This cold snap marks a significant turn from unseasonably warm weather earlier this month.
But, according to KIRO 7 meteorologist Robert Van Winkle, it is nowhere near as cold as it could get this winter.
“These numbers, as cold as they sound or as they seem, are nothing compared to when we set records around this time of year,” Van Winkle said. “We can get down into the single digits, like we did back in 1968. It was eight degrees on the 29th and eight degrees or six degrees for a record low in 1968 on this day (Dec. 30). The record low for New Year’s is 10 degrees, and that was set back in 1952.”…