01-18-26 Snow on Chocorua brush in foreground

Snow from a dayslong snowstorm a day prior blankets Mount Chocorua and Chocorua Lake on Jan. 18, seen around sunset from Route 16 just south of The Grove lake access area. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

By Brian Fitzgerald, special to The Conway Daily Sun

CONWAY — The first month of 2026 was the 25th coldest January on record, and the coldest in since January 2022. Despite never seeing a minimum temperature dip below 0 degrees last winter, this past January featured 10 different periods where subzero temperatures were observed.

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