Bitter before dawn. The cold went deeper as the dark wore on and sat near −8° by 7am with hardly a breath of wind to move it. A clear spell broke the cloud around 9am and the light came in hard and low. By afternoon the sky closed again and the air eased to near 7°, which felt almost gentle after the morning. Snow began around 7pm, thin at first, then steady, and a wind rose behind it that leaned harder as the evening went on.