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Tuesday, March 17

Day

3/17
26°Hi
RealFeel® 33°
Very Cold
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Very Cold
25° to 39°
Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.
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RealFeel Shade™ 22°
Very Cold
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Very Cold
10° to 24°
Caution advised. Older adults, infants, and those with sensitive medical conditions, should be well dressed to protect from hypothermia and frostbite. Coat, hat, gloves and a scarf are appropriate.
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Very cold with more sunshine than clouds; breezy this afternoon

Max UV Index5.0 (Moderate)

AccuLumen Brightness Index™9 (Very Bright)

WindW 14 mph

Wind Gusts24 mph

Probability of Precipitation5%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.00 in

Cloud Cover33%

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3/17
25°Lo
RealFeel® 9°
Bitterly Cold
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Bitterly Cold
-10° to 9°
Caution advised. Frostbite to exposed skin within 15 minutes. Hypothermia likely without protective clothing.
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Cloudy and cold; periods of snow late, accumulating a coating to an inch; roads could be slippery

WindS 14 mph

Wind Gusts18 mph

Probability of Precipitation75%

Probability of Thunderstorms2%

Precipitation0.06 in

Snow0.80 in

Hours of Precipitation3

Cloud Cover99%

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12 hrs 00 mins
Rise 6:59 AM
Set 6:59 PM
Waning Crescent
Rise 6:18 AM
Set 5:42 PM

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3/17
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26°
25°
Average
48°
32°
Last Year
54°
27°
Record
80°
2012
0°
1941

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