It doesn't get COLD in the Desert!

Bullcrap! It was around 36 degrees when I got up at 2am this morning. With Wind factor, it was 33. Water freezes at 32, so. Don't be fooled. It really DOES get cold in the southwest!
Now imagine 100 years ago when some folks lived in cloth dwellings! Teepee's and Tents.
Thoughts and Opinions welcomed.

 

It does get cold here!!! Bu atleast we're not covered in snow.. but from the freeway you can see snow as late as march. I've talked to so many people who say "you're lucky to live in Vegas, it's always warm and you can wear shorts year 'round." I have never worn shorts year 'round. The winters here can be as extreme as the summers. Do you remember is snowing the past couple of years?

 

I seem to recall a few flurries, but the last major snowfall I remember was in 1975-76 newyears. a whole inch on Casino Center; four blocks south of Fremont. Made a snowman in my front yard!

 

Hey, it was only last year that Henderson received an inch or 2 of snow. And yes, it does get cold here, but not as cold as a majority of other parts of the country. I have been here in Vegas now for, holy crap, 28 years now(where does time go). In that span, I think the coldest I have ever experienced here was temperatures in the low 20's. That is quite mild to many other places in the country, but still it aint shorts weather either. But then again, living here for this long of a period, the blood has tended to thin a bit, which makes cooler temperatures feel cooler than when the blood was a little thicker. In other words, many of us have gotten acclimated to a milder climate here in Vegas, and when that little farenheit drops down, we tend to feel it more than say someone who is visiting here from other parts of the country.

 

Doubly so in my own case. I'm on anti-platelet and blood thinning meds from my cardiologist. I had light gloves on yesterday around 8am while out on my scooter-chair.
(It was around 43 degrees.)

 

there is still snow on my lawn. wasnt snowed since sat.
Northern Nevada is still Nevada.

 

When I walked out of work it was 18 degrees in Reno. My cute 3/4 length cropped velvet jacket was too cute to cover up with a coat this morning, but tonight OMG I wish I had brought a coat

 

I used to love livin in Sparks. I lived directly across from the Western Village and Sierra Sids. Dont know if those places are still going by the same names now, as this was back in 1985. I still remember walking across the street at 10pm to go to work at the Western Village. It had just started to snow. When I got off of work at 7am, there was 2 feet of snow on the ground, one of the heaviest snowfalls ever recorded in recent times there. I sure liked those times. At least the Reno/Sparks area has a distinct 4 seasons, as compared to the 2 seasons we have down south in the desert.

 

Couple nights ago it was about 14 degrees outside here at the Grand Canyon and yes we have snow on the ground. Obviously I ain't in NV, but last I looked AZ was still considered a desert.

 

Yepper! And the Canyon is also thought of as being in the Southwest. Moreso than say Los Angelas. One of the coldest temps I ever felt was about a mile outside the city limits of Kingman one night. (Towards Vegas on I-93/I-40 change-up)

 

ok, sure I know where that is...as I used to live in Kingman.
I can remember quite a few cold nights in Kingman, but I got more snow here at the canyon then I ever did in Kingman.

 

oh man it is really cold, plants are going to be dying soon and pipe are going to be breaking haha.

 

Hint: OPEN your cabinet doors at night and let your household heat help out with that freezing issue. In Clark County, ALL new plumbing work has to be insulated against freezing. I was a Journeyman plumber before my legs went.

 

I spent a couple of months in Las Vegas in the winter of 78-79. I saw flurries on the strip and the foutains at Ceasar's Palace began freezing.
I was on my way to New Orleans but a black jack table robbed me of my traveling money. Luckly is was easy to find work.
.......................................................Alaskan.......

 

Hiya Alaskan! About time you visit us here. We've been in the low 30's to high 20's in Vegas this last two weeks. If I could only WORK these days, I'd make a fortune putting a 35 cent coupling in all these burst pipes! Only takes about five minutes, and maybe $1.25 in parts to fix. Anyone in Las Vegas want o learn how to fix it yourself, Call me, or open a book.
But, Alaskan probably can tell ya how to avoid it in the first place. Which is always cheaper.

 

Hi Matt: My plumbing skills arn't up to pro level by any means. But we've been in this cabin for 15 years and the only fix I've had to do is an outside faucet that froze and cracked.
When I replaced it I installed a ball valve inside the basement to cut off the water during the winter. So far so good.
Still cant sweat a wet pipe, have been told about the wonder bread trick, but hav'nt tried it yet. Theirs just something about the idea of wonder bread going through my system. What are your feelings on that ?
................................Alaskan....Dennis

 

indeed very good money. i have this guy that i go to his house every couple month and change his sprinkler times, i dont even touch a pipe and im there for maybe 5 minutes depending on how much he wants to talk, and he'll pay me anywhere from 20-40 bucks just whatever he feels like.

 

Here's HOW to 'Sweat' a wet pipe. Get a slice of white bread. Stuff it in the wet end. It'll soak up the water, and give you a dry joint to sweat. The bread will break down in the water stream, and pass gently passed the valve. (I suggest you remove the aerator on your Kitchen faucet and aim the spout into the disposal side. Then open to whatever temp pipe you fixed.

 

Wow...You think its cold when its un the 20s....wow...just wow. Around here Its cold when its in the single digits or below zero, thems finger losin temperatures. Once I stayed in a cabin with no electricity and an outhouse in the middle of winter, it was in maine and the temp got down to -15 during the day. I have a picture of me sitting on a hottub on a different day, and the hottub was outside. there was this big thermometer behind me and the temps like -10.

 

Don't misunderstand me here. For me it IS cold because I take blood thinning meds. I've lived in northern Minnesota where it gets down to -40 below zero. (With wind factor) But there, with three foot tall snowdrifts to block the wind, it never felt that cold.
It's all about aclimatization. We here are used to temp as high as 117... 32 is a shock to our systems.