With the windchill it was at least that...we had a windchill warning for up to twenty below the other day! I'm in the central Iowa area...a little West of Iowa City.
It looks like it will warm up over the next week (into the 30's at least). But most of Jan and Feb have been wonderfully warm; 50's and 60's many days.
Be sure to check the forecast on TWC's website before you leave so you'll know what to pack. This time of year can be very unpredictable! We sometimes have temperature drops of 20 or 30 degrees during the day if a front moves through.
It was a balmy 22 today...Hooray!
LOL! And here I thought my family were the only ones (that looks funny.. English grammar is annoying :P) crazy enough to think 20-30F was balmy! Back in Nevada, it wasn't unusual for night-time temps to hover around -5 to 15.. from about late October to March-April. Brrr. No wonder I'm a blanket hog :P
But here in Washington state, we've been having what feels like a cold snap - wouldn't be surprised if the current temp was around 20.. In fact, I'll check... Hm, I was close. 25F. Still cold. Rather warm, comparitively, but I'm rather a bit too sensitive to cold for my own good. As proved by the eight or nine blankets I have on my bed. Hey, I said I'm a blanket hog, didn't I? Hehe.
It was nice and warm Saturday - went to water my grandparents dog and kept stopping in the patches of sunlight and wanting to curl up like a cat cuz it felt so nice. Mind you, it was rather a bit more frigid in the shadows. Of course, I wasn't wearing a jacket.. for which over-sight (under-sight, perhaps? :D) I called myself an idiot. Oh well.
Personally.. I rather doubt we'll ever be fully able to predict coming weather for any amount of time beyond perhaps a 50-70% accuracy rate until/unless we somehow learn planet-wide climate control. But that's rather a bit too much out of a sci-fi book for my tastes, thank you very much. Oh well, guess I'll just have to continue hogging the blankets. :D
~Moshi-chan