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The month of January typically brings the coldest temperatures of the entire winter to our region. Arctic air typically makes frequent inroads, occasional dropping low temperatures to the 20’s
below
zero F (30 below zero C). Snow occurs on a regular basis, from a combination of small events with frontal systems, to a few coastal low pressure areas known as Nor’Easters. January is our snowiest month, with nearly 20”
(51cm) falling. All this cold and snow allows for excellent outdoor winter sports weather, giving residents and tourists the ability to enjoy such sports as skiing, ice fishing, skating, and sledding.
However, the weather is not always cold and icy. Ahead of strong fronts temperatures can warm to the 30’s
F and 40’s F (-1 to +7 C), and once every several years into the 50’s
F (10's C). These milder days are locally known as a “January Thaw”, however, there is no average date to this thaw, and in some years the thaw never comes. Rainfall is rare in January, mainly occurring ahead of strong cold fronts in the above warmer air.
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