Category: Weather

Lake Erie is almost 100% ice covered! that is truly no surprise given that we are currently averaging 8°F below normal for the month of January.

44% of the lower 48 states has at least 1” of snow on the ground. Amazing map! Look how far south the snow reaches (Arkansas, Mississippi, etc.)… yet most of Connecticut has bare ground. Fascinating.

We are staying lighter, later in the evening now. Granted, it is only by 5-10 minutes, but it IS noticeable!

We’re going to have to go pretty deep into January to find any hint of a fundamental  shift away from the persistently cold pattern. The latest GFS American long-range model shows that the general pattern is a cold one, even into the last few weeks of January.

Who’s daydreaming of spring yet?

So far, the first four days of January has averaged “only” 3°F below normal, but with many more cold days ahead, that number will go much lower by mid-January.