Steady cold, or coldness, and sleighing.

January 2. 

8 a.m. -15° below. 

Take the whole day , this is probably the coldest thus far. 

The past December has been remarkable for steady cold, or coldness, and sleighing.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal,  January 2, 1860

8 a.m. -15° below, the coldest thus far.  See December 29, 1859 ("A very cold morning, — about -15° at 8 a. m. at our door."); January 2, 1856 ("Probably the coldest morning yet, our thermometer 6° below zero at 8 A.M.; . . . The neighbors say it was 10° below zero at 7 A.M. "); see also February 6, 1855 ("The coldest morning this winter. Our thermometer stands at -14° at 9 A.M"); February 7, 1855 ("Thermometer at about 7.30 A. M. gone into the bulb, -19° at least. The cold has stopped the clock.")

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau,  January 2.

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau

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