History of Coeur d'Alene cold waves
Randy Mann.
JAKE PARRISH/Press
Conditions this month have been some of the coldest and iciest across North Idaho in recent memory. Since the frigid weather began Jan. 12, the average high from that date for the following week through Jan. 18 has been 13.7 degrees in Coeur d’Alene. The average low for that seven-day period was -2.9 degrees, with five days reporting temperatures below the zero mark.
The four days from Jan. 12-15 were some of the coldest since the 1950s and 1960s. On Jan. 12, the low temperature was down to -5 degrees. On Jan. 13, Saturday morning, the mercury dropped to a record -17 degrees for the date. The old record was -8 degrees set back in 1950. Lows dropped to -5 degrees Jan. 14 with -7 degrees reported at Cliff’s station Jan. 15. The average low temperature for those four days was -8.5 degrees.
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