The day that the temperature changed drastically
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
December 8, 2019 3:41pm CST
It was a Friday in January of 1943 when the temperatures changes drastically. At one moment it was -4 degrees farenheit, and only two minutes passed before it was 45 degrees farenheit.
The sudden change of temperature caused windows to crack and it also instantly froze over car windows.
Spearfish, South Dakota residents were just starting their day when this happened at 7:30. To this day, there has not been such a drastic change in temperatures in such a short tme.
A couple of decades earlier Spearfish experienced another strange occurrence. In January of 1921 the temperature rose to 79 degrees farenheit, the hottest temperature the State of South Dakota has seen for the winter season.
What's the coldest it's been in winter where you live?
What about the hottest in winter?
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
9 Dec 19
Really ..what was the reason for this.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Dec 19
I didn't read the full article, but I think it's down to air pressure?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Dec 19
@amitkokiladitya Yes, and think of all of those windows that were damaged. This was in the 40's, so I wonder how many people actually had cars. Especially as it was during the war.
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@celticeagle (168260)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Dec 19
How interesting. Wow! 79 in the Dakotas.
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@celticeagle (168260)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Dec 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum ..........I would be curious also.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
8 Dec 19
Wow that is strange.
Well the coldest I remember here was about 15 below.
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
8 Dec 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Hope you are nice and warm there right now Amber.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Dec 19
That is pretty cold. I feel like NC has only gotten to about -5 or so.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Dec 19
@TiarasOceanView Yes, I am, thank you. We've had a few colder nights, but mostly have been in the 40's here. Last year about this time, I believe it was in the 20's.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Dec 19
That's not so abnormal for summer. I think most places reach 100 degrees atleast once per summer season.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Dec 19
Oh I see. I don't look at the temperatures very often either to be honest. I just go outside and decide whether I need a coat or not.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
9 Dec 19
I am pondering what would be the possible cause of the sudden change of temperature. Why is sudden? Climate change do you think is responsible for that? Or the global warming? The weather agency would explain that.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Dec 19
I am not sure, but I think it is possible that it had to do with global warming.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
9 Dec 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Probably but I don't know what's global warming.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
10 Dec 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum okay. I am now aware of it now. Thanks.
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@snowy22315 (182184)
• United States
8 Dec 19
That would be pretty shocking..Not sure about that..but below 0 for sure.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Dec 19
Yes, I think it must have confused people. Though I wonder how many were aware of the change at first? They would have learned about it after, but I think many would have been in homes or in offices, and not notice.
@Mi59186 (21)
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9 Dec 19
wow I love interesting facts like this!! My personal coldest was probably -2 in Michigan and my warmest has to have been in Louisiana. Ive experiences 69 degree weather in winter before
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Dec 19
I live in NC, so yeah we've experienced warm temps like that before in Winter. We don't see many negative temps here, but we did have some temps in the single digits a few years ago.
