Wisconsin is Cold
Profound title, I know. It’s no secret that Wisconsin winters are harsh. But this winter has been a little strange. It snowed lightly on Thanksgiving Day. In December, we had about twice the snowfall we did last year. But instead of sitting around and accumulating as more storms passed through, the snow would melt off almost completely on warm days before being replaced by a new six-to-eight-inch blanket. I came back to find about four inches on the ground, and more snow last week added another couple of inches. This past weekend, the unthinkable happened - temperatures rose above 35 on Sunday and nearly reached 50 on Monday. It was warm enough to wear shorts! This morning, it was 43 outside before the sun was even fully up. Unfortunately, the temperature dropped from there. And dropped. And dropped some more. At around 2:30 I found myself caught in a hailstorm while trying to get home from class. After about a half-inch had covered the ground, the hail became snow. By 5:00 it was 23 degrees and the slush on the ground was beginning to freeze. As you can see, it is now 3 and will hit -12 overnight, a 55-degree difference in 24 hours.
Like 100 million other people, I’ll be watching Super Bowl XLII (in which the New England Patriots will destroy the New York Giants) on Sunday. As a proud semi-Arizonan, I can’t wait to see all the coverage of the Phoenix area and the beautiful desert surrounding it. I’ll just close my eyes and imagine the warm sun beating down upon me.
Sorry to bore you with a weather report, but I just needed to write something.
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