Christmas in Iowa with no snow

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Originally Posted by FDWxMan

'07-'08? Was that the year. That was my senior year and that finally turned me on loving snow to grumpy it's too dam cold old guy.

Criss-crossing campus got really old that year.

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I want to say it was the next one - 08-09, because I was living in Freddy walking to Kildee every day and that's the year I would have had classes in those two buildings.

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

Weather folks up here have been saying that '12-13 is simulating '88-'89, but isn't nearly as dry.

Don't forget that for a period of about 5 years ending the year before last, the whole damn state was up to their nostrils in snow. Two dry years does not a climate make.

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Nope. Its global warming, the beginning of the end is here, my friend.

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Originally Posted by cowgirl836

I want to say it was the next one - 08-09, because I was living in Freddy walking to Kildee every day and that's the year I would have had classes in those two buildings.

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I'll just go with both, since there were 3 ridiculously snowy ones in a row.

Up until about 3 years ago when my kids got old enough to enjoy snow I really started enjoying it again. I don't particularly care to travel in it, but that's where being self employed has its perks.

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Originally Posted by cowgirl836

I want to say it was the next one - 08-09, because I was living in Freddy walking to Kildee every day and that's the year I would have had classes in those two buildings.

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Yup. '08-'09 was it. Remember it well, my senior year we had to walk about a mile for a 9 AM final. My roommate had just gotten out of the shower (wet hair) I thought for sure he was a goner and I was going to have to eat him to survive.

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Originally Posted by FDWxMan

I'll just go with both, since there were 3 ridiculously snowy ones in a row.

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yeah I"m trying to remember the previous year and I'm not having much luck. The next year we had a couple nasty blizzards and a snow day. And an ice storm over Christmas. That was fun because living at the top of a big hill on a rural road meant we got to go ice sledding down the road. The bad news was it snapped all the power lines and being as we are the end of the line..........it took the power company three days to get it back on. Even worse was that our generator was going bad (like shooting sparks bad) so we could only run a couple things at a time. That meant cows didn't get milked until about 3pm and the house was damn cold. It was just a hellish few days. Just because of that, my parents put in some kind of stand in generator or something like that? Kicks in after 30 seconds, saved us several times now!

I want rain and above freezing temps. Get that moisture in the ground.

My senior year in high school, which would have been the winter of 07-08, we only had school for ten days in the month of February due to snow and other circumstances (girls basketball team made state).

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Originally Posted by CycloneYoda

I keep watching the weather forecasts and models, and I hate the idea of having two snowless winters in a row. If this trend continues, it is adios Iowa. Part of the beauty of living in this state is having 4 wonderful seasons. It is now becoming the dry and drier seasons.

Santa, bring me some snow for Christmas.

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Originally Posted by CycloneGB

Nope. Its global warming, the beginning of the end is here, my friend.

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Worldwide temps ARE rising, but that doesn't mean Iowa will become a desert.

Jan-Feb 2008 Ames, IA. Day's at/below freezing point in Blue.

M/D/Yr	Max	Min
1/1/2008	16	3
1/2/2008	14	1
1/3/2008	31	1
1/4/2008	34	23
1/5/2008	40	23
1/6/2008	38	29
1/7/2008	40	29
1/8/2008	35	25
1/9/2008	34	21
1/10/2008	33	28
1/11/2008	31	22
1/12/2008	27	18
1/13/2008	26	15
1/14/2008	23	7
1/15/2008	22	3
1/16/2008	28	15
1/17/2008	15	-4
1/18/2008	14	-3
1/19/2008	3	-9
1/20/2008	9	-11
1/21/2008	17	8
1/22/2008	15	-8
1/23/2008	13	-8
1/24/2008	26	-20
1/25/2008	25	-12
1/26/2008	31	4
1/27/2008	41	5
1/28/2008	47	36
1/29/2008	40	-1
1/30/2008	9	-3
1/31/2008	23	8
2/1/2008	31	9
2/2/2008	32	22
2/3/2008	31	20
2/4/2008	35	27
2/5/2008	33	23
2/6/2008	25	18
2/7/2008	22	11
2/8/2008	32	17
2/9/2008	31	6
2/10/2008	6	-4
2/11/2008	6	1
2/12/2008	12	-9
2/13/2008	25	-11
2/14/2008	31	3
2/15/2008	15	-1
2/16/2008	34	3
2/17/2008	34	20
2/18/2008	20	3
2/19/2008	22	-3
2/20/2008	7	-12
2/21/2008	16	15
2/22/2008	22	3
2/23/2008	31	5
2/24/2008	39	12
2/25/2008	35	27
2/26/2008	26	16
2/27/2008	25	13
2/28/2008	34	14
2/29/2008	39	28

Last winter was probably my favorite winter. A little snow is alright, but after that winter we had about 70" of snow in one season a couple years ago, i think we'd earned a reprieve last year.

The whole '4 seasons' thing is highly overrated. Cold sucks.

I love 4 seasons. I just wish winter was one or two months instead of 3, and we got a solid rainy season in Febuary/March.

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Originally Posted by ISUAgronomist

Jan-Feb 2008 Ames, IA. Day's at/below freezing point in Blue.

M/D/Yr	Max	Min
1/1/2008	16	3
1/2/2008	14	1
1/3/2008	31	1
1/4/2008	34	23
1/5/2008	40	23
1/6/2008	38	29
1/7/2008	40	29
1/8/2008	35	25
1/9/2008	34	21
1/10/2008	33	28
1/11/2008	31	22
1/12/2008	27	18
1/13/2008	26	15
1/14/2008	23	7
1/15/2008	22	3
1/16/2008	28	15
1/17/2008	15	-4
1/18/2008	14	-3
1/19/2008	3	-9
1/20/2008	9	-11
1/21/2008	17	8
1/22/2008	15	-8
1/23/2008	13	-8
1/24/2008	26	-20
1/25/2008	25	-12
1/26/2008	31	4
1/27/2008	41	5
1/28/2008	47	36
1/29/2008	40	-1
1/30/2008	9	-3
1/31/2008	23	8
2/1/2008	31	9
2/2/2008	32	22
2/3/2008	31	20
2/4/2008	35	27
2/5/2008	33	23
2/6/2008	25	18
2/7/2008	22	11
2/8/2008	32	17
2/9/2008	31	6
2/10/2008	6	-4
2/11/2008	6	1
2/12/2008	12	-9
2/13/2008	25	-11
2/14/2008	31	3
2/15/2008	15	-1
2/16/2008	34	3
2/17/2008	34	20
2/18/2008	20	3
2/19/2008	22	-3
2/20/2008	7	-12
2/21/2008	16	15
2/22/2008	22	3
2/23/2008	31	5
2/24/2008	39	12
2/25/2008	35	27
2/26/2008	26	16
2/27/2008	25	13
2/28/2008	34	14
2/29/2008	39	28

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The last winter I lived in Ames. It was unspeakably brutal. After my roomates were idiots who let the furnace blare, and we got a $600 heating bill, we kept the house as cold as possible, without freezing the pipes.

I remember a lot of nights going to bed in snow pants and ski jacket with hat and gloves on.

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Originally Posted by cyguytillidie

The first ice storm is great on campus. People slipping everywhere.

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all the asian students that have never seen ice/snow before trying to ride their bikes after the ice storm....most lols ever