When I moved to the Dallas area last January, it was cool but nothing like this. This is like weather I expect back home in the KC metro. Granted there hasn't been snow this time around, but temperatures in the teens are rare here. Normally, there are some cool days where highs struggle to get into the 40's, but there seem to be a lot more days like that this year, and that sounds nice and balmy compared to temperatures now. It's extremely rare to have a period of even 24 hours of temperatures below freezing here, but the temperatures went below freezing early Thursday morning, and it is supposed to remain below freezing until at least Saturday, maybe Sunday. Also, it's already snowed a few times this year, but all there was last year was one ice storm in late January. The low at the airport is expected to be 17. That's cold even for Kansas City, which is expecting a low of -3, and yes, that is VERY unusual for my home town.