USA,+Minnesota,+Inver+Grove

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We are a 1st Grade Class of 27, 6 and 7 year old students at Hilltop Elementary School in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Our city is located just minutes south of Minnesota's capital city of St. Paul.

Today is January 12, 2011, and we had a beautiful, crisp, sunny day. Our high temperature was 21 degrees Fahrenheit with a low of 8 degrees Fahrenheit. Our sunrise was at 7:49 am (Central Standard Time) and sunset was at 4:54 pm (Central Standard Time). Despite the chilly weather, our students go outside for recess daily unless there is a windchill below zero.

The local news this evening reported that we are nearing the 50 inch mark for recording snowfall this winter season! According to the National Weather Service as reported on Minnesota Public Radio, the average snowfall to date is 24.2" (The metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul is +21.1" to date this season). Last winter's entire season snowfall total was 40.7"! It's a good thing we enjoy outdoor winter activities, we still have a few months of this weather ahead of us!

We will be reporting back during the week of January 17th - 21st, 2011. Please stop back and check it out!

Sincerely, Mrs. Getting and Friends

January 17th, 2011 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School for students or staff) Today's high temperature was 25 degrees Fahrenheit, with a low temperature of 16 degrees Fahrenheit. We had winds of up to 15 mph, but no wind chill factor. Officially, there was a snowfall of around 2 inches early in the day. This small accumulation was just enough to cause some accidents and make for very slow freeway and neighborhood street driving.

January 18th, 2011 Today's high was 25 degrees Farenheit, with a low of 8 degrees Farenheit. It was quite brisk, actually. We had winds up to 12 mph, with no wind chill factor. There was no record of precipitation today.

January 19th, 2011 Today's high was 12 degrees, with a low of -3 degrees. We had a wind speed of 9 miles per hour and a trace of precipitation.

January 20th, 2011 Today's high was 9 degrees with a low of -3 degrees. We had a wind speed of 13 miles per hour with a wind chill of -19 degrees. There was no precipitation today!

January 21st, 2011 Today was the coldest day of our winter so far. We had a high temperature of 2 degrees and a low of -29 degrees! WE had a wind speed of 6 miles per hour and a trace of precipiatation. Believe it or not, even when it's this cold, our lives go on as normal, school and all!