January Weather

The winters in Cologne are typically nothing compared to the snow-ridden, polar vortexed winters of Pittsburgh, so we have been fortunate in that regard. Instead of being snowy, the days are usually grey, rainy, and short, with only about 8ish hours of daylight and little real sunshine. However, since we've been back, things have been a bit unusual and we've been on a climatic roller coaster. The first weekend of January it was warm enough to go walking on the river trail and then yesterday it snowed for the first time! The days have also started getting noticeably longer and the sun is now setting around 4:30pm. I think that means there is light (literally) at the end of this tunnel!

First weekend of January

Second weekend of January

First snow during the third weekend of January