By Lori Ehde
Walkers and joggers can again be found on the Blue Mound Avenue bike path, and area residents have ventured outdoors to remove Christmas decorations and resume other seasonal outdoor activities.
This week's above-normal temperatures are appreciated even more than usual because of the sharp contrast to the winter conditions so far.
According to the National Weather in Sioux Falls, November was the sixth-coldest November on record, and December was the second-coldest December on record.
The average high last month was 16.4 degrees, and the average low was 1.2 degrees below zero.