KMSP - While it may seem like the last few weeks have been really cold, in the grand scheme of things, they really haven’t been. Yes, we have had a couple of pretty brutal cold snaps where a few record lows have been set, but it’s been really warm in between these cold pushes of air. Warm enough in fact, that the warm air has off set our cold and the month of January will actually go down in the climate books as slightly above average.
We average 24 subzero low days every winter in the metro...16 in the month of January alone. Subzero low days constitute calendar days where the thermometer dips below zero at some point during the day.
So far, we have seen 17 which slightly behind the average. By the time we get to February, we should have already seen 21. We average 3 subzero lows each season in the month of February.
Well, our upcoming cold snap may give us a few opportunities for subzero temperatures, but the verdict is still out on just how cold we will get. Stay tuned!