Wow...it's c-c-cold!

[Sargentmajor]

Thank goodness my ponies are furry and wrapped up in their blankies! Just wanted to share with you that our temperature here this morning was -42 Celsius. For our American friends that translates to -43.6 F.

[horseowner40]

Yikes, that is cold, here in south Dakota the temp is -4 and the windchill this moring was -37, I am from Alabama and did not have a clue that a horse could enjoy cold weather, but like always I was wrong, my girl was a North Dakota pasture horse and cold does not bother her, but it worries the heck out of me!

[dghunter]

It's 40 here We did have freezing rain this morning though.

You guys can keep those crazy cold temperatures, but if you have any snow send it to OH!

[horseowner40]

It's 40 here We did have freezing rain this morning though.

You guys can keep those crazy cold temperatures, but if you have any snow send it to OH!

I use to hate the Alabama December rainstorm's, it dampen's you to the bone, I rather have dry cold that wet cold anytime, but I do love the snow!

[Tiffany01]

It was freezing rain here also this AM.

[JohnDeere]

Thank goodness my ponies are furry and wrapped up in their blankies! Just wanted to share with you that our temperature here this morning was -42 Celsius. For our American friends that translates to -43.6 F.

ACTUL AIR TEMPERATURE?!!!!!

[cloudyandcallie]

I use to hate the Alabama December rainstorm's, it dampen's you to the bone, I rather have dry cold that wet cold anytime, but I do love the snow!

Here you go: Sleet and 40s the other day, 70s and 5 inches of rain today. And this all came over from Fort Rucker where my friend and her horse live.

[cu.at.x]

Thank goodness my ponies are furry and wrapped up in their blankies! Just wanted to share with you that our temperature here this morning was -42 Celsius. For our American friends that translates to -43.6 F.

Damn.....and I complain about the 20'sF

[dghunter]

I use to hate the Alabama December rainstorm's, it dampen's you to the bone, I rather have dry cold that wet cold anytime, but I do love the snow!

Dry cold is so much better than wet cold. I'd rather have 20F and dry than 40F and wet.

[rideagoldenpony]

And I thought the world was ending when it was 12 degrees here several mornings in a row.

I guess it is all in what you are used to?!

Seriously, I can't even BEGIN to imagine horsekeeping in those kind of temperatures! Or LIVING in them, for that matter!!!!!

[Sargentmajor]

ACTUL AIR TEMPERATURE?!!!!!

Sadly, yes. But great news! It's warmed up to -36! Which is -32.8 F. I'm actually thinking about going outside, although I could be talked out of that!

[horseowner40]

I just came back in from putting hay in the barn for a horse that will not go in her shelter to eat, wind chill is crazy cold right now, but she is bucking and kicking and have a great time, I made a mistake and took my gloves off for a second and I thought my hands were going to freeze before getting the gloves back on, I hurried back inside to the fireplace, this kind of weather is very dangerous on bare skin, I have a long rope on my gloves that i drape over my neck in case they fall, I want loose them, so be careful going out...

[foundationmare]

Weather is such a bitch!

I was working on a farm a few years ago and the conditions were so horrible that the horses wouldn't leave their run-in shed to get water from their heated troughs. What the heck do you do then? Hand water many horses many times over the course of the day?? It was a nightmare and I lost a lot of sleep that winter.

How do you people in similar circumstances manage to keep your horses safe, fed and hydrated in such miserable conditions? Even with heated water troughs, if the footing is horrible, they won't go there.

I finally had to part company because the only person concerned with the comfort and wellbeing of the horses was....me. Only so much one person can do.

[sk_pacer]

How do you people in similar circumstances manage to keep your horses safe, fed and hydrated in such miserable conditions? Even with heated water troughs, if the footing is horrible, they won't go there.

What I do in this weather (about the same as the OP has), I water twice a day, and they both drink as soon as the water hits the tub - they CAN learn to drink when offered water - and they share with the cats. It's been too cold to futz with doors and tomorrow is to be the same, so. I have just been firing them hay through the people door when they run out in late afternoon. Don't ask how much, I fork the stuff until my fingers hurt from the cold and I cant feel the fork. A guess would garner a response of probably 70 pounds for the two of them per day but I wouldnt swear to it. Kinda hard guessing when you can't feel much between being dressed like the michelin man and having cold extremities.

Temp here has zoomed all the way up to -23°F and windchill around 40 below (pick your scale, both the same)

[Arado*TB]

I don't think I will complain after reading this. It seems too, that there is already a lot of winter storms generating earlier this year. What is the hardest thing to get done in this kind of cold? [beside the obvious] I would think it would be a constant in/out to check everybody. Yes/no???

[foundationmare]

I've had a thought for an "invention" for several years. What about a pitchfork...straw or shavings...with a heated handle? I've dreamed of, coveted one for such a long time. I think it could work! Either a handle that could be filled with hot water, or another, um, technology that would warm the handle.

P.S. Don't steal my idea!!!!

[birdsong]

I've had a thought for an "invention" for several years. What about a pitchfork...straw or shavings...with a heated handle? I've dreamed of, coveted one for such a long time. I think it could work! Either a handle that could be filled with hot water, or another, um, technology that would warm the handle.

P.S. Don't steal my idea!!!!

Can't you just use heated gloves?

I seriously think you guys that live in those temps are the toughest people on earth!! Do you stay indoors ALL the time?

I would be buying stock in those heated pads that you get from the drug store. The ones that heat up for 6-8 hours when you open them. (they are used for body aches..forget the name)

[Zu Zu]

I am not complaining about cold ever again ~ sargentmajor that's too cold!!!!!!!! I would have to re-locate ! Be careful ! Sending warm Jingles for all in the artic temperatures ! YIKES !!!

[ex-racer owner]

I think today I would have taken the cold temps!

So it just warmed back up here in lovely SWPA from the low twenties to low thirties. What could be wrong with that? Let me tell you, we got freezing rain early this morning. All around it was like bumper cars as people *thought* they could drive around as usual. Pretty much all the roads were skating rinks. Now, most people from Pittsburgh are relatively accustomed to driving in snow, sleet, even the occasional flood, but straight up ice, not so much. My BO didn't watch the weather, or news, for that matter, and was going about her day as planned. Unfortunately for her and her "passenger" that she was to deliver to the track this morning, she hit ice and wrecked her truck. She and the mare were fine, but the truck had to be taken away. Not sure if it is fixable since I stayed home this morning (yay for me, I actually used good sense for once!) and didn't get to see it.

For all my COLD weather friends, think of it this way, if it is that cold, there can't be mud! That is my "silver lining" to the cold weather.

[Polydor]

Sargent-- not sure how you live up there but then again i have seen your pics so it is pretty darn beautiful up there when it wants to be. Hopefully the boys are nice and cozy in big blankets and fuzzy coat.

I didn't even leave my aunts house on saturday up in Lloydminister since it was -45-50C ish.

I will be dancing when we get the +2C this week and more dancing when i get back to Oz! hehehe

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