The temperature has just barely gotten above -10°C (14°F) today, with a possibility of more tolerable temperatures by Saturday. Still, the official NWS forecast has us below freezing as far out as it goes; some commercial forecasts hint at, but do not commit to, an above-freezing reading sometime next Friday. We've already had 13 days below freezing; that would make it 21.
Our local television station says it's the coldest back half of January in 63 years. Plus, "the entire eastern two thirds of the U.S. remains firmly in the deep freeze as highs were some 15° to 20° [Fahrenheit, 8° to 12°C] below normal." However, our local PBS station posted a graphic from the National Weather Service showing the possibility of above-freezing temperatures on February 8th, 23 days into the freeze. That's still not as bad as the freeze from 28 December 1976 to 8 February 1977 (43 days), or the runner-up from 15 January to 16 February 1985 (33 days) that also saw the coldest temperature ever recorded here, -33°C (-27°F).
It is sunny, though. I'll give it that. It might not be warm enough to walk Cassie home from day care, however.
Only 29 days of winter left.
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