{"id":143686,"date":"2022-01-12T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=143686"},"modified":"2022-08-29T08:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:16:01","slug":"nescac-chill-poll-for-jan-12-2022-oh-what-might-have-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/12\/nescac-chill-poll-for-jan-12-2022-oh-what-might-have-been\/","title":{"rendered":"NESCAC Chill Poll for Jan. 12, 2022: Oh, what might have been!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bates eked out a victory in this week&#8217;s NESCAC Chill Poll, our occasional survey of the coldest campuses in the &#8216;Cac on chilly winter nights. But oh, what might have been!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, it looked like we were heading toward a robust NESCAC Chill Poll. Forecasters said that cold air would roll in on Monday and Tuesday, then a calm Tuesday night would allow any remaining warm air to escape into the night sky, letting the temps tumble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We envisioned skinny Mules snuggling up with burly Polar Bears, shivering Jumbos seeking warmth from husky and hirsute Mammoths. (Bobcats, at least the feline kind, aren&#8217;t into snuggling.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But early this week, the forecast had changed. Rather than a clear and calm night, perfect for radiational cooling, the forecast called for increasing clouds \u2014 nature&#8217;s blanket \u2014 and a region-wide puff of warm air entering NESCAC Nation by mid-evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And boy did it ever, creating what weather folks call a &#8220;non-diurnal&#8221; pattern. Instead of falling overnight, the temperatures rose. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<lite-youtube videoid=\"e1BPy8ciUB0\" params=\"modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" playlabel=\"Clouds Arriving Jan. 11-12, 2022\" title=\"Clouds Arriving Jan. 11-12, 2022\" >\n\t\t\t<\/lite-youtube>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<figcaption>This satellite presentation shows the arrival of cold-spoiling clouds and warm air to the Northeast from about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 2022, to midmorning the next day. The blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus, while gray to white indicates higher ice clouds. The city lights come from a static database derived from the VIIRS Day Night Band.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Here in Lewiston, it went from 7 below at midnight to 5 above by 7:14 a.m. sunrise on Wednesday.<\/li><li>In urban Medford, Mass., a metropolitan area home of the Tufts Jumbos and near the warmish ocean, it was the same story. Eight degrees by 8 o&#8217;clock Tuesday evening, but 15 degrees by sunrise Wednesday. <\/li><li>In New London, Conn., home of Connecticut College, the rise was dramatic. A dead-calm overnight allowed the temperature to fall to 7 degrees by 5:30 a.m. Then the warmish west breeze kicked in, and the temperature rose 19 degrees in just an hour!<\/li><li>In Clinton, N.Y., home of the Hamilton Continentals, the warm air arrived first, so their low temperature was actually recorded early Tuesday morning. They never got below zero Tuesday night.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full listing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/personal-weather-station\/dashboard?ID=KMAMEDFO17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11. Tufts: 8.2 degrees (at the university)<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/jumbo_200_new.jpg\" alt=\"jumbo_200_new\" width=\"137\" height=\"152\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/dashboard\/pws\/KCTMIDDL95\" target=\"_blank\">10. Wesleyan: 5.3 degrees (Jan. 11)<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/CardinalW_RC_BW.gif\" alt=\"CardinalW_RC_BW\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/dashboard\/pws\/KCTWATER65\">9. Connecticut College: 5.0 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/Conn-College-color.jpg\" alt=\"Conn College color\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/dashboard\/pws\/KCTWETHE23\/graph\/2020-11-7\/2020-11-7\/daily\" target=\"_blank\">8. Trinity: 4.8 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/bantam_color.jpg\" alt=\"bantam_color\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/personal-weather-station\/dashboard?ID=KMAAMHER5\" target=\"_blank\">7. Amherst: 3.5 degrees (at the college)<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/01\/mammoths-U8AAEdJi.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/personal-weather-station\/dashboard?ID=KMAWILLI14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6. Williams: 0.5 degree (at the college)<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/purplecow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83325\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/purplecow.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/purplecow-144x107.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/weather\/us\/me\/brunswick\/KMEBRUNS48\">5. Bowdoin: minus 1.5 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/Bowdoin.jpg\" alt=\"Bowdoin\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/personal-weather-station\/dashboard?ID=KVTMIDDL2\" target=\"_blank\">4. Middlebury: minus 3.8 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/middlebury-logo.jpg\" alt=\"middlebury logo\" width=\"174\" height=\"86\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/dashboard\/pws\/KNYCLINT67?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash\">3. Hamilton: minus 3.8 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/hamilton-colorh-copy.jpg\" alt=\"hamilton colorh copy\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/dashboard\/pws\/KMEWATER222?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash\">2. Colby: minus 7.1 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/Colby_color.jpg\" alt=\"Colby_color\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/dashboard\/pws\/KMELEWIS2?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash\">1. Bates: minus 7.4 degrees<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/bates-bobcat-primary1.jpg\" alt=\"Print\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/cgi-bin\/findweather\/getForecast?query=Williamstown+MA\"><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1646\" height=\"1098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/170111-NESCAC-chillpoll-1999-edit.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/170111-NESCAC-chillpoll-1999-edit.webp 1646w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/170111-NESCAC-chillpoll-1999-edit-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/170111-NESCAC-chillpoll-1999-edit-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/170111-NESCAC-chillpoll-1999-edit-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/01\/170111-NESCAC-chillpoll-1999-edit-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1646px) 100vw, 1646px\" \/><figcaption>Four years ago, Diana Flores \u201820 of the Bronx, N.Y., brandishes the official NESCAC Chill Poll thermometer with friends Luis David Molina Rueda \u201920 (left) of Cabra, Spain, and Lillian Chang \u201920 of Wilton, Conn. (Jay Burns\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Temperatures are taken from Weather Underground reporting stations at or close to each campus. On-campus reporting stations are noted.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bates eked out a victory in this week&#8217;s NESCAC Chill Poll, our occasional survey of the coldest campuses in the &#8216;Cac on chilly winter nights. 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