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Saturday, January 31

Current Weather

3:15 PM

26°F
Sunny
RealFeel® 32°
Cold
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Cold
25° to 39°
Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.
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RealFeel Shade™ 27°
Cold
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Cold
25° to 39°
Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.
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RealFeel®
32°
RealFeel Shade™
27°
Max UV Index
1.5 (Low)
Wind
W 3 mph
Wind Gusts
4 mph
Humidity
39%
Indoor Humidity
19% (Extremely Dry)
Dew Point
4° F
Pressure
↓ 30.54 in
Cloud Cover
0%
Visibility
11 mi
Cloud Ceiling
40000 ft

Day

1/31
26°Hi
RealFeel® 32°
Cold
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Cold
25° to 39°
Coats and hats are appropriate, consider gloves and a scarf.
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RealFeel Shade™ 27°
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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Not as cold with sunshine mixing with some clouds

Max UV Index3.0 (Moderate)

AccuLumen Brightness Index™9 (Very Bright)

WindW 7 mph

Wind Gusts13 mph

Probability of Precipitation0%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.00 in

Cloud Cover18%

Morning

Afternoon

Night

1/31
14°Lo
RealFeel® 0°
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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Intermittent snow and flurries, accumulating a coating to an inch

WindS 9 mph

Wind Gusts15 mph

Probability of Precipitation88%

Probability of Thunderstorms0%

Precipitation0.01 in

Snow0.32 in

Hours of Precipitation6

Cloud Cover88%

Evening

Overnight

Sun & Moon

10 hrs 01 mins
Rise 7:28 AM
Set 5:29 PM
Waxing Gibbous
Rise 4:06 PM
Set 7:31 AM

Temperature History

1/31
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Low
Forecast
26°
14°
Average
32°
14°
Last Year
52°
33°
Record
65°
1989
-21°
1996

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