It was -7 degs here at 7:30 this morning and the highest temp. we've reached today is 0 degs, which has held steady now for most of the afternoon.
But the wind is the other story. We're getting sustained winds of 30 - 35 mph, with frequent gusts from the mid-40s to 50 mph. The strongest wind gust our weather station has recorded today is 51 mph, and that speed has been reached 5 times so far this afternoon. Our location has direct northwest exposure over the frozen lake, so there's nothing to slow down the wind before it hits our house.
According to the National Weather Service's wind chill chart, at 0 degs F with sustained winds of 30 - 35 mph, the wind chill is averaging around -27 degs!
Not a good day to be outside.
