How Cold Was It?

Western Washington is slowly emerging from a week-long dry cold snap that set numerous records for the coldest day in history on (fill in the date) in (fill in the location). The forecast for today in Bremerton is mixed snow and rain showers with a high temperature near 40 degrees—IOW, just about back to typical December weather. But last week there was a low of 6 degrees one night in Olympia. In Bremerton it was below freezing for four straight days with lows in the teens at night. On the morning of December 8th the temperature was 10 degrees at Bremerton National Airport. Brr.

I don’t know the exact temperatures for Belfair last week but offer the photo, taken today, of the fountain in the QFC shopping center as evidence that the artic blast didn’t skip North Mason. The fountain itself is still running. The blue color in the ice may be caused by antifreeze in the system needed to keep the water in the pump and pipes from freezing.