Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 27:

Days with snow cover:  029

Days with complete snow cover:  018

Total snowfall: 021 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 09 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 07º Fahrenheit (about -14º Celsius)

Well, we finally got some snow!  Even though the forecast said "less than a half inch of snow expected," we ended up with more than three inches!  Along with the snow we've had cold temperatures (two consecutive days with a high temperature of 16ºF.) and sustained high winds.  To be honest, it's been pretty miserable out.  I look forward to getting out in the snow, but I won't have much time to do so.  After tomorrow, we're forecast to have 9 straight days of temperatures significantly (40s and 50s F.) above freezing.  I'm very excited about the snow, but why couldn't we have gotten it at the beginning of the month, when we would've had 30 straight days to enjoy it?!

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 25:

Days with snow cover:  027

Days with complete snow cover:  016

Total snowfall: 013 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 03 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 02.5 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 07º Fahrenheit (about -14º Celsius)

Well, we had the closest thing we've had in seven Christmases to a white Christmas.  It was cold, and the day commenced with somewhat less than 1 cm of snow on the ground.  However, we got about a centimeter (and a half?) during the day, giving it a nice wintry feeling.  Good stuff.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 23:

Days with snow cover:  025

Days with complete snow cover:  014

Total snowfall: 012 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 03 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 02.5 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 07º Fahrenheit (about -14º Celsius)

It looks like we'll have a "white" Christmas...kinda.  Apparently the government defines a white Christmas as having at least 1 inch of snow on the ground.  We won't have that, but we will have a white Christmas by the measure I've used since I've been keeping track.  We HAD exactly two centimeters yesterday morning.  Some of that melted during the day yesterday, but I doubt we'll lose any more before Saturday.

This has been the coldest December I've experienced out of 7 total in New York.  We have had three days with high temperatures above freezing, and two of those were in the low 30s.  The rest have been in the 20s or 10s.  The temperatures have been great, but we haven't had any snow (less than five inches this season) to speak of.

The one huge positive about this Christmas is that it looks like it will remain cold through Christmas.  Every year that I've been here we have had a significant warm spell just before or on Christmas day.  We have had 11 consecutive days below freezing through the 23rd, and we're forecast to have at least another four or five.  It's good stuff.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 15:

Days with snow cover:  017

Days with complete snow cover:  011

Total snowfall: 011 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 03 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 02.5 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 07º Fahrenheit (about -14º Celsius)

"As is usual, areas around us get hammered with lake-effect snow and we have less than an inch on the ground."

The above statement from last week is true again this week.  Travel 5-10 miles to our east and, instead of less than an inch, they have a foot of snow on the ground.

...by the way, a string of nine consecutive days with complete snow cover (albeit less than an inch) ended last Saturday (December 11).  All it took was a single day above freezing to wipe out all of the snow that wasn't in deep shade.  In addition to ending a string of nine consecutive days with complete snow cover, it was the first time since the morning of December 01 that the temperature reached into the 30s.  It rained all day Sunday before turning cold again Monday.  A dusting of snow Monday night was combined with a couple of centimeters last night, leaving us back where we were last week: cold (for December; highs in the teens and low 20s) with a little bit of snow.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 08:

Days with snow cover:  010

Days with complete snow cover:  007

Total snowfall: 007 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 03 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 02.5 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: ???

As is usual, areas around us get hammered with lake-effect snow and we have less than an inch on the ground.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 December 04:

First light frost:  2010 October 09
First hard frost:  2010 October 09
First snowfall:  2010 October 31
First snow accumulation:  2010 November 01
Days with snow cover:  006

Days with complete snow cover:  003

First day with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius (32º Fahrenheit):  2010 December 02

First day with complete snow cover:  2010 December 02 

Total snowfall: 005 centimeters

Maximum snow depth: 03 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 02.5 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: ???

Well, our first "real" snow came on A.D. 2010 December 01.  Though the day started with rain, it ended with exactly one inch of snow.  The following three days have been below freezing, and the complete snow cover has remained.  In other words, winter arrived on December 01.

Weather Update

Well, the past month proved to be a very normal November October.  Temperatures in the 40s and 50s, two very light dustings of snow, a couple of days in the 30s...  Yep, it was just about a perfect October.  Too bad it was November.  A.D. 2010 November proved to be the warmest, least snowiest November in the seven since I've lived here.  We may end up with some snow cover tonight, but it's too early to tell.

Weather Update

We had our second snow accumulation of the season this morning.  It was a VERY light dusting - I think the only reason it showed up is because yesterday's rain left everything covered in water, which froze prior to it snowing.  I'm not complaining; I'm very happy to have some more snow.  Anyway, it is probably even less snow than the dusting we got on November 01, but it stuck in more places (not just on the dead leaves and grass).

Through A.D. 2010 November 19:

First light frost:  2010 October 09
First hard frost:  2010 October 09
First snowfall:  2010 October 31
First snow accumulation:  2010 November 01
Days with snow cover:  002
Days with complete snow cover:  000

Weather Update

No weather even resembling winter weather for a week and a half.  The high temperatures have been in the 50s Fahrenheit, which is well above normal.  We haven't even been having frost.  According to the long-term forecast, more of this is to come.  It looks like it will be the end of the month (at the earliest) before we get some more snow.  This is shaping up to the be the least snowy October-November we've had since I've lived here (a total of seven winters).

First Snow Cover?

We had our first snow cover of any sort on A.D. 2010 November 01.  Initially I reported that it was our first "official" snow cover, though it was less than the historical measure I've used: "one centimeter that remains for at least one hour."  Still, how can you say that you haven't had snow cover when you have?  This was the first year we were faced with this issue, because, for six years, the first snow cover has always met the evaluation criteria.  The point I'm getting at is that my wife doesn't believe the snow cover on November 01 was substantial enough to be called our first "official" snow cover.  I too was unsure when I made the call, and her opinion has been eating at me.

I know the whole thing seems a little bit ridiculous.  I mean, we're talking about the weather here!  Still, I try to keep VERY detailed weather records, and if our first "official" snow cover wasn't on November 01, we're looking at the latest first snow cover since I've lived here. (There is no snow in the forecast). I hate to leave a record that says, "Wow, there wasn't any snow on the ground until late November back in 2010," when there WAS snow on the ground on November 01.  I also hate to say that the next snow cover will be our first because it will REALLY throw off our "average" date of first snow cover, which is right around the first of November.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I wanted to leave a record of my internal conflict here with the weather records.  I want to be able to remember what was going through my head this year so I can keep it in mind when I'm looking back through the records.

P.S. For what it's worth, I probably would have changed the date of the first snow cover if we had experienced another day with snow cover since then.  However, I'm hesistant to do it from this point forward because it would have such a significant bearing on the historical "average."

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 November 01:


First light frost:  2010 October 09
First hard frost:  2010 October 09
First snowfall:  2010 October 31
First snow accumulation:  2010 November 01
Days with snow cover:  001
Days with complete snow cover:  000

On A.D. 2010 October 31 (Halloween), it snowed off and on all day.  This marked our first snowfall of the season.  When we woke up on A.D. 2010 November 01, we had a light dusting of snow on the ground.

Weather Update

First light frost:  2010 October 09
First hard frost:  2010 October 09
First snowfall: ????
First snow accumulation: ????

We had a killing frost on the morning of 2010 October 09.  It wiped out the tomatoes and beans and much of the yard was white.  Since our "average" first killing frost is October 10, this was pretty normal.  We had sleet on the morning of October 06.  This was the earliest I have ever seen frozen precipitation (excluding hail) anywhere, much less New York.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 October 02:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 31

I'm sure this will be the final summer weather update of the season.  Our last day at or above 86º F. was 2010 September 24.  We still haven't had any frost.  We reached 37 one night before the temperature warmed toward morning.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 September 16:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 30

On an unrelated note, it was 42º F. when I went to bed last night and there was patchy light frost in the area this morning. (but not here)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 September 02:


Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 29

Five consecutive days at or above 30 degrees started the day I returned from a two-week trip to Utah, during which the West was experiencing record heat.  Yay.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 August 10:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 24

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 August 03:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 20

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 July 21:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 16

Nineteen consecutive days at 80º F. or warmer.  Most have been extremely humid.  Or house has not been cooler than 77º F. during that time.  Most days the indoor temperature has not gotten below 79º F.  (The nights have been warm, too.)  This summer sucks.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 July 09:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 14

The past seven days have had high temperatures at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit).  That is the longest stretch of above 30º weather since I've lived in New York.  The past seven days saw Fahrenheit temperatures of 86º, 87º, 92º, 91º, 91º, 92º, and 90º.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 July 03:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 08

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 June 20:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 05

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 June 17:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 04

It has been much cooler and very rainy for the past couple of weeks.  Quite honestly, it has been a welcome change from the very warm start to the summer.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 June 04:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 03

A LOT of days in the 80s so far this year - there were twelve in May, a month in which average high temperatures range from 63º Fahrenheit to 73º Fahrenheit.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 May 27:

Days at or above 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit): 02

This season, three days have reached 85 degrees F. and the last two reached 89º and 87º respectively.

Weather Update

Days with snow cover: 109
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 129 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2010 May 09
Latest date with snow cover: A.D. 2010 May 09
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 07
Latest light frost: A.D. 2010 May 13
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2010 May 13
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2010 March 26

Well, the winter is either over or just about over.  In any case, it went out with a bang.  Incredibly, we had a snowfall on A.D. 2010 May 09!  That was our latest snowfall (by 16 days) in the six winters that I've lived here.  Even more incredible than the lateness of the snowfall was the fact that it accumulated!  When we awoke on the morning of A.D. 2010 May 09, the ground was completely covered!  This winter actually produced both of the latest snowfalls in the six winters since I've lived here.  Our next-to-last snowfall occurred on A.D. 2010 April 27, which was three days later than the previous latest snowfall.

On top of the late snow, four of the past five days started with killing frosts (May 09, 11-13).  For the second year in a row, my windrow planting of Concolor Firs (Abies concolor) lost most of their new growth to frost.  I do not recommend planting these beautiful trees in areas that are prone to even seasonably late frosts.

Weather Update

Days with snow cover: 108
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 128 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2010 April 18
Latest date with snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 07
Latest light frost: A.D. 2010 April 14
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2010 April 14
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2010 March 26

It snowed off and on all day on A.D. 2010 April 17.  The snow continued into the early morning hours of April 18, hence, the new latest snowfall date.

Weather Update

Days with snow cover: 108
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 128 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2010 April 09
Latest date with snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 07
Latest light frost: A.D. 2010 April 14
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2010 April 14
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2010 March 26

We had a low temperature of 27º Fahrenheit on the morning of A.D. 2010 April 14.  That's very normal for this time of year, but it was our first hard frost since late March.  It has been a VERY warm spring.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 April 10:

Days with snow cover: 108
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 128 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2010 April 09
Latest date with snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 07
Latest light frost: A.D. 2010 March 28
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2010 March 26

We had flurries off and on after about 14:00 on Friday, A.D. 2010 April 09.  It did not accumulate overnight, though it continued to snow until I went to bed at about 23:00.  This marks our latest snowfall of the season, though we haven't had a frost in two weeks.

Weather Update

I guess you could call this a "Summer Weather Update." The weather has been positively summer-like the past few days. Since the second week in March it has been an extremely warm Spring. The daffodils began blooming today, and the grape hyacinths and tulips aren't far behind. Thursday's (April 1st's) high temperature was 79 degrees Fahrenheit - a cool 31 degrees F. above normal. Friday was 85 degrees Fahrenheit - nearly our first day at or above 30 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees above normal! Today's high temperature was a mild 81 degrees Fahrenheit - still 32 degrees above normal. This happened last April as well, but it was even hotter then. Amazingly, it looks like were in for at least another week of temperatures in the 60s and 70s Fahrenheit. While it feels nice, such weather can make for a horribly destructive frost down the road. We still have more than a month before the average last frost, but buds are popping everywhere.

Oh, I meant to mention the fact that last Tuesday's (March 30's) high temperature was 38 degrees Fahrenheit. It even snowed for a couple of hours that day. Friday's high temperature was 85 degrees Fahrenheit - a 47 degree swing in just four days!

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 March 30:

Days with snow cover: 108
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 128 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2010 March 30
Latest date with snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 07
Latest light frost: A.D. 2010 March 28
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2010 March 26

It snowed today (March 30), though it didn't stick. I think our last light frost was on the 28th, but I'm not certain. We should have a bunch more before the warm weather arrives for the season, though.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 March 27:

Days with snow cover: 108
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 128 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2010 March 26
Latest date with snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2010 March 07
Latest light frost: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2010 March 27
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2010 March 26


A little less than a centimeter of snow on the night of A.D. 2010 March 25/26. The following day (A.D. 2010 March 26) the high temperature was only 26º Fahrenheit - significantly below normal for this time of year. As such, there was still snow in the shady areas until well after midday on the 27th.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 March 20:

Days with snow cover: 106
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 127 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Warm weather; the snow is gone.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 March 13:

Days with snow cover: 101
Days with complete snow cover: 64
Total snowfall: 127 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Complete snow cover ended on Monday, A.D. 2010 March 08. The snow that remains is in shady areas and in places where it was piled.

Weather Update

qwThrough A.D. 2010 February 28:

Days with snow cover: 88
Days with complete snow cover: 57
Total snowfall: 126 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 50 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 45 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Well, we finally got a "real" snowstorm for the first time since the spring of A.D. 2007. It began snowing on A.D. 2010 February 25 and it didn't stop until today. During that time, we got 18 inches (45 centimeters) of snow. It was the second-largest snowstorm in the six winters that I have lived in New York. (The largest occurred in a 24-hour period on A.D. 2007 February 14 - we got 20 inches) It has been wonderful to have more than a few inches of snow covering the ground for a change. I only wish it had come at Christmastime so it would've looked like this for the past two months! Thanks be to God for such a beautiful sight.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 February 24:

Days with snow cover: 84
Days with complete snow cover: 53
Total snowfall: 081 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 10 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 February 22:

Days with snow cover: 82
Days with complete snow cover: 52
Total snowfall: 078 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 10 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 February 13:

Days with snow cover: 73
Days with complete snow cover: 44
Total snowfall: 072 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 10 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Winter Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 February 11:

Days with snow cover: 71
Days with complete snow cover: 42
Total snowfall: 071 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 10 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Greatest snow event of the season! We got exactly four inches of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday, marking the greatest snow event of the season. In the six winters I've lived here, only one had this little snow. That winter had one snow event of seven inches in March. We'll see if four inches holds up this year.

As I type this, what appears to be our greatest snow event of the season is winding down. I'll have an exact total later this evening...

Through A.D. 2010 February 09:

Days with snow cover: 69
Days with complete snow cover: 40
Total snowfall: 061 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 February 06:

Days with snow cover: 66
Days with complete snow cover: 40
Total snowfall: 060 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: -01º Fahrenheit (-18.3º Celsius)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 30:

Days with snow cover: 60
Days with complete snow cover: 39
Total snowfall: 056 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

As soon as we lost our snow cover, we had a dusting of snow on consecutive nights. On Thursday we got about a centimeter, and it has remained through today.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 25:

Days with snow cover: 55
Days with complete snow cover: 37
Total snowfall: 054 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

We lost complete snow cover back on January 18, only to regain it for the next two days. (We had one centimeter of snow that night and the following night.) After that, things warmed back up and we have been steadily losing snow since. As of this afternoon, there was absolutely no snow visible from my house. There might be some up the hill, but it would only be a few small patches. Unless we get snow tonight or tomorrow (we might), I think it will be our first day without snow cover since November. (Somewhere around there, anyway.)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 18:

Days with snow cover: 48
Days with complete snow cover: 35
Total snowfall: 052 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Complete snow cover was lost today.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 17:

Days with snow cover: 47
Days with complete snow cover: 35
Total snowfall: 052 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Our snow cover is starting to thin. Three days above freezing, two of which have been sunny, have reduced average snow depth to about two inches.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 10:

Days with snow cover: 40
Days with complete snow cover: 28
Total snowfall: 048 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Six centimeters of snow accumulated on Friday morning, which, combined with the eight centimeters that were already on the ground, brought our snow depth to fourteen centimeters. That's the greatest depth of the season, though it's still less than six inches. There is somewhat less than that now due to compaction and evaporation. We're probably back down to about four inches (10 centimeters).

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 05:

Days with snow cover: 35
Days with complete snow cover: 23
Total snowfall: 038 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 08 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

How do you determine snow accumulation when it blows away before it can be measured? I'm taking a shot in the dark here and saying that we've had six centimeters in the past three days, but most of that is now long gone. We still have less than three inches on the ground, though I honestly believe that at least that much has fallen in the past few days.

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 December 31:

Days with snow cover: 30
Days with complete snow cover: 18
Total snowfall: 028 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 08 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Through A.D. 2010 January 02:

Days with snow cover: 32
Days with complete snow cover: 20
Total snowfall: 032 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 08 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

We have between 2 and 8 centimeters of snow covering the ground depending on where you step. The warm spell that was centered around Christmas day is long past, and temperatures since A.D. 2009 December 27 have declined daily. The high temperature on A.D. 2010 January 02 was approximately 9 degrees Fahrenheit, and the high temperature today (A.D. 2010 January 03) is approximately 12 degrees Fahrenheit through 13:25.

It has snowed off and on for a week, but it has been so light and the temperatures so cold that the totals have been low; and that which has accumulated has been blown around into drifts and, apparently, to far away locations. The grass is still visible in all parts of the yard, which means that we have no more than 2 inches on the ground in most locations. However, we've received at least that much in the past four-or-five days. However, like I said, most of that has been blown to places unknown.