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"The problem with winter sports is that â follow me closely here â they generally take place in winter." â Dave Barry
Itâs Christmas Week and weâre all looking for a bit of cheer in this winter season of our dismay. Yes, astronomical winter begins (or began, depending on when youâre reading this) at 5:02 a.m. on Monday, and that means our total daylight begins to lengthen, ever so gradually, at first in the afternoon.
But since the atmosphere takes time to enter the deep freeze â and to begin baking after the summer solstice around June 21 â the coldest stretch of meteorological winter in the Berkshires extends from Jan. 10 to Jan. 25, with a normal average high of 29 and an overnight low of 11.