So far in the last WEEK in October the USA has set over 4,500 cold records... in all of weather recorded history....

.. and you can bet that there are going to be literally thousands more when winter actually arrives.

What's Up With That

A cold start to fall: over 4500 new snowfall, low temp, and lowest max temp records set in the USA this last week.

The Record Events map depicts the official National Weather Service records recorded for the defined date(s) or time period, which includes record high and low temperatures, record high minimum temperatures, record low maximum temperatures, record daily rainfall and record daily snowfall. Source: Hamweather Climate Center and NOAA/NWS

Record Events for Sat Oct 10, 2009 through Fri Oct 16, 2009
Total Records: 6257
Rainfall: 859
Snowfall: 297
High Temperatures: 369
Low Temperatures: 785
Lowest Max Temperatures: 3473
Highest Min Temperatures: 474

Get out your winter clothes.

xtnyoda, shalomed