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Old 12-11-2009, 08:31 PM   #201 (permalink)
 
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They'll probably make us a frikkin zone 5 since we had a record breaker...sigh...
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Old 12-12-2009, 07:56 PM   #202 (permalink)
 
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The low for tonight and for a couple of days is 27F, thank God! Finally a little warmth! We might have a high of 40F or something on Monday. I took out one of my elephant ear bulbs but I'm overwintering one outside. The ground was so frozen that I had to jump onto the shovel and it only dug an inch of the earth! I only got one out, the rest of them I kept in for now 'cause I just gave up!
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Its raining in St Louis now, only a low of 35 tonight, 42 tomorrow and 55 on Monday, then cold as hell again on Tuesday. We had some thunder and lightning today, odd for December.
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The low for tonight and for a couple of days is 27F, thank God! Finally a little warmth! We might have a high of 40F or something on Monday. I took out one of my elephant ear bulbs but I'm overwintering one outside. The ground was so frozen that I had to jump onto the shovel and it only dug an inch of the earth! I only got one out, the rest of them I kept in for now 'cause I just gave up!
Dang, frozen soil. That is crazy... but 40F might warm it up a bit.
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Well it rained like all get out today... but 40F is cold when its raining w/ a 3 degree wind chill.. more rain in the week coming up then freeze thursday & friday.. lol crazy weather..
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Well it rained like all get out today... but 40F is cold when its raining w/ a 3 degree wind chill.. more rain in the week coming up then freeze thursday & friday.. lol crazy weather..
Same here--we have got to be working on 8 ft of rain for the yr-- way above normal.
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:29 AM   #207 (permalink)
 
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Way more rain than normal here or actually I should say it has returned to what was normal in Atlanta in the 80's and 90's. Has me nervous and thinking we're in for a couple of ice storms this winter.
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Old 12-13-2009, 02:14 PM   #208 (permalink)
 
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It's pretty warm and there's no snow, just rain, very odd for us! Hope we don't have a wet winter this year!
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Its 83 degrees over here at my house!
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Some people are born lucky! or smart? 50/30 F stuff for the next ten days here, with almost no rain.
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Old 12-13-2009, 04:29 PM   #211 (permalink)
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Martin, don't rub it in!

It's cool (50F) and rainy today. Rained hard for a while yesterday. Good weather for ducks! We've had low rainfall for the past three years but have had good amounts of rain this fall and winter (most of our rain normally falls from November through March).
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Old 12-14-2009, 04:09 AM   #212 (permalink)
 
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high of 53F but low of 50F each day.. Not bad Better than 30 degrees!
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High in the 70s here, the air is so humid, you can grab a handful, squeeze it and get water. It is raining on the inside of my screened patio. We had over 7 inches over the weekend, almost 8 ft for the yr.
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It was so warm the mosquito's were back to norm.. attack mode.. where's the cold? lol
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FINALLY STARTED TO SNOW!!!! It looked soooo ugly without it! It's about time we had some!!!
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No snow in st louis and personally I could do without it. Yesterday it as 54 degrees today only a high of 30. But at least the sun is out.
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for the last week the lows have been around 50. And highs in the mid 60s by the weekend. Where was the mild air a couple weeks ago I guess my Ice Creams will wake up a bit, and that is a good thing since I need them to grow
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Quit complaining, it was 16 degrees in St louis this morning. I would love to have your weather in the winter.
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Snow on the ground, that's good. I'm glad.
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It was 20 here the a few weeks ago. The psedostems are still green though.
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