Yesterday, when I took Choppy for her morning walk, this was the temperature:
A little later, I looked at the weekend forecast:
These forecasts inspired three immediate Wisconsin thoughts:
1. “Oh, it’s so warm.”
Do you know what is warm about 11 degrees Fahrenheit (-11 Celsius)? Nothing, if you’re a normal person who lives somewhere with normal temperatures. If, however, you live in Wisconsin and the temperature the previous day was -4 degrees F (-20 C) and -7 degrees F (-22 C) the day before that, 11 degrees F is downright balmy.
2. “Of course it’s warm, it’s snowing.”
When it’s truly cold, it doesn’t snow, which is why you will regularly hear people around here say the related phrase, “it’s too cold to snow.” Cold air is dry air, so it rarely snows when it gets super cold. Again, most people live in normal places where this makes no sense because everyone knows it has to be cold to snow.
3. “Ooh, there’s a heat wave headed our way!”
It is going to be one degree above freezing on Sunday (freezing is 32 degrees F, for my non-American friends). I expect I will see shorts broken out (though I did see someone wearing them on Sunday, when it was probably too cold for them. Probably. So I guess it’s already warm enough for them).
Travels with Choppy 
This is so funny because I can totally relate. I just the other day said “It’s too cold to snow” to my spouse when he said he thought it “looked” like snow. You can ‘feel’ a snow storm coming on, too. It’s crazy that we think upper 20s-low 30s is ‘warm.’ It’s definitely all relative! 🙂
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It really is amazing what we can get so used to! I was reading about the day when North America had its coldest day – they said you breathed and your breath came out and immediately fell to the ground in ice crystals and you could hear it tinkle as it hit the snow. I like to think about that when I think it is cold – because it could be a lot worse!
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Yikes, I don’t think my down coat would be warm enough for that cold! 😉
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I am not sure they even make a coat warm enough for that!
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Polar bear maybe, but they are a threatened species. 😉
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OMG, C! I only allow snow to touch my feet! I can’t believe you’re rolling in it! Yikes! *shiver*
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Cupcake, you are probably smarter than Choppy on this one. She then comes in and traipses snow everywhere, causing no end to trouble. Wait, maybe she’s doing it on purpose…
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hahaha Temperatures are all relative, but enjoy your Heat Wave! Over here I am ecstatic because the temps have finally dropped below 30, Centigrade! – just for a day or two.
I remember seeing on TV ages ago, an Inuit family in their Igloo. They let their little toddler run around inside for a while, stark naked, and it was perfectly happy! 🙂
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Well, if I could, I would take a few degrees from you – make it more pleasant for all involved at all ends of the thermometer spectrum!
And I did see someone in shorts here last weekend when it was colder, and until someone pointed it out to me, I didn’t notice. Because, apparently, this is not something that I find odd – my own little eskimo moment!
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It does sound way too cold for shorts! But funny what we take as ‘normal’ behaviour 🙂
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Glad you are enjoying such a warm spell. It’s amazing how the temperatures go up when it snows… 😉
Great shot of choppy enjoying a snow bath…!
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She has been taking snow baths on all our walks as well – I think she, too, is enjoying our warm spell!
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😊
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I totally understand this post… but then again, I’m only about 50 miles south of you.
I love the “too cold for snow” comments I hear around these parts. ..makes me laugh!
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Ah, my fellow Midwesterner – I knew you would get it!
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Going sunbathing at the weekend?! 😉
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We’ll see how things go! (Though I am planning on shoveling the pond to ice skate. You can skate and sunbathe at the same time, right?)
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But make sure not to ice skate and swim at the same time! 😉
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I love reading stuff like this (I don’t get to see snow very often in Melbourne – or at all!) but have to say I’m pretty happy with today’s summer temperature of 20C – we’re enjoying the coolness for now! Glad you still take Choppy for walks despite the snow – there’s something magic about going out in weather conditions when there aren’t too many others around 😉
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I do enjoy our winter walks – I always figure that I chose to adopt Choppy, and everything that entails, including two walks a day, no matter how cold. Plus, I like to get outside for a few minutes no matter how cold it is. It makes me feel a lot better (not to mention the benefits for Choppy!).
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It is so good for us & the dogs – our neighbour makes their poor old dog go out for an hour on weekends because ‘they don’t have time’ during the week (there’s 5 healthy humans in that house, FFS). One hour (in a hilly area) is obviously too much for the old girl. I always go outside at least once in extreme weather, apart from the morning dog walk – I like to check the chickens during extreme heat or pouring rain. Then I get to come inside the comfortable house – makes me appreciate it all the more! 🙂 Lucky Choppy 🙂
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It’s too cold to get out of bed to check if it’s snowing.
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Good one!
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That’s what the online weather radar is for, lol!
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Wow so cold!
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