Winter Finally Arrived

After the warmest winter to-date, including multiple spans of 50° and 60° F days, we finally got some cold.  We bottomed out at -10° F.

-10 degrees F
The outside thermometer is currently in a sunbeam; I believe (per the forecast) that the current temp is more like 10° above zero.

Welcome to New England

It snowed today.

Well, they were really flurries but still, it snowed today.  I believe that this is the earliest snow I have ever seen in southern New England.

I have a hypothesis that the earlier the snow and cold come, the milder the winter will be.  I’m hoping this rings true this year.  I’m no fan of global warming, but I’m also not into paying huge heating bills either.