The mild stretch of winter so far came to an abrupt end on Saturday with cold air and brisk winds over-running the state. The featured table displays the coldest air temperature and wind chill for the winter period up until Saturday and then for this past weekend for selected sites in the state. The table shows that the cold air experienced this past weekend was by a large margin colder than anything experienced so far. The near term forecast has winter sticking around for at least this week.

Voting:
Good = 27
Bad = 13
Abstain = 17