A Significant Cold Snap Is Set To Send North Dakota Shivering

December was one of the warmest on record in North Dakota.

It's barely seemed like winter at all this year so far.  Yes, we've had a few snow events but a brown Thanksgiving and a mostly brown Christmas have had it feeling more like fall than anything else.

That is all about to change as our first real significant cold snap is about to take hold in North Dakota.

Check out these frigid temperatures coming our way in about one week for Bismarck Mandan, according to the Weather Channel.

Beginning about Wednesday, January 10th we will see our first overnight low of the season BELOW ZERO!

That's crazy when you think about it because during a normal winter season we would see several overnight lows below zero in December and even in November is not unheard of.  The coldest overnight lows in Bismarck Mandan only reached the single digits a couple of times in November and December of last year.

This cold snap is expected to last for at least a week until Wednesday, January 17th.

Then we could see a brief warm-up or January thaw for a few short days before another cold snap to close out a good portion of the month.  Chilly weather is definitely coming our way but certainly nothing truly arctic.  Anytime we have daytime highs above zero in January we can't complain too much.

The lack of a real snowpack should also help in plunging the temps too far in the negative direction.

Get ready to bundle up.  After all, it's January and you're in North Dakota.  We're used to this.  We've just been spoiled.