Originally Posted by
joeyduck
Really only that cold? That is just under 0°F. I figure it must have been colder at some point. I grew up outside Watertown and I recall it being colder than that at times.
Yeah, -4F to -6F is it, even during the polar vortex. The lake keeps us warmer. Further inland it gets cold.
I'm guessing that the colder times you remember were when there was a northerly component to the winds and they blew in overland rather than over the lake.