The rest of the morning passed without incident except for a snow flurry at ten-thirty.

January 5th. There was an inch of real snow on the ground this morning. The temperature never climbed above freezing all day. It was -3 at 5pm.

January 6th. This morning's paper-round was done in 2 or 3 inches of snow. During the afternoon it snowed, occasionally, but a shower started at about 5pm and it is still snowing now. There was a thaw (up to 2 C) at about 1pm but it refroze and the rotten snow is being replaced by a fresh, new, forecast layer.

January 7th. The temperature did not rise above -3 C today. -5½ C was achieved last night. There is frozen snow everywhere.

'Very cold (0.8C CET) with frequent snow in the first three weeks.' [...]