There is a 78 percent chance I’m rationalizing here, but would you rather be too cold or too hot? Personally, I’d rather slap on a few more layers. On hot days, there are only so many layers I can remove without police showing up.
Minnesota summers are trending more humid, but we aren’t seeing prolonged outbreaks of extreme heat, at least not yet.
New research suggests extreme heat makes people age faster. “Prolonged exposure to soaring temperatures can cause a deterioration in our cells and tissues and speed up biological aging, according to a new and growing body of research,” reports CNN.
It would appear that we will all be well-preserved over the next 10 days with temperatures well below average. I see mostly single digits and teens for highs into late January, but the mercury may not climb above zero on Friday. Windchills hit minus 25 Monday, maybe minus 35 on Thursday. Clippers Tuesday and Wednesday may drop 1 to 2 inches of snow. Perhaps five to seven subzero lows before 30 degrees returns around Groundhog Day.
But first, a hunk of the polar vortex.
