Tuesday, March 25, 2014

coal mining...

Listening to an interesting story about Iowa's history of coal mining...

Monday, March 24, 2014

The Iowa-y

Random Fact for today:

Iowa has 99 counties, which were designed to be small enough so that any resident could
reach the county seat in a day's buggy ride.

*courtesy of "An Explorer's Guide: Iowa", Lauren Rice

"Gothic" house

in Eldon, IA, the house that inspired the famous painting "American Gothic"...


the winter that won't die...

More snow??? Seriously, it's March 24th! 

Monday, March 10, 2014

nice

Oh, that's what not being cold feels like...

It's been so long, I'd forgotten!

Sunday, March 9, 2014

winter ends...

Hopefully yesterday was the last day of a long, tiresome winter.

This winter was the coldest in Iowa in 35 years.
The meteorological season of winter, which runs from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28, with an average temperature of 14.7 degree — or 7.2 degrees below normal — was the ninth coldest on the 141 years of recording weather.
The same can be said for Ames, which lined up almost precisely with the statewide average for winter temperature.
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal.
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf


Ames winter temperatures:


December: 16.7 degrees (6.4 degrees below normal), 9 days the temperature fell below zero

January: 14.3 degrees (5.5 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero

February: 13.3 degrees (11.4 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
Ames winter temperatures
December: 16.7 degrees (6.4 degrees below normal), 9 days the temperature fell below zero
January: 14.3 degrees (5.5 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
February: 13.3 degrees (11.4 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
Ames winter temperatures
December: 16.7 degrees (6.4 degrees below normal), 9 days the temperature fell below zero
January: 14.3 degrees (5.5 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
February: 13.3 degrees (11.4 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
Ames winter temperatures
December: 16.7 degrees (6.4 degrees below normal), 9 days the temperature fell below zero
January: 14.3 degrees (5.5 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
February: 13.3 degrees (11.4 degrees below normal), 13 days the temperature fell below zero
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal. - See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal. - See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal. - See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal. - See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
This winter was the coldest in Iowa in 35 years.
The meteorological season of winter, which runs from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28, with an average temperature of 14.7 degree — or 7.2 degrees below normal — was the ninth coldest on the 141 years of recording weather.
The same can be said for Ames, which lined up almost precisely with the statewide average for winter temperature.
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal.
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf
This winter was the coldest in Iowa in 35 years.
The meteorological season of winter, which runs from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28, with an average temperature of 14.7 degree — or 7.2 degrees below normal — was the ninth coldest on the 141 years of recording weather.
The same can be said for Ames, which lined up almost precisely with the statewide average for winter temperature.
The Ames temperature, which is measured at the airport, recorded 16.7, 14.3 and 13.3 degrees in December, January and February. February was the coldest with a total of 13 days with temperatures under zero —and tied January — and 11.4 degrees colder than normal.
- See more at: http://amestrib.com/news/ames-has-coldest-winter-decades#sthash.idXsPn79.dpuf

Saturday, March 1, 2014

s'march snow

It seems to have been snowing pretty much, steadily, since last night at 5 pm.