Plus, minus, minus, plus, what’s the difference?
Too bad I quite clearly do notice the difference between the inside temperature of my home, 21.7 degrees Celsius and the outside temperature, minus 21.7 degrees celsius.
It would be sweet if there was a nice smooth temperature gradient outside my door to get used to the temperature, but no. It pretty much kicks my butt with full force the moment I step outside. Oh well, still it’s better than the usual sloshy, wet and crappy winter we usually have near Helsinki, thanks to the sea being so close. And it’s very pretty outside, too bad this makes me not really enjoy the idea of poking my nose out the door right now 
January 19th, 2006 at 13:51
That’s quite extreme. And I’ve been complaining about the snow… Unfortunately the high pressure front with nice temperatures should arrive during the weekend .. :/
January 19th, 2006 at 15:53
Talking about gradients, I went from cycling in -18℃ in 8 m/s wind (effectively -30℃ according to http://www.fmi.fi/scr/tuotteet/PakkasenPurevuus/index.php) to +80℃ sauna within the hour. That’s 110-120℃ (depending what the cycling added to the wind) variation!
Obviously not something you want to happen too quickly
January 19th, 2006 at 17:05
Not bad, we had -30 this morning in Moscow. It is -26 right now but expectations are to enjoy -26..-30 for another week.
January 20th, 2006 at 00:41
Sounds SO familiar. Tallinn here. Got snow? We don’t. Just a bit more south supposedly does. Weird that sea thing.
January 20th, 2006 at 01:50
This would be too cold for me (-4 °C currently)
January 21st, 2006 at 02:49
Not much snow. It has just been very cold and dry. There is a very strong high pressure system that seems to be stuck in northeast Russia, and it keeps the air cold and there is not much moisture coming in. There is some snow that was left on the ground, but we only got just a little bit of very light powder today.