I think our lowest temp has been 26. The mud has been horrible the past two years. If we have a nice cold winter overall the ground will freeze up nicely, and even during thaw periods it won't get too muddy, or even if it does it refreezes. This winter the ground has basically turned to goo.

In the shorter term and likely to lift spirits... the ECMWF shows most of next week being partly to mostly sunny and dry. It doesn't show low clouds really locking down on the lowlands.

I haven't either, nothing but disconnecting hoses. Usually in November I cover/cap the spigots and plug the foundation vents. nope. no need. hasn't been below 23 yet

They're several ensembles even further south than the operational for Missouri.

First winter after the huge upgrade to the EPS suite and switching to one run a day, so its hype-ability is through the roof right now. Double the members and 3.5x the number of runs we get to post!