Cassie will not get a lot of walks today. Just now at O'Hare the temperature hit -18°C (-1°F) with a wind chill of -29°C (-20°F); here at Inner Drive Technology World HQ it's -15°C (5°F). Of course, this is nowhere near a record: on 19 January 1985 it was -31°C (-23°F), and the next day, 20 January 1985, Chicago hit its all-time coldest temperature of -33°C (-27°F).
I wondered how cold it would have to get for Cassie to notice. I have my answer. I let her off leash when we got back to our complex after a 4-minute speed-walk around the block, and she beelined for the front door. But now I have a Weimaraner mix who usually gets a full hour of walks every day who will get, if the wind dies down, 30 minutes today.
The forecast predicts a normal-ish -5°C (21°F) tomorrow.
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