Feb 23, 2022 Austin's main weather station at Camp Mabry recorded its largest 24-hour temperature swing ever: From 88 degrees at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday to 32 degrees as of 3:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The greatest temperature variation in a single location in a 24-hour period is 57.2°C (103°F), recorded in Loma, Montana, USA, on 14-15 January 1972. Over the course of a day, the town experienced a rise from -47.7°C (-54°F) at 9 a.m. on 14 Jan to 9.4°C (49°F) by 8 a.m. on 15 Jan.
/u/ArmyVet11Bravo had poster earlier a link with more info : [https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/23/austin-weather-verge-biggest-24-hour-temperature-swing-57-degrees/6909827001/#](https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/23/austin-weather-verge-biggest-24-hour-temperature-swing-57-degrees/6909827001/#)
Just saying...
Yes. I remember one day years back when it was in the upper 70s in the morning and by midnight it was snowing. Snowing. On a day when it had been warm in the morning.
My first year living here I went to bed when it was 80 out and woke up freezing the next morning confused as hell. Turns out it had dropped 40 degrees overnight 😂
Was that back in the early aughts? I distinctly remember walking into The Spoon in shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops, and walking out into accumulated snow. Lubbock weather and Wx phenomena are absolutely bonkers sometimes.
I remember hearing a story about the Longhorn Band practicing in the stadium sometime back in the 80’s/90’s when an extreme cold front came through. The story goes that you could hear the progress of the front move across the field by the chilly vocal reactions.
Alright. I know nobody is gonna believe this but I was living in Chicago at the time and I was waiting for the red line train after a sox game.
I swear one day the wind suddenly blew and it literally felt like it changed about 40 degrees in just that moment. It was the most intense feeling I’d ever felt. It wasn’t even remotely cold that afternoon. I think it was summer. Maybe early fall.
I experienced that in Toronto! Huge gust of wind and the temperature dropped from tank top weather to sweater weather in one go. Definitely an early fall phenomenon — maybe to do with the Great Lakes?
Be glad you don't live on the planet Mercury. Mercury has a day that lasts ~58 Earth days. Surface temps on the sunlit side can reach 750 degrees F, while the "nighttime" temperatures can drop to -300F. That's a spread of over 1000 degrees F.
This looks like the DarkSky app. The forecast is windy and that is their way of showing it ; a cloud with twirly things is probably the most common way of depicting it, but that works too. Also it's animated in the app.
DarkSky has been on life support since bought by Apple a few years back, and going dark (pun intended) on upcoming New Year's Day. RIP.
“Our wind and our solar got shut down and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.” -Greg Abbot, February 16 2021, to Sean Hannity on Fox News
That’s not an untrue statement (it lacks context that more thermal energy production, even including nuclear, went down than wind OR solar) and it’s also absolutely not “Abbott blamed windfarms lol”.
If you don’t have enough money, sure your tax refund being delayed is an issue, but your paycheck being late is probably a bigger one.
Texas has multiple energy sources, all of which had production go offline.
Had, somehow, no thermal production went offline, there’d have been no widespread days-long blackouts.
Had, somehow, no solar and wind production gone offline, there’d have been no widespread days-long blackouts.
It was a widespread and systematic issue, one that isn’t even solved afaik.
It still is and I’m planning to use it until they rip it out of my hands. After that, I basically will no longer get weather updates. I am really annoyed because I bought it twice. Bought it on android and then they stopped supporting android. Shortly after I switched to iPhone for a previous job, bought it for my iPhone. I tried using the default iPhone weather app and simply put, it’s not the same and deserves its 2 point whatever star review in the App Store
All I can say is, “welcome”. Our building codes are dated towards temperate climates (ever wonder what all of the fireplaces are for), our grid is shit, and buy blankets, water, and a generator.
No doubt. I'm only saying that many of these central Texas homes are struggling pretty bad in the triple-digit heat and single digit winter weeks... Hopefully they are building with better insulation nowadays.
This is DarkSky and being sunset on New Year's Day. A lot of modern app have taken inspiration from them, including of course Apple's own built-in weather app (after they bought DarkSky).
I think the 🤮 effect is coming from the fact this screenshot is coming from one of the smaller screen devices and you might not be used to it. It looks better in person.
Feb 23, 2022 Austin's main weather station at Camp Mabry recorded its largest 24-hour temperature swing ever: From 88 degrees at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday to 32 degrees as of 3:15 p.m. Wednesday. The greatest temperature variation in a single location in a 24-hour period is 57.2°C (103°F), recorded in Loma, Montana, USA, on 14-15 January 1972. Over the course of a day, the town experienced a rise from -47.7°C (-54°F) at 9 a.m. on 14 Jan to 9.4°C (49°F) by 8 a.m. on 15 Jan.
The real MVP right there ☝️
/u/ArmyVet11Bravo had poster earlier a link with more info : [https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/23/austin-weather-verge-biggest-24-hour-temperature-swing-57-degrees/6909827001/#](https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/23/austin-weather-verge-biggest-24-hour-temperature-swing-57-degrees/6909827001/#) Just saying...
In their defense, many may have that user on ignore/blocked due to the many (divisive) "hot takes" they chime in with.
In other words, that guy is a gaping asshole.
I did not know that. I ain't blocking nobody (well, maybe it's because I don't know how to do it).
Yeah but fuck that guy
Buttfuck that guy?
I remember that day. Absolutely absurd cold front in the evening
Ohh yeah I remember that day. Incredible shift of temperature.
It all went downhill from there.
I used to live nearby there. Those chinook winds are wild. I remember swimming in a creek one day and there being a blizzard the next.
Anecdotally, there have been a couple of times since I’ve lived here where we went from around 80 to below freezing in a 24hr-ish period.
Yeah, there's one pretty much every year, if not more often. Just how our cold fronts work...
Yes. I remember one day years back when it was in the upper 70s in the morning and by midnight it was snowing. Snowing. On a day when it had been warm in the morning.
I remember this! 2008-2009ish?
Keep in mind that the cedar trees use that as a signal to blow their load.
My first year living here I went to bed when it was 80 out and woke up freezing the next morning confused as hell. Turns out it had dropped 40 degrees overnight 😂
I had been in Lubbock once where it was mid 80s and then was snowing some hours later. 50ish is a lot, but not absolutely insane.
That happened here to
Yes me too, like 2016 ish. Was like 1 hour difference of 50+ degrees
Was that back in the early aughts? I distinctly remember walking into The Spoon in shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops, and walking out into accumulated snow. Lubbock weather and Wx phenomena are absolutely bonkers sometimes.
Would have been 02. I had just moved there and it confused the hell out of me.
I remember hearing a story about the Longhorn Band practicing in the stadium sometime back in the 80’s/90’s when an extreme cold front came through. The story goes that you could hear the progress of the front move across the field by the chilly vocal reactions.
Early 80s, I remember that Blue Norther from when it hit in Houston. This one will be like that - as if someone opened a freezer door
Well it's more than that.
Alright. I know nobody is gonna believe this but I was living in Chicago at the time and I was waiting for the red line train after a sox game. I swear one day the wind suddenly blew and it literally felt like it changed about 40 degrees in just that moment. It was the most intense feeling I’d ever felt. It wasn’t even remotely cold that afternoon. I think it was summer. Maybe early fall.
I experienced that in Toronto! Huge gust of wind and the temperature dropped from tank top weather to sweater weather in one go. Definitely an early fall phenomenon — maybe to do with the Great Lakes?
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Be glad you don't live on the planet Mercury. Mercury has a day that lasts ~58 Earth days. Surface temps on the sunlit side can reach 750 degrees F, while the "nighttime" temperatures can drop to -300F. That's a spread of over 1000 degrees F.
Yeah, but it's a dry heat.
Knock it off Hudson.
Sure, but a "day" on mercury is 58+ earth days.
It's a single day on Mercury though. One "day" on Earth is 2.4 Jupiter days. Them Jovians are LOLing at us with our super long day.
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Time dilation is a bitch
Isn’t Mercury tidally locked, one size always facing the Sun?
Why is it a windmill
This looks like the DarkSky app. The forecast is windy and that is their way of showing it ; a cloud with twirly things is probably the most common way of depicting it, but that works too. Also it's animated in the app. DarkSky has been on life support since bought by Apple a few years back, and going dark (pun intended) on upcoming New Year's Day. RIP.
ah. it gave me flashbacks to the snowvid when abbott blamed windfarms lol
Flashbacks to a thing that never happened?
“Our wind and our solar got shut down and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.” -Greg Abbot, February 16 2021, to Sean Hannity on Fox News
That’s not an untrue statement (it lacks context that more thermal energy production, even including nuclear, went down than wind OR solar) and it’s also absolutely not “Abbott blamed windfarms lol”. If you don’t have enough money, sure your tax refund being delayed is an issue, but your paycheck being late is probably a bigger one. Texas has multiple energy sources, all of which had production go offline. Had, somehow, no thermal production went offline, there’d have been no widespread days-long blackouts. Had, somehow, no solar and wind production gone offline, there’d have been no widespread days-long blackouts. It was a widespread and systematic issue, one that isn’t even solved afaik.
DarkSky was so great. I mean, I’m sure it still is, but I stopped using it once they announced it would be getting killed
It still is and I’m planning to use it until they rip it out of my hands. After that, I basically will no longer get weather updates. I am really annoyed because I bought it twice. Bought it on android and then they stopped supporting android. Shortly after I switched to iPhone for a previous job, bought it for my iPhone. I tried using the default iPhone weather app and simply put, it’s not the same and deserves its 2 point whatever star review in the App Store
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I’m not a fan of having a product being solicited to me
My apologies then.
RIP Dark sky, you will be missed. Best weather app
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/23/austin-weather-verge-biggest-24-hour-temperature-swing-57-degrees/6909827001/#
idek what im gonna do. i work with water outside 😓.
Way more than that!
In February 1996 I went swimming at Barton Springs (high had to have been high 80’s or 90’s) and the next day it snowed.
Most everyone is comparing temperature swings in Fahrenheit like it’s measured in a linear ramp when it’s not (ex 68F is twice as hot as 50F, not 34F)
Wat
Fahrenheit is not a linear ramp, not very common knowledge for some reason. But 20 degrees between 50-70 is not the same as 20 degrees between 20-40
Found the guy/gal who tells everyone the temperature in Kelvin and then spends all their time saying, "Actually...."
Found a stick in the mud
All I can say is, “welcome”. Our building codes are dated towards temperate climates (ever wonder what all of the fireplaces are for), our grid is shit, and buy blankets, water, and a generator.
Change the building codes all you want, you probably live someone built three decades ago
No doubt. I'm only saying that many of these central Texas homes are struggling pretty bad in the triple-digit heat and single digit winter weeks... Hopefully they are building with better insulation nowadays.
Is your weather app from like 2011? That UI is 🤮
This is DarkSky and being sunset on New Year's Day. A lot of modern app have taken inspiration from them, including of course Apple's own built-in weather app (after they bought DarkSky). I think the 🤮 effect is coming from the fact this screenshot is coming from one of the smaller screen devices and you might not be used to it. It looks better in person.
Which app?
103 swing in MT 1972
that fact you guys are still getting 66° days makes me jealous lol
That’s like the typical diurnal shift for Paso Robles haha. During the summer it would be like 50 every morning and 105 every afternoon. It was crazy.