MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWind chills in parts of North Dakota reached minus 70 degrees (minus 56 degrees Celsius), while the heat index in Miami was more than 160 degrees warmer at 92 (33 degrees Celsius).apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down111cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkWind chills in parts of North Dakota reached minus 70 degrees (minus 56 degrees Celsius), while the heat index in Miami was more than 160 degrees warmer at 92 (33 degrees Celsius).apnews.comMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareSagifuriuslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoIt’s a little disingenuous to compare winter in North Dakota to Miami in this manner, and to include the windchill. I don’t know the average temperature in Miami in January, but I do know that this is not “strange” for North Dakota in January.
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThought the same. It’s disappointing to see click bait from the AP but I guess that’s the new way of doing business when nobody wants to pay for news
minus-squareteamevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt was only 71 today just north of Miami. We have at least a couple weeks before 96°.
It’s a little disingenuous to compare winter in North Dakota to Miami in this manner, and to include the windchill. I don’t know the average temperature in Miami in January, but I do know that this is not “strange” for North Dakota in January.
Thought the same. It’s disappointing to see click bait from the AP but I guess that’s the new way of doing business when nobody wants to pay for news
It was only 71 today just north of Miami. We have at least a couple weeks before 96°.