Winter Wonderland

So much for global warming as far as December snowfall totals in Stillwater County.
As of early Wednesday morning, with nearly two full days left in the month, December snowfall in Columbus measured 18.3 inches, compared to the normal amount of 7.7 inches, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
It was the same story at Mystic Lake with December snowfall at 31 inches compared to the normal amount of 17 inches. And in Rapelje, the 15.7 inches of snow that fell this month was up from the normal amount of 7.9 inches, according to the NWS.

Temperatures
Temperatures were a different matter.
In Columbus the average daily reading was 25 degrees, the average daily high was 37.6 degrees and the average daily low was 12.4 degrees. Those were .5 to 1.1 degrees warmer than normal, according to the NWS.
At Mystic Lake, the average daily reading was 26.2 degrees, the average daily high was 32.7 degrees and the average daily low was 19.7 degrees. Those were all within 1.2 and .9 degrees of normal.
And in Rapelje, the average daily reading was 26.6 degrees, the average daily high was 36.8 degrees and the average daily low was 16.3 degrees, according to the NWS. Those all fell within .9 degrees of normal.