Raise your hand if you thought January 2015 was colder than most Januarys.
There's lot of hands raised out there and you are correct. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, the average January 2015 daily temperature was 21.6 degrees. The normal January daily temperature is 25.4 degrees.
Even though it was a colder-than-normal January the highs and lows included a 59 degree fluxuation. The high temperature of January was 51 on Jan. 3. The low was seven days later at minus 8. That mark was one of six January days that reached minus zero degrees.
Even the ice melt on campus is purple. Must be a new branding campaign.
Here's the screen shot of a tweet the Icon received from Bluffton University Sports Medicine. It reads "Coach Yarnell - Bluffton University - even the ice melt is purple. Now that's the #PowerOfPurple! #GoodObservation
Like to watch the sky at night? Here are five opportunities this winter and spring to participate in special nighttime programs at the Ohio Northern University Astronomy Observatory sponsored by the ONU Astronomy Club, according to Dr. Jason Pinkney, ONU Department of Physics and Astronomy, and observatory manager.
All programs are from 8 to 10 p.m., are open to the public, and are dependant upon weather conditions.
It's time to think about the 2015 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce arts and crafts show.
The 44th annual downtown event moves to the third Saturday of May this year, making it Saturday, May 16. In recent years it was held on the Saturday prior to Mother's Day.
A vendor registration form and information sheet are attachments at the bottom of this story.
