18 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 18:

Days with snow cover: 068
Days with complete snow cover: 43
Total snowfall: 112 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)

Negative twelve degrees Fahrenheit marks our coldest day since A.D. 2005 January (or February?). The temperature puts us in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone 5b, our historical hardiness zone, for the first time in four winters.

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