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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 10:15 am
Above: Brian Olenych, fresh out of the sauna, is warm enough for anything in Arkville on Saturday, Feb. 14. Photos courtesy of Marcia Olenych.
This February is in the top five of the coldest Februarys on record, according to the National Weather Service... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 - 2:34 pm
A 71-year-old Davenport man sustained severe frostbite and may lose his fingers and toes after he fell into a ditch the night of Jan. 13 and spent eight hours outside in severe cold. The Mountain Eagle has the story:
According to his older brother Paul,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 - 1:55 pm
Above: "A bitterly cold night is expected across eastern NY and western New England," according to a tweet from the National Weather Service in Albany.
The National Weather Service is warning that temperatures ranging from negative 5 to negative 10... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 - 5:21 pm
Above: Forecasted windchill temperatures for Thursday, Jan. 8, from the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
Several Catskills school districts have announced delays for Thursday, Jan. 7 because of frigid temperatures expected on Wednesday night... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 - 9:30 pm
Above: A map of forecasted wind chill temperatures on Wednesday night, via Hudson Valley Weather.
The wind chill on Wednesday night is going to be brutal, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued wind chill warnings for Delaware,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 - 7:33 am
Above: Catskills icicles. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Hello 2015! We're back after a holiday break, just in time for winter to really sink its teeth into the Catskills.
The National Weather Service is warning that high... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 14, 2014 - 12:46 pm
Our Catskills Food Guide editor Jennifer Strom photographed this turkey making like a chickadee at a bird feeder in Roxbury today. After the cold, hard winter we've had, wildlife is especially stressed.
It's not just in the Catskills where animals are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 3:47 pm
Reader Dave Channon sent us this photo of his thermometer displaying 12 degrees below zero on Broad Street Hollow Road in Shandaken today. Dave writes:
This is the second time we had 12 below zero this winter. I understand this was not unusual 20 years... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 10:54 am
Across New York, we're getting the kind of cold that you don't see that often. In the Catskills, there were warnings of wind chills of 20 to 35 degrees below zero last night -- the kind of temps that could kill you if you stay outside too long.
In Sushan... Read more
