DCHP-3

January thaw†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a spell of mild weather occurring in January and causing the snow to melt.

Quotations

1853
The sleighing was good from the middle of December to the middle of March, with the exception of the January thaw, which continued for upwards of a week, and took away nearly all the snow.
1925
Nor could a flood much change the appearance of a January thaw.