![After a mild December, the first cold snap of the winter season helps to make Lake Andrews for Bobcats and all other creatures to join the Puddle Jump on Jan. 22. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2016/01/E_140117_Puddle_Jump_1145-copy-200x133.jpg)
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)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2015/02/150210_Winter_bobcat_0506-400x267.jpg)
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.