Looks like a heat wave today
It is only -22?F this morning
I'll see if I can find a thermometer and take a picture. I think one of the banks still has a working display. Just so you guys believe me. It is amazing the gas station credit card scanners and pumps work at temperatures like this. Just don't try the find any wind shield cleaning fluid at the gas station.
Here is a link in regards to most days with coldest temperature lower 48 states (scroll down towards the bottom). Unfortunately Gunnison is just 3rd
https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/coldest.phpContact your regional Weatherman immediately! I think there is a law against temps that far below freezing! They may be State laws, so check with your State Attorney General. If there are no laws, contact your State and national Representatives and Senators!!! Last time we had temps below freezing for more than a day, we fired the Weatherman! He forgot who paid his salary!!! And don't let them try to convince you it has something to do with so called "Snow Birds"! Even birds know when it's time to head south!
Regional weathermen are very smart- they live in Grand Junction, Colorado where it is currently 8?F with a projected high of 32?F today. I'll put in my order for a nice warm ZERO? F overnight low.
Seriously, is this typical El Ni?o conditions for your neck of the woods? It does seem like Ni?o is slow to have any effect this winter.
This is more normal temperatures for the winter time. Over the last several years winter temperatures have been above normal. I am guessing El Nino years likely would produce warmer winters tempertures here depending on how the sub-tropical jet sets up and if the Pineapple Expressway develops. Cold temperatures like this are actually beneficial- they might help control spruce beetle outbreaks occurring in the Colorado Rockies. It would be an interesting study of weather patterns and how they effect the cold here. Even the NWS typically missing the mark on predicting winter temperatures in the valley.
Burrrrr? That's cold! How do you keep the house comfortable, and at what set point?
By burning all of the beetle killed spruce trees. Wood is a common heat source. Typically you heat with the wood at night and leave the thermostat on low (say 60?F) while you are at work.