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Coldest day this century

The high temperature of 9 degrees represents the coldest high reading since December 22, 1989.

Great Barrington — With a high temperature of only 9 degrees and a low of 1 degree below zero for a very mean temperature of only 3.5 degrees, it make this day the coldest of this century.

The 9 represents the coldest high reading since December 22, 1989 when the high was only 7 and a low of 4 below for a very mean reading of 2.5.

And Forecasters say our current cold snap will continue for a few more days due to a blocking pattern in the atmosphere.

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