NESCAC Chill Poll for Feb. 24, 2015: Bates is the winner!
On a recent winter morning, the Bobcat carries a coat of snow. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
After finishing third in the first NESCAC Chill Poll of the year back in January, Bates triumphs this time, bottoming out on top with a low of minus 18.4 degrees yesterday, Feb. 24, making it one of the coldest nights in the ‘Cac all winter.
Enduring the kind of winter that made the original Continentals a hardy bunch, Hamilton came in second at 17 below. Middlebury came in third with an overnight low of 16.1 below.
The rankings: Coldest temps in the ‘Cac, Feb. 24, 2015
All temperatures taken from Weather Underground reporting stations either at or closest to each campus. On-campus stations are noted.
1. Bates: minus 18.4 degrees
2. Hamilton: minus 17 degrees
3. Middlebury: minus 16.1 degrees (at the college)
4. Bowdoin: minus 13 degrees
5. Williams: minus 12.6 degrees
6. Colby: minus 10.9 degrees (recorded at the college)
7. Trinity: minus 6.3 degrees
8. Amherst: minus 5.9 degrees (at the college)
9. Wesleyan: minus 1.8 degrees
10. Connecticut College: 1.2 degrees
11. Tufts: 1.9 degrees (at the university)
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