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[titusnowl]

It's 41 in North Texas tonight, with freezing rain and a wintry mix expected for tonight and through the weekend.  Temperatures are projected to drop down as low as 20 tonight, with a high of 30 on Saturday and Sunday; today's high was 45.  In the early afternoon, someone walked past my window, walking a small dog (I think it was a Boston Terrier).  He (the man, not the terrier) was wearing a full-body insulated snowmobiling suit with a fleece-trimmed hood, under which he sported a ski mask to cover all of his face except the eyes and lips, and his hands were equally covered in puffy insulated gloves.  This may have been a bit of overkill.

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[mylesk.livejournal.com]

Are these unusual temperatures for Texas?

[chikkiboo.livejournal.com]

Not in this part of the state. 40 is the usual winter temperature, from about Thanksgiving through Easter. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are relatively rare, in that the "winter weather" season here really only lasts through January and February instead of covering the entire November-April stretch as it does further north, but they happen every single year, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

We've had an unusually warm and dry year so far - it was 80 yesterday - so I can understand being a bit shocked at the suddenness of the temperature drop, but not to the point of bundling up as though one was undertaking an Arctic expedition just to take the dog out for his dailies.

I understand that some parts of the state get even colder in the winter and have regular snow, and others don't get cold at all and stay at a pleasant 60 degrees all winter (in exchange for being 110 for six months in the summer), but the northeastern portion is relatively temperate.