Weather Hysteria Watch

What's shocking about subzero temperatures in winter? Apparently someone at the AP thinks that subzero temperatures in January in the upper Midwest is something "shocking."

Shocking cold wave drops temps to 40 below zero

Temperatures crashed to Arctic levels Tuesday as a severe cold wave rolled across the upper Midwest on the heels of yet another snowstorm, closing schools and making most people think twice before going outside. Early Wednesday, the cold front swept into New York, sending temperatures falling from the 30s a day before to single digits or below zero. It hit 8 below in Massena, on the St. Lawrence River in northern New York, with the wind chill making it feel like minus 25 degrees.

In Michigan, temperatures Wednesday morning ranged from minus 17 at Ironwood in the western Upper Peninsula to 10 degrees in the southwestern Lower Peninsula and 12 on Beaver Island. Ironwood earlier recorded a temperature of minus 23.

Thermometers read single digits early in the day as far south as Kansas and Missouri, where some areas warmed only into the teens by midday.

The ice and snow that glazed pavement was blamed for numerous traffic accidents from Minnesota to Indiana, where police said a truck overturned and spilled 43,000 pounds of cheese, closing a busy highway ramp during the night in the Gary area.

Really? You mean to tell me that historical temperatures in Minneapolis don't get below 0F for extended periods? It happens pretty much every year. Some years get extended periods, while others get shorter periods. It depends on the Jet Stream and how the Arctic air gets pushed down from Canada into the United States.

Perhaps the only shocking thing about this is that it once again deflates the notion that manmade global warming has ended winters as we know them.