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Posted on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 : 7:16 a.m.

Coldest temperature of the year recorded Friday morning

By Paula Gardner

Now it feels like January.

The Ann Arbor area experienced its coldest temperature of the year - so far - overnight, when the National Weather Service recorded 0 degrees.

The reading climbed to 2 degrees by 7 a.m. as more people joined the morning commute.

That's the second single-digit low reading of 2012, which had been warmer than usual until Thursday, when a low of 1 was recorded. Prior to that, the month's lows were in double-digits, including two days at or above freezing.

The normal low for January is 17, while the record is -14, set in 1985.

We can expect a warm-up to about 18 today, according to forecasts.

Next up: Snow.

It's supposed to cloud over by about 4 p.m. then we'll see snowfall.

As we reported Thursday:

Friday’s evening rush hour could get ugly. Forecasters expect 1 to 2 inches of snow during the day Friday and another 2 to 4 inches Friday night. Forecasters’ best guess for a snowfall total is 4 inches for the Ann Arbor area, but it could range anywhere from 3 to 6 inches before it ends sometime around midnight.

Read AnnArbor.com's weather page.

Paula Gardner is News Director of AnnArbor.com. Reach her by email or follow her on Twitter.

Comments

Suzi

Fri, Jan 20, 2012 : 5:13 p.m.

Oh boy, another fun filled evening of being stuck behind the "I forget how to drive in snow each year" driver...should start downloading my audiobook now for the 5 pm... 25 mph drive..in the LEFT lane.

SuperiorMother

Fri, Jan 20, 2012 : 2:16 p.m.

Is the apparent water main break on Plymouth Road between Green and Nixon related to the cold? (Coupled with a traffic light problem at the Plymouth Road exit from N 23, traffic is backed up from miles. Took me 35 minutes to get from NB 23 to Plymouth/Huron Parkway, arriving at 8:50.)

Rork Kuick

Fri, Jan 20, 2012 : 12:46 p.m.

Normal means average rather than median today. By Darwin's liver, even the weather page says "normal", but drilling down it admits it is the average.