When we left it was snowing. Still. In late March. It had been snowing since October last year.
Whilst the snowfalls were becoming lighter the daily temperatures were still between minus 5 and minus 20 degrees depending on wind-chill. The edges of roads and footpaths were still heavily iced and, with the so-called thaw it was dangerous to walk under high buildings because of the big chunks of ice that would fall to the ground.
This is what our neighbourhood looked like 3 weeks ago.
Yesterday (Monday 14th April) I went walking around the city in shorts and tee-shirt. It was warm. Very warm. If I'd been at home in NZ I would have taken the tee-shirt off but I didn't want to frighten the natives.
Our neighbourhood looked like this:
Today (Tuesday 15th April) the temperature plummeted to minus 4 degrees. It snowed. There was an ice storm overnight. Our neighbourhood looked like this:
Yesterday while putting our travel suitcases away into storage (19 floors below our apartment) I decided to pack up and store:
- snow boots
- gumboots
- furry hats
- heavy coats
- gloves
- hats
- thermal underwear
- various underlays
- long trousers
- shirt
- jumper
- lace-up sneakers
Bloody weird country!
5 comments:
So sorry for your recent loss. We missed you blogging while you were away. We've had weird weather too - unseasonably warm right up until the Cambridgeshire stepped off the plane with Prince George, then constant rain for the whole royal tour while the worlds media reported their every move. Nice to light the fire though ...
Silly autocorrect - Cambridges not Cambridgeshire.
funny weather. At least it is forcing you to keep that t-shirt on.
Rub some more maple syrup onto your chest.
We use chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
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