With recently warmer days, noticeably longer daylight time, and absence of snow cover; one may start to wonder if the worst of winter is now behind us? One such measure may be considering the coldest seven day stretch each winter season as measured by average temperature over those seven days for Des Moines. The featured plot charts that seven day period each winter season along with a day of the season histogram for participation within that period. The frequencies certainly drop off by mid February, but they also are still non-zero with some events even occurring during March. The near term forecast has no hints of cold weather, so it seems likely that the worst of sustained winter cold is behind us, hopefully!

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