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Low was 19 this morning at 2:30am. So far, only up to 25 as of 9:30am.

I don't know. My forecast was for a full sunny day, but it didn't happen.

High was 34 here under a constant overcast.

So far my wish came true. Still a solid gray overcast here in Tamaqua...

Christmas was best when I believed in Santa, too. There was a special magic to Christmas back in those years.

I wonder. Is there any kind of recorded history of the correlation of white Christmases to snowy winters? We managed to hang onto an inch or so of snow from Friday and Yesterday for a rare white Christmas.

I'm so glad it remained overcast today. Most of the snow would have been toast if it got sunny. Hope tomorrow is dark and overcast as well. For some reason, I prefer cloudy to sunny on Christmas Day. Doesn't look like I'll get my wish, though. Christmas Day Sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Piles don't count. You have to steal all of your neighbors' snow and scatter it evenly across your own property.

Well, that was a quick hitter, but at least I was able to measure. We got 3/4 inch. Now if only it would stay as cold as yesterday through tomorrow, we could keep most of it, plus what's left from Friday, so it would make for a white Christmas. We're supposed to go upper 30's with possible sun later, so I don't know.

Light snow has commenced here in Tamaqua. It must have just started as nothing is showing white yet. If I hadn't noticed a "foggy" appearance near a streetlight, I wouldn't have even known.

Four degrees? That's a heat wave. I was zero and most areas outside of town got down to -2 to -4. Oh, and hauling water sucks. This was my best friend this morning.

Tamaqua backyard low this morning was +0.1 degree. This morning has not been fun. Got delayed at my first delivery by a frozen valve and pipe coming from the silo we unload into. Had to get with corporate to see what to do. Ended up putting it in the silo the other company uses. Then, loading the second load, I dropped the trailer inlet cap and it hit a plastic air line that's used to dump the air suspension on the trailer. Well, at zero degrees, that plastic is brittle and it broke. So now, no air bags and a massive air leak. So now I'm waiting for our mechanic to come and fix it. What a day...

Awesome! That's enough to give me a snow day at work. I haul permitted, overweight loads, and we can't legally run if there's snow on the roads.

As I figured, it would be colder at our shop. -1 degree...

1:30am 4 degrees (3.9 actually). I'm thinking that with about 4-5 more hours of cooling, even Tamaqua proper may get to zero for the low.

11 (10.8) here at 7:30. Might be zero or below at my normally cold work location tomorrow morning.

The big one is always 300+ hours out...

If I would have stayed in AZ... Today Sunny, with a high near 77. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Once again, I have no good way of measuring when the grass is the place where the snow accumulated best as I don't have a snow board. My best eyeball guess is that we got somewhere between 2 and 3 inches.

I'm baffled. It's snowing, albeit lightly, the temp is 31, and we're close to 3 hours post sunset. Why is the snow having a hard time sticking to paved surfaces?

You should see how much coal the train pulls out of Lehigh Anthracite here in Tamaqua. Most, if not all, of it goes overseas. The trucks (ours included) haul the domestic, as well as some of the port loads.

I don't know of too many who cook with coal anymore, but coal heat is still quite popular up where I live. Getting some flurries/light snow already as I type.

I'd say probably a third of the houses in Tamaqua are still burning coal. Even at my work, our shop is heated with coal. You should see the monstrosity of a furnace we have.