The temperature finally climbed above zero, reaching 9F on Monday. That breaks a streak of 34 days where the temp never went above 5 degrees. It’s the fourth longest streak of its nature, since recording began.
The longest such streak is 49 days, which happened in 1942-43.
Although this season’s streak was long, it wasn’t excessively cold. In 1975, a similar streak had several days reach -60F. The 2020 streak saw four days where the temperature dropped to -40.
Regardless, I was thrilled to be outside on Monday in single digit temps.
February 4th, 2020 at 10:30 PM
I can see the faces of consternation on those who are not subscribers to your blog when you wrote, “Regardless, I was thrilled to be outside on Monday in single digit temps.” I remember thinking how great it was at +10 to be able to once again go outside in just a light jacket.
February 5th, 2020 at 3:37 AM
It’s a wonderful feeling