Odd. To me in Iowa the cold is mediocre. Absolutely nothing compared to previous Januarys or winters. Mby low is 7F. Was 8F 3 other mornings. No below zero nights at all and no sub 15F days. And frankly the windchills havent been that bad. By comparison the past 2 winters mby got to 22 below.

Still solidly top 10

Last bunch of Euro-AI runs have had a system coming out of the western or central Gulf around the 20th.

Yes, this led to the multiple posts issue. My uncle sold his Bellingham home, about 2 blocks from beautiful Lake Whatcom in 1999 and move to Lake Stevens for a few years, from there he sojourned to Texas where he bought his mother-in-laws farm. About a decade later, him and his wife decided to buy an old Victorian home in South Carolina, sadly my aunt passed away from a brain tumor around 2012. He has since remarried and lives a quiet life in South Carolina, he will be 81 this year. Not sure anyone needed or wanted to know any of this, but why not?

Improvements so far but I don't think it'll make it all the way.