I received an e-mail today from a viewer who was wondering how the month of January has been so far; he remembered that the monthly outlook called for above average temperatures, so he wanted to see how we've done so far.

When it comes to the weather, I have to remind everybody that we all have a short term memory. It's been cold lately, so the month has seemed cold, but that's not the case. Just remember, from January 5th through the 8th we had a stretch of 60 and 70 degree weather!

Here are the averages for the month of January.




So far this month Northwest Arkansas has averaged a high of 48 with a low of 26. The River Valley has averaged a high of 52 with an average low of 30. We're hanging on above average, but we'll have to wait and see how the next 9 days will turn out.