Albuquerque’s coldest dawn in two years, and more to come

Albuquerque’s official Weather Service low this morning of 8 Fahrenheit appears to be the coldest temperature the metro area has seen since Feb. 4, 2011, when it  dropped to 7F. (The day before that, you may remember if you were here, it hit -7F, the “big freeze” that lead to natural gas shortages around the state.)

This morning’s low is not a record. Albuquerque’s coldest Jan. 13 was -5 in 1963. Record lows for January are all in the below zero to single digit range for Albuquerque. But it’s already colder than it was at any time during our record warm 2012. And it could be Wednesday before we see the temperature rise above the freezing mark, according to the Weather Service. Here’s the metro area forecast for the next few days:

TODAY: MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
HIGHS IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S.
TONIGHT: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS
5 TO 15.
MONDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. NOT AS
COLD. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO UPPER 30S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS 5 TO 20.
TUESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS
IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS 5 TO 15.
WEDNESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. NOT
AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 25.