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Oswego Daily News

January 2011 Started With A Thaw Then Turned Colder

January started with temperatures around 50 degrees. However, it wound up nearly a degree colder than average. And, the snowfall was 32.8 inches above average; making it the fifth snowiest January since 1899.

“We kind of had our January thaw on the 1st and a little into the 2nd,” said to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. “One the 1st, there was only a trace of snow on the ground and it was rainy.” Over all, the average temperature was just about normal. Precipitation was 0.45-inch below normal, but snowfall was nearly 3 feet above average.

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