It’s not every year that Benedictine College sees over 10 inches of snow. The record-breaking winter weather has its drawbacks, but snow gives students an opportunity to see their surroundings in a new light.
According to an article in the Kansas City Star, this winter has broken multiple records for the lowest temperatures around Kansas.
“The metro set a new record for the coldest high temperature for Feb. 18 when temperatures on Tuesday reached 4 degrees,” journalist Robert A. Cronkleton wrote. “The previous record for that date was 11 degrees, set in 1936.”
While impressive, the wintery blast won’t last much longer.
“Temperatures will finally peak above freezing Saturday afternoon,” Cronkleton wrote. “The metro’s temperature will remain below average, climbing to only 37 degrees. But on Sunday, temperatures will reach close to 50 degrees. Even warmer weather is expected next week, with temperatures climbing into the upper 50s to near 60s on Monday and Tuesday.”
The end of this wintery blast is in sight, but when it goes, so do the charming sights of campus covered in white.
Isabel Menke, a Benedictine College junior from Colorado, is no stranger to the snow.
“I like the snow,” said Menke. “It’s close to what we see back home sometimes.”
While the ice turns to slush, some students may rejoice in the improving sidewalk conditions. Others, like Menke, might miss the beauty of the white blanket.
Either way, Benedictine College will remember this winter as an especially snowy one.
