Coldest Month On Record In Westport Freezes Sherwood Island's Landscape

WESTPORT, Conn. -- Are you feeling frigid from the bone-chilling temperatures experienced in the past few weeks across Fairfield County?

The evergreens near the coastline at Sherwood Island State Park are in sharp contrast to the bright sky, white snow and Sound waters.
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A bare tree is stark against the background of the setting sun at Sherwood Island.
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A few reeds blow in the wind at the state park in Westport.
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The waters of Long Island Sound are crisp but cold. Water temperatures are approaching freezing.
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Sunset at Sherwood Island State Park
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The picnic tables won't get much use in the winter.
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Sherwood Island State Park, the oldest state park in Connecticut, is open year round.
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Footprints show that visitors have been at Sherwood Island State Park despite the cold temperatures and snow.
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Sunset at Sherwood Island
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Snow fences do their job.
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The path is clear near the pavilion.
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Skip Pearlman

03/04/2015 4:30 a.m.

There's a a good reason for that. It wasn't just cold, and it wasn't just cold for February. The big chill across the area set a new record for the coldest average monthly temperature at the official record-keeping spot in Bridgeport, according to the National Weather Service.

The average temperature for February 2015 at Bridgeport was 19.9 degrees. This broke the old record for the coldest average monthly temperature for February, set in 1978 with an average temperature of 24.1 degrees.

This also broke the record for the all-time coldest average monthly temperature of 21.9 degrees set in January 2004.

The frigid temperatures across Fairfield County, combined with heavy snowfall, left behind a frozen landscape. You may be sick of the snow in your driveway, but the pictures at Westport's Sherwood Island State Park makes a spectacular scene.

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