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get mushy.
Once upon a time farmers went around saying “January thaw, the Lord have mercy!” or “A January spring is worth nothing.” Meteorologically, a January thaw is a big lazy high pressure system drifting across the country between storms. The way weathermen at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration see it, this January will look like this:
THERE WILL be above average temperatures in the eastern third of the nation, except for northern Maine, but they will be near nor
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