Nice Weather Won’t Last

Laura Johnson leads her children Abi, 7, center, and Liam, 3, on a walk through the Coeur d’Alene City Park as a heavy fog settles in the area Monday morning. (Press photo: Shawn Gust)

Jim Tompkins paused from taking a walk in Post Falls on Monday afternoon and gazed at the blue, nearly cloudless sky. “This is nuts, absolutely nuts,” Tompkins said, wearing a T-shirt while reflecting on the unusually warm January weather. “I think I can get used to this.” Tompkins said last week he had to take his walks in the street because ice remained on some sidewalks. But all that’s left of the white stuff now is a scattering of dirt-covered hard snow piled by the plows. Monday’s high reached 48 degrees in Coeur d’Alene - 2 degrees short of the record for the date in 1953, said climatologist Cliff Harris. “If you stood in the sun, it was quite pleasant,” Harris said/ Brian Walker , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Have you taken advantage of the nice weather this winter to get out more than usual?