Measuring the chill with a Winter Misery Index

February 26, 2014

"How miserable has your winter been? The worst winter ever? One of the worst winters ever? The worst winter since that one winter when you were a kid?

"If you’re a Minnesotan, there’s no need to be so imprecise. For the last several decades, Pete Boulay, Assistant State Climatologist at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, has been measuring just how miserable winters are with his Winter Misery Index." Listen to the story from WNYC's The Takeaway.