that same day was 67°.
Chris
How about less than one hour variation?
Mother's Day weekend in the early 2000's, we were traveling to pick up my son from Michigan Tech. Going across the Seney Stretch the temp was in the low 70's - with sun load, it was enough to turn on the A/C. Then we went down the hill into Munising and the temp dropped to 46 degrees. The bay was still ice-covered. As we went along Lake Superior toward Marquette, the temp bopped up and down by 10-15 degrees depending on how far the road was above the Lake.
Quote from: GaryV on March 30, 2021, 08:39:14 AM
How about less than one hour variation?
Mother's Day weekend in the early 2000's, we were traveling to pick up my son from Michigan Tech. Going across the Seney Stretch the temp was in the low 70's - with sun load, it was enough to turn on the A/C. Then we went down the hill into Munising and the temp dropped to 46 degrees. The bay was still ice-covered. As we went along Lake Superior toward Marquette, the temp bopped up and down by 10-15 degrees depending on how far the road was above the Lake.
Not quite an hour for me, but I remember driving up from Mexico in March 2010. When we stopped for gas in northern Oklahoma City, it was 85 degrees and sunny. When we got to Wichita a little over two hours later, it was 35 degrees with a cold north wind and drizzle. After unloading the car, when we went out for dinner in Park City, it was sleeting.
Last week (or 2 weeks ago, I forgot) the Toronto area had 30 degrees Celsius, and then by the end of that week it was down to the single digits.
Last week I set a new personal best:
Wednesday in Yakima - afternoon high of 102 F
Sunday at home - high of 55 F / low of 44 F
How about same day? I left Acapulco in Jan of 1995 with 86 degrees and sunny to come home to 14 and snow. I had to tell my dad to make sure he brought my winter coat. The day I left for that trip from Madison (trip started there day after Christmas 94), it was a balmy 40.
Had a high of 109F yesterday and a low of 54F a week ago.
When I left Yellowstone May 2006 it was snowing. The next day it was 90.
I've had bigger ranges that involved traveling, but as far as staying in one place goes, we had a pretty big shift last week in Salt Lake. On June 11, the early-morning low at the airport was 46F. Four days later we tied our all-time record high of 107.
Think I got you all beat. Dallas went from -2ºF on Feb. 16 to 81ºF on Feb. 23 this year.
https://www.weather.gov/fwd/displayprod?dfwfeb21
Quote from: Road Hog on September 19, 2021, 10:57:07 PM
Think I got you all beat. Dallas went from -2ºF on Feb. 16 to 81ºF on Feb. 23 this year.
https://www.weather.gov/fwd/displayprod?dfwfeb21
We had a similar warmup in Norman at the same time (although we started in the negative teens if I remember correctly).
Some of the higher altitude valleys in the Eastern Sierra have "long thermometer" days, particularly in this late September-mid October part of the year. Bridgeport, CA (NWS forecast here (https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-119.22304354375228&lat=38.25625418829628)), on US 395 northeast of Yosemite, has a forecast low of 19 tonight and 23 tomorrow night, with highs of 72 tomorrow and 81 on Tuesday. Truckee, CA on I-80 can be like that as well.
In dry conditions those valleys get some extreme radiational cooling while higher up there's an inversion effect. I see that in the winter too. I'll drive NV 207 from Lake Tahoe over to Minden and Gardnerville in Carson Valley. Daggett Pass on NV 207, at 7300 feet, will often be above freezing, say 35°F, in the morning. It's less than 8 miles from there down to the valley floor at 4700 feet and you can watch your car's thermometer go click, click, click until it's maybe 15°F at the bottom of the hill.
Quote from: CoreySamson on March 29, 2021, 04:25:10 PM
I think last month's coldpocalypse set my record. On February 16, the low was 15 degrees, and the following week the high was 76. A difference of 61 degrees.
I think that may be the most extreme for me too...or it might have been when we drove back from Boston to New Orleans one January...from 0 to 77. but we did stop and spend the night in dc
I was in the USN in 1985. I was stationed on Diego Garcia where it was about 90°F every day. (I was an AG2. I sent up the weather balloons.) I took a vacation midway through my deployment in late February when I returned to Wisconsin. I got to La Crosse to visit my brother midafternoon. It snowed 8" that night as a cold front passed through. The next day's high was about 0°F. The following night it was about -15°F or so. That's >100°F difference in <96 hours.
It got down to 14 in last year's ice storm, but was in the 60s by the following Saturday.
I don't know if this is the largest for me, but it is the most recent. Oct. 17th- Miserable weather, probably like 34, cloudy, rain, the worst crap imaginable. Five days later, it was beautiful, sunny, actually quite nice. Two days after that it then became unpleasantly hot, was probably almost 80 but felt even hotter.
My first job out of college was on the installation and commissioning crew for a series of air traffic control radar systems. The first site I worked on was outside of Kalispell, MT. On July 1 it was 99 degrees. On the morning of July 4 it was 26 degrees and snowing.
Low 70's today, mid 30's tomorrow. That's pretty stark. The upper Midwest is getting one of those "four seasons in 48 hours" storms.
Wouldn't have it any other way. :P
Quote from: kirbykart on November 10, 2022, 09:50:58 AM
I don't know if this is the largest for me, but it is the most recent. Oct. 17th- Miserable weather, probably like 34, cloudy, rain, the worst crap imaginable. Five days later, it was beautiful, sunny, actually quite nice. Two days after that it then became unpleasantly hot, was probably almost 80 but felt even hotter.
I don't even think 34 to 80 is unheard of for a single
day in a lot of places.
^No, it's really not. But this is just the one that was freshest in my head, and it did say over the course a week.
Quote from: CoreySamson on March 29, 2021, 04:25:10 PM
I think last month's coldpocalypse set my record. On February 16, the low was 15 degrees, and the following week the high was 76. A difference of 61 degrees.
I may have actually broken this in October. I was home on a break from college, where it apparently got up to about 91 degrees. Less than a week later, I was back in Tulsa right in time for a cold snap which brought a low temperature of 27. That's a difference of 64 degrees if I'm counting this right. And a couple days after that cold snap hit it got up to 90 here, so that would be my new single-place temperature variation record I've experienced at 63.
I feel like I've been in the mid-30s and mid-70s in the same week in Maryland, around April
February 1996: I remember waking up to an overnight low close to the freezing mark (mid-30s) and a high in the upper 50s on 2/16/1996; then after a warm front it was a low near 70 degrees and a high of 102 degrees on 2/22/1996.
A decade later in April 2006 a similar warmup I experienced: 4/11/2006 it was upper 50s low and high around 80 degrees and then 4/17/2006 the low didn't drop below 80 degrees and the high reached 111 degrees.
Even wilder on a single day: more recently on Christmas Eve 2015: As a cold front raced across Texas, I remember leaving the Houston Hobby airport around 5 AM it was 71 degrees and quite humid ahead of the cold front. Then during a fuel stop in Victoria around 7 AM the temperature was low 50s, rainy, and breezy, the cold front had passed by that time. I continued driving south to Brownsville, reached there right before Noon and it was approaching 90 degrees and the high temperature peaked at 92 degrees. Left Brownsville just before sunset to head back north to Corpus Christi and during a fuel stop in Riviera it was 45 degrees around 8 PM. So to summarize, I went from 70s right before sunrise to 50s mid-morning to 90s just after noon and down to 40s by evening after sunset....all that on Christmas Eve.
The Texas Extreme Weather Event of February, 2021 (https://www.wunderground.com/calendar/us/tx/dallas/KDAL/date/2021-2) where it snowed all the way south to Houston Texas. Just to give some context, it is expected to get a dusting of snow in the north half of Dallas maybe once per year. On February 14th, several inches of snow fell across Texas, including DFW. Two days later, DFW had the second lowest low of -2℉ on record (https://www.weather.gov/fwd/dgr8mxmn), tying a record set on January 31st, 1949. And, by Sunday, February 21st, the high was 75℉. Having said that, the Texas infrastructure is designed for high temperatures, high winds, and rocks falling from the sky. As a result, many areas lost power, pipes burst, and homes had damage. I considered myself lucky that I got a home that is right next to a major medical center, so I did not lose power. My power bill was higher than normal because the freeze guard on my pool kicked in and ran for ten days. That was still cheaper that trying to even GET a replacement pumps, as the backlog lasted for months.
Tomorrow we're supposed to have a high of 49° and a low of -10°.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on December 20, 2022, 01:42:18 PM
Tomorrow we're supposed to have a high of 49° and a low of -10°.
Similarly, here in Wichita, the current forecast for Thursday night is -3°F, and then a high the following Thursday is 55°F.
Quote from: kphoger on December 20, 2022, 01:49:48 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on December 20, 2022, 01:42:18 PM
Tomorrow we're supposed to have a high of 49° and a low of -10°.
Similarly, here in Wichita, the current forecast for Thursday night is -3°F, and then a high the following Thursday is 55°F.
I didn't look for the weekly. Highest is next Tuesday with high of 58° and then the low is now tomorrow at -12°. 70° swing.
Our forecast this Friday is for a high of 55°, a low of 17°, and an overnight windchill downtown of 1° (which means below-zero windchills in the suburbs where I live). I think my fleece-lined jeans will be making an appearance.
Not even close to my record, but dang, wow.
(https://imgur.com/niuJFDx.jpg)
Quote from: JayhawkCO on December 20, 2022, 01:54:51 PM
I didn't look for the weekly.
Why not? You posted in a "one week temperature variations" thread.
its supposed to drop from 57 noon thursday to 17 at 6 am Friday
Quote from: kphoger on December 20, 2022, 02:28:27 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on December 20, 2022, 01:54:51 PM
I didn't look for the weekly.
Why not? You posted in a "one week temperature variations" thread.
I thought it was notable enough of a one day change to be pertinent. And, one of my friends has posted the one day variation on social and I hadn't taken the time to go to weather.com.
Hmm... I thought there was a thread for one-day temp range, but I can't seem to find it.
We're getting the same front in Norman–high Wednesday of 44°, followed by an estimated temperature of 6° at noon on Thursday. And of course, because Oklahoma, "Windy, with a north wind 24 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph."
Road trip with friends from Louisiana to Woodstock CT. January 2. Was I think about 60 when we left Baton Rouge. Left at 9 pm. By the time morning came, we were just about to transition from I-40 to I-81 and stopped for gas and breakfast. It was 22. By the time we reached Woodstock it was 7.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on December 20, 2022, 01:42:18 PM
Tomorrow we're supposed to have a high of 49° and a low of -10°.
I keep trying to tell myself that because I'm in the mountains, it might be a 'smidge' warmer. But I'm not really THAT far up, like 5500 feet.
As i sit now, it's windy as absolute hell up here, warm(for this time of morning) and dead clear.
Actually, you've probably driven by my house.
This week: went from a low of 8F to a high of 52F.
Quote from: Bruce on December 25, 2022, 05:57:29 PM
This week: went from a low of 8F to a high of 52F.
In Wichita, last Thursday's low was —5°F, while tomorrow's forecast high is +57°F.
In Missoula, it's a damn heat wave. It's gone from -23 with -40 wind chill last Wednesday the 22nd to today with light rain showers and 40 making the snow all yucky and mushy.
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on December 27, 2022, 09:25:43 PM
In Missoula, it's a damn heat wave. It's gone from -23 with -40 wind chill last Wednesday the 22nd to today with light rain showers and 40 making the snow all yucky and mushy.
Looks like we have the same temperature spread–just twenty degrees colder where you are.
It's currently 57°F and cloudy here in Wichita, with a forecast high of 59°F. Last Thursday, the low was —5°F. That's a 64-degree spread in one week. There has been a stiff south wind both yesterday and today, around 20—25 mph. The little snow cover that remained on Christmas lasted longer than it might have otherwise, because we got freezing rain on the evening of the 25th, which ended up somewhat protecting the snow from immediate melting under a thin crust of ice. Most of the remainder has melted today, however, with just little spots still to be found.
We went from -24° last Wednesday morning to 61° yesterday - 85° spread.
Similarly, like in the last two posts, we went from -8°F to +61°F between 12/23 and 12/27 here in Joliet. A very nice temperature differential if I do say so myself. :) It's going to be really difficult to beat Denver in this contest, though.
The most I can remember here is when we skipped spring this past May: from a low of 33 on May 4 to a high of 93 on May 10.
Quote from: CoreySamson on November 10, 2022, 03:14:02 PM
I may have actually broken this in October. I was home on a break from college, where it apparently got up to about 91 degrees. Less than a week later, I was back in Tulsa right in time for a cold snap which brought a low temperature of 27. That's a difference of 64 degrees if I'm counting this right. And a couple days after that cold snap hit it got up to 90 here, so that would be my new single-place temperature variation record I've experienced at 63.
This week broke my record again. Back home in Houston on Jan 8 it was the most humid 73 I can ever recall, while this week (Jan 14), it got down to 0 here in Tulsa. Which makes it convenient to calculate that my single-week temperature variation record is now 73 degrees.
At 5 PM on Monday it was 65. At 7 AM tomorrow it will be 5. So that's 60 degrees in 38 hours. Yesterday I biked 34 miles in shorts and was sweating, today I couldn't feel my face after walking outside for 5 minutes.
It wasn't a linear decline either - it bottomed at 32 last night, warmed up to 51 this morning, and has since been rapidly cooling. That's a total decrease of 79 degrees in 32 hours, factoring out the 6 hours in which it was warming up.
Quote from: thspfc on February 25, 2023, 07:42:38 PM
The most I can remember here is when we skipped spring this past May: from a low of 33 on May 4 to a high of 93 on May 10.
Ha, this post was almost exactly one year ago.
As reported by Weather Underground for February, 2024 (https://www.wunderground.com/calendar/us/tx/dallas/KDAL/date/2024-2):
Saturday, February 24th: Low of 46℉
Monday, February 26th: High of 91℉ which set a record for that date
https://twitter.com/NWSFortWorth/status/1761944340228866409
https://twitter.com/NWSFortWorth/status/1762194612876415251
Thursday, February 29th: Low of 41℉ forecast
How about one day? Yesterday it was 72 degrees in Detroit, right now it's 35 degrees in Detroit. The high today was 60 which has already happened. Lower Michigan is having some back and forth weather, one day it'll be 60, the next day it'll be 32, the next day it'll be 48, then 38, then 53 or something like that. That's how Michigan weather is though.
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 12:25:05 PM
That's how Michigan weather is though.
Along with the other states, too...
This weather has been insane the last couple of days. 73 for a high yesterday and temperatures late this morning got down to 21. A low of 18 is forecast tonight.
Quote from: kphoger on February 28, 2024, 12:28:08 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 12:25:05 PM
That's how Michigan weather is though.
Along with the other states, too...
Yeah I basically told someone from Ohio that too. They said only in Ohio can it go from 70 to 30 in one day I said Michigan says hold my beer.
The swings are getting worse.
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 11:31:56 PM
Michigan says hold my beer. Stroh's.
FIFY
Or maybe Bell's would be a more contemporary reference.
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 11:31:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 28, 2024, 12:28:08 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 12:25:05 PM
That's how Michigan weather is though.
Along with the other states, too...
Yeah I basically told someone from Ohio that too. They said only in Ohio can it go from 70 to 30 in one day I said Michigan says hold my beer.
Everybody, in every state, every year, says, "Only in __________ can the weather go from _________ to __________ in __________ hours!"
It's not a Michigan thing. It's an everywhere thing. And if it's specific to a region, then it's a general Midwest thing.
I suspect North Dakota might tell Michigan to hold its beer.
Quote from: kphoger on February 28, 2024, 12:28:08 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 12:25:05 PM
That's how Michigan weather is though.
Along with the other states, too...
Being from Oklahoma, it is weird to me how little the weather has changed in Las Vegas since I got here. About the same temperature every day (one day it rained so it was a little cooler). It feels like it got stuck or something.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 10:12:46 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 11:31:56 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 28, 2024, 12:28:08 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 12:25:05 PM
That's how Michigan weather is though.
Along with the other states, too...
Yeah I basically told someone from Ohio that too. They said only in Ohio can it go from 70 to 30 in one day I said Michigan says hold my beer.
Everybody, in every state, every year, says, "Only in __________ can the weather go from _________ to __________ in __________ hours!"
It's not a Michigan thing. It's an everywhere thing. And if it's specific to a region, then it's a general Midwest thing.
I suspect North Dakota might tell Michigan to hold its beer.
So you're saying Denver is in the Midwest now? smh
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 29, 2024, 10:37:20 AM
Being from Oklahoma, it is weird to me how little the weather has changed in Las Vegas since I got here. About the same temperature every day (one day it rained so it was a little cooler). It feels like it got stuck or something.
Touché.
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Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 11:03:11 AM
So you're saying Denver is in the Midwest now? smh
No. In fact, I was thinking of you when I typed that. But I suspect it's more common in, say, South Dakota than in Grand Junction. Maybe I'm wrong about that.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 11:03:11 AM
So you're saying Denver is in the Midwest now? smh
No. In fact, I was thinking of you when I typed that. But I suspect it's more common in, say, South Dakota than in Grand Junction. Maybe I'm wrong about that.
The Front Range and eastern plains are definitely swingier than the western slope. The mountains are somewhere in between as they're fairly predictably unpredictable. (You can not see a cloud in the sky and 30 minutes later be in a lightning storm.)
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 11:13:07 AM
The Front Range and eastern plains are definitely swingier ...
Which I know well, having grown up 200 miles from the eastern edge of metro Denver.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 11:07:08 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 29, 2024, 10:37:20 AM
Being from Oklahoma, it is weird to me how little the weather has changed in Las Vegas since I got here. About the same temperature every day (one day it rained so it was a little cooler). It feels like it got stuck or something.
Touché.
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I saw a post in one of the Las Vegas Reddit groups shaming Midwestern tourists for making fun of valets clustering around big outdoor heaters when it's in the 50s.
"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 10:12:46 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 11:31:56 PM
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Quote from: Flint1979 on February 28, 2024, 12:25:05 PM
That's how Michigan weather is though.
Along with the other states, too...
Yeah I basically told someone from Ohio that too. They said only in Ohio can it go from 70 to 30 in one day I said Michigan says hold my beer.
Everybody, in every state, every year, says, "Only in __________ can the weather go from _________ to __________ in __________ hours!"
It's not a Michigan thing. It's an everywhere thing. And if it's specific to a region, then it's a general Midwest thing.
I suspect North Dakota might tell Michigan to hold its beer.
Well the Great Lakes vastly has an effect on Michigan's weather. Not too as many other states are going to get the effects of lake effect snow. The Great Lakes can whip up a storm in a hurry.
Quote from: GaryV on February 29, 2024, 01:34:39 PM
"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
That's a common one here in Michigan.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on February 29, 2024, 02:35:53 PM
Quote from: GaryV on February 29, 2024, 01:34:39 PM
"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
That's a common one here in Michigan.
You missed the point. It's a common one everywhere. Everyone thinks their state's weather is more variable than everyone else's. Michigan isn't unique in that regard.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 03:03:02 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 29, 2024, 02:35:53 PM
Quote from: GaryV on February 29, 2024, 01:34:39 PM
"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
That's a common one here in Michigan.
You missed the point. It's a common one everywhere. Everyone thinks their state's weather is more variable than everyone else's. Michigan isn't unique in that regard.
And I would argue that this thread is a way to resolve which state you can actually apply that sentiment to. I don't believe I've seen anyone beat my 85° swing in a week for Colorado.
So na-nah-na-nah-boo-boo. I win.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 03:41:38 PM
And I would argue that this thread is a way to resolve which state you can actually apply that sentiment to. I don't believe I've seen anyone beat my 85° swing in a week for Colorado.
So na-nah-na-nah-boo-boo. I win.
I don't recall anyone beating it either. But, if someone were to beat it, it would probably be someone from Montana or the Dakotas.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 04:51:51 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 03:41:38 PM
And I would argue that this thread is a way to resolve which state you can actually apply that sentiment to. I don't believe I've seen anyone beat my 85° swing in a week for Colorado.
So na-nah-na-nah-boo-boo. I win.
I don't recall anyone beating it either. But, if someone were to beat it, it would probably be someone from Montana or the Dakotas.
I feel like they're quick to drop, but less quick to warm up, anecdotally of course.
Quote from: Rothman on February 29, 2024, 07:05:09 AM
The swings are getting worse.
Agreed.
Quote from: bm7 on February 29, 2024, 02:51:30 PM
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That is amazing. There ought to be another one of these for "my state is the only one to get potholes!11!1!!1"
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 03:41:38 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 03:03:02 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 29, 2024, 02:35:53 PM
Quote from: GaryV on February 29, 2024, 01:34:39 PM
"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
That's a common one here in Michigan.
You missed the point. It's a common one everywhere. Everyone thinks their state's weather is more variable than everyone else's. Michigan isn't unique in that regard.
And I would argue that this thread is a way to resolve which state you can actually apply that sentiment to. I don't believe I've seen anyone beat my 85° swing in a week for Colorado.
So na-nah-na-nah-boo-boo. I win.
It was originally said by Mark Twain about New England.
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How did a human being consciously decide to write the Washington one? Is he being serious? Can he comprehend the words on the screen?
Quote from: bm7 on February 29, 2024, 02:51:30 PM
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I'm so guilty of parroting and encouraging this statement for Maryland, but we're at one of the central latitudes of the U.S. so we have an element of validity in ours.
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I'm so guilty of parroting and encouraging this statement for Maryland, but we're at one of the central latitudes of the U.S. so we have an element of validity in ours.
No.
A few days ago parts of Southern Ontario went from +10 degrees Celsius to -10 degrees Celsius within 24 hours.
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I'm so guilty of parroting and encouraging this statement for Maryland, but we're at one of the central latitudes of the U.S. so we have an element of validity in ours.
Has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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I'm so guilty of parroting and encouraging this statement for Maryland, but we're at one of the central latitudes of the U.S. so we have an element of validity in ours.
[Insert collage of someone from every state saying "haha yeah but my state is different"]
Quote from: thspfc on March 02, 2024, 10:58:01 AM
How did a human being consciously decide to write the Washington one? Is he being serious? Can he comprehend the words on the screen?
East of the Cascades, it could definitely apply (just like anywhere else). West of the Cascades, less so for sure.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 03:41:38 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 03:03:02 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 29, 2024, 02:35:53 PM
Quote from: GaryV on February 29, 2024, 01:34:39 PM
"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
That's a common one here in Michigan.
You missed the point. It's a common one everywhere. Everyone thinks their state's weather is more variable than everyone else's. Michigan isn't unique in that regard.
And I would argue that this thread is a way to resolve which state you can actually apply that sentiment to. I don't believe I've seen anyone beat my 85° swing in a week for Colorado.
So na-nah-na-nah-boo-boo. I win.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 04:51:51 PM
I don't recall anyone beating it either. But, if someone were to beat it, it would probably be someone from Montana or the Dakotas.
As suspected. The Dakotas.
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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-city-has-the-most-unpredictable-weather/
I know this thread is for one week variations, but I don't think it's worth a new thread for variants. One of the biggest 12 hour variations for Denver overnight. 73° at 3:30 PM yesterday. 32° at 3:30 AM today. Drop of 41° in 12 hours.
Quote from: kphoger on March 12, 2024, 12:12:29 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on February 29, 2024, 03:41:38 PMQuote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 03:03:02 PMQuote from: Flint1979 on February 29, 2024, 02:35:53 PMQuote from: GaryV on February 29, 2024, 01:34:39 PM"You know what they say about weather in __________: 'If you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.'"
That's a common one here in Michigan.
You missed the point. It's a common one everywhere. Everyone thinks their state's weather is more variable than everyone else's. Michigan isn't unique in that regard.
And I would argue that this thread is a way to resolve which state you can actually apply that sentiment to. I don't believe I've seen anyone beat my 85° swing in a week for Colorado.
So na-nah-na-nah-boo-boo. I win.
Quote from: kphoger on February 29, 2024, 04:51:51 PMI don't recall anyone beating it either. But, if someone were to beat it, it would probably be someone from Montana or the Dakotas.
As suspected. The Dakotas.
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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-city-has-the-most-unpredictable-weather/
Not doubting it; spent one week in December 2022 in Rapid City and it was calm and 50-52F on Monday afternoon, with a low of -25F and windy just a few days later. It was December, so I was expecting the latter more than the former.
(But now I have a logical reason for my eyes to glaze over when people talk about changeable weather.)
I kind of expect a big temperature swing from the Denver area, it's in the "mystery belt (https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/btssmw/we_have_a_little_bit_of_everything/)"...