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Temps hit minus-4 in Lake City

A bit of hoar frost formed on a thin layer of ice on Fernan Lake in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Thursday, Dec.8, 2016. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

It’s cold in Spokane, but temperatures still haven’t hit zero or below for more than two years.

At least not at the Spokane International Airport, where the temperature fell to 2 degrees this morning. Readings there haven’t been at zero or below since Feb. 6, 2014, when it fell to minus 5, said Andrew Kalin, National Weather Service meteorologist.

On Friday night or Saturday morning, however, the city’s streak without sub-zero temperatures likely will end, when the forecast calls for minus 3 in Spokane.

Some areas did fall below zero overnight, including Coeur d’Alene, at minus 4 and Deer Park at minus 6, Kalin said/SR.

Question: What is the coldest temperature that you've experienced?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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