It's chilly outside, but the date is January 8, climatologically the coldest time of the year. What do people expect?

The New York Times--in addition to a Metro Section cover story about the so-called bitter cold--featured a map showing regional temperatures last night at 11pm. Apparently, readers were supposed to be impressed at the frigid readings. But at that time, it was in the low 20s throughout the entire area--right around where it should be this time of year.

Highs on Saturday may be only in the middle teens. But we have already run out of adjectives for the winter.