{"id":91282,"date":"2015-02-25T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=91282"},"modified":"2016-02-15T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T17:55:08","slug":"nescac-chill-poll-for-feb-24-2015-bates-is-the-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/25\/nescac-chill-poll-for-feb-24-2015-bates-is-the-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"NESCAC Chill Poll for Feb. 24, 2015: Bates is the winner!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"On<\/a>

On a recent winter morning, the Bobcat carries a coat of snow. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

After finishing third in the first NESCAC Chill Poll of the year<\/a> back in January, Bates triumphs this time, bottoming out on top with a low of minus 18.4 degrees yesterday, Feb. 24, making it one of the coldest nights in the ‘Cac all winter.<\/p>\n

Enduring the kind of winter that made the original Continentals a hardy bunch<\/a>,<\/a> Hamilton came in second at 17 below. Middlebury came in third with an overnight low of 16.1 below.<\/p>\n

The rankings: Coldest temps in the ‘Cac, Feb. 24, 2015<\/h3>\n

All temperatures taken from Weather Underground reporting stations either at or closest to each campus. On-campus stations are noted.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Bates: minus 18.4 degrees<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Print\"<\/a><\/h3>\n
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2. Hamilton: minus 17 degrees<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"hamilton<\/a><\/h3>\n
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3. Middlebury: minus 16.1 degrees (at the college)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"middlebury<\/a><\/p>\n

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4. Bowdoin: minus 13 degrees<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Bowdoin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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5. Williams: minus 12.6 degrees<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"purplecow\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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6. Colby: minus 10.9 degrees (recorded at the college)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Colby_color\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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7. Trinity: minus 6.3 degrees<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"bantam_color\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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8. Amherst: minus 5.9 degrees (at the college)<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Amherst_Color\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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9. Wesleyan: minus 1.8 degrees<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"CardinalW_RC_BW\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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10. Connecticut College: 1.2 degree<\/a>s<\/h3>\n

\"Conn<\/a><\/p>\n

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11. Tufts: 1.9 degrees (at the university)<\/a><\/h3>\n

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