Finally got down to the riverfront today and, to my surprise, the river wasn't nearly as full of ice as I was anticipating. Imagine that, the local media exaggerating?
Anyway, the weather here has been much colder than average, as with the rest of the eastern half of the US this month. We have been threatening temperatures below zero the past couple nights, but haven't "officially" gone that low. Daytime highs are only hitting the teens and twenties, so we are rubbing against some streaks, climatologically speaking.
Here are the ones we are watching....taken from a local meteorologist's blog:
How Does this Cold Snap Compare to Historical Outbreaks?
BELOW ARE LISTS OF THE TOP 5 LONGEST CONSECUTIVE STREAKS OF
DAYS WITH DAYTIME HIGHS AT OR BELOW 32...25...20 OR 15
RESPECTIVELY. THE DATE SHOWN IS THE LAST DAY OF THE STREAK.
ST. LOUIS...PERIOD OF RECORD: 1874 TO CURRENT
32 DEGREES
1) 30...2/23/1978
2) 26...1/23/1977
3) 22...2/16/1895
4) 17...1/22/1918
5) 16...12/30/1983
5) 16...1/15/1979
5) 16...1/16/1912
5) 16...2/13/1899
25 DEGREES
1) 13...12/30/1983
1) 13...2/13/1895
3) 11...12/24/1989
3) 11...1/11/1979
3) 11...1/27/1940
3) 11...2/2/1936
20 DEGREES
1) 10...2/13/1899
2) 9...1/31/1936
3) 7...12/20/1901
4) 6...12/23/1963
4) 6...2/12/1895
We are ready for a warm-up here, but it is fun to watch when we start talking about historical things starting to happen.
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