December 2013 was wintry, to say the least. Our average temperature for the month was 7.3 degrees below normal in the Twin Cities, and we saw measurable snow on 15 days! Our snowfall total was an impressive 15.9 inches.
We had only 7 days with high temps above 32 degrees. Our warmest high temp was 47 degrees on December 28th, and our coldest low temp was 13 below zero on Christmas Eve.
Looking ahead, the January temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a tendency toward below normal temperatures over Minnesota and Wisconsin :
The outlook doesn’t mean that every day is expected to be cooler than normal…it is the average temp for the entire month that shows a cool tendency.
Hope you have a happy 2014!
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