[Cambium]

Models showing insane temps coming over us. Possible single digits during the day for January.

Looking at the day 10 forecast is almost scary. 23 high Tuesday & Wednesday then 30 high for Thursday. Snow showers Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

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[Lowerdeck]

The 10 day don't seem out of the ordinary.

The single digits for highs in January, which means likely lows below zero ... ugh. That won't be pretty.

I can't wait for my father/grandfather/uncle to start up and down denying global warming because of a freak mesoscale weather pattern which seeps this far south.

[TouchOfWhimsy]

We have a week or so of single digits every year. My husband works outside... every year, usually in January but sometimes in February, he's had a miserable week or so of highs around 8 degrees. The same weather patterns repeat themselves over and over again.... it's normal.

[AntonioR]

Originally Posted by Lowerdeck

I can't wait for my father/grandfather/uncle to start up and down denying global warming because of a freak mesoscale weather pattern which seeps this far south.

That's funny because according to Webster dictionary:

Freak - 3 : one that is markedly unusual or abnormal.

All this time I thought balmy weather in January in Connecticut was the true freak weather pattern and not so much the icy cold weather that Connecticut winters are known for.

[Lowerdeck]

8 degrees for a high isn't normal, even in January. It can happen, but it's out of the ordinary it gets that cold.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by TouchOfWhimsy

We have a week or so of single digits every year. My husband works outside... every year, usually in January but sometimes in February, he's had a miserable week or so of highs around 8 degrees. The same weather patterns repeat themselves over and over again.... it's normal.

Prove it. Its easy to look back and see if this statement is correct EVERY YEAR!

[Dockside]

Originally Posted by Snowman27

Models showing insane temps coming over us. Possible single digits during the day for January.

What's unusual about single digits in January? Put a checkmark in the Record Low box for Hartford, CT and you'll think single digits is just toasty.

Average Weather for Hartford, CT - Temperature and Precipitation

[DavieJ89]

Originally Posted by Snowman27

Models showing insane temps coming over us. Possible single digits during the day for January.

Looking at the day 10 forecast is almost scary. 23 high Tuesday & Wednesday then 30 high for Thursday. Snow showers Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

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Defintiely dont miss those temps. Glad I live in Florida! I do miss my home state though

[7 Wishes]

Where in your attachment does it say we're getting single-digit high temps next month? The 10-day shows some cold weather but not THAT cold.....

And as for Dockside's post, usually when you get those -10 or so record lows, it's a clear night with no wind and radiational cooling lets the temperature drop like a rock. So the high for the day on those kinds of days can be 25, 30, even 40 degrees higher than the low. I believe in Hartford you actually see a single-digit high temp only once a decade or so. And the number of below zero high temps in history, if it's happened at all, can probably be counted with your fingers. I know that in NY City (where it's a bit warmer) that has never happened and I think there's only been a couple of days that even had a single-digit high temp.

[AntonioR]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

Where in your attachment does it say we're getting single-digit high temps next month? The 10-day shows some cold weather but not THAT cold.....

To me this is just dejavú.

This was this time last year in NYC (one can imagine what it was for CT, or simply try to remember):

ARCTIC TEMPS IN TIMES SQUARE FOR NEW YEAR'S BASH - wcbstv.com (http://wcbstv.com/cbs2crew/new.years.weather.2.897560.html - broken link)