As I type this, it’s 6 degrees outside which officially qualifies as cold. Yesterday, the temp never got out of the teens here at the house.
This Winter has been pretty warm, especially when compared with last year. I’ve gone through a fraction of the cord wood by comparison as this sort of cold has been an anomaly rather than the norm. That just makes the cold seem all the harsher since we acclimate to the general temps we’re dealt with and single digits is well outside the norm we’ve been dealing with.
Otherwise, I’ve noticed that the forecasts have tended to be overestimating actual highs and underestimating the actual lows, lately. From my own observations, that means a change in the predominant pattern; whether that means temps more like last year, or temps that are just more winter-like remains to be seen.