Storyteller's Night Sky 2026-01-21 (The Coldest Night of the Year this Week)
The first New Moon of the New Year happened on Sunday, and now we approach what is traditionally known as the coldest night of the year, the eve of St. Agnes, on January 20th. According to meteorologists, there can be arctic outbreaks that linger through March, but January is climatologically the coldest month of the year for most of the Northern Hemisphere. But why is January the coldest, when the shortest day happens in December? This is due to a phenomenon the weather folks call seasonal lag. At Winter Solstice we experience the shortest day, longest night, and lowest Sun angle. But the…
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