The 2017-18 winter has been one of the coldest winters yet, which has meant a lot of different things for the various students at De Soto High School.

First of all, the cold has brought snow numerous times. With the below freezing temperatures and the high amounts of precipitation this winter, snow has touched down over five different times. There even technically was a white Christmas this holiday season for the first time in multiple years.

Junior Kennedy Higgins says that she enjoyed the snow this year despite the cold.

“I usually don’t like the cold at all, but it was cool to have a white Christmas this year because we haven’t had one in so long,” Higgins said.

Although the snow this season did not cause much trouble for students because it occurred over winter break, there were some troubling weather threats.

During the first few days of the new semester ice became a trouble for students at DHS.

Sophomore Lucas Nascimento recounts his ride to school one morning with ice troubles.

“On my way to school I left 10 minutes early and traffic was so backed up that I still got to school barely on time because of crashes on the ice,” Nascimento said. “I was really surprised they didn’t cancel school because it was such a scary drive in that day.”

Senior Brayden Brummer agrees with Nascimento.

“The ice made so many people late and was very sketchy to drive on especially for cars that aren’t as equipped to drive in those conditions,” Brummer said.

When the cold was not bringing snow or ice it was just plain cold with wind chills of up to -25 degrees. In this type of cold it is possible to get hypothermia on limbs that are not covered after only 15 minutes of being exposed to the cold.

This is problematic to many high schoolers in particular because lots of young kids fail to dress warm enough like Nascimento.

“This winter is the first time I’ve used a coat in forever,” Nascimento said.

Not only was the cold bad for the students, but it was also bad for their vehicles. Many cars, especially older, starter cars that most students have, fail to start in this type of cold.

Many teachers and students were very pleased with the cold on at least one day because it earned many school districts and snow day.

This winter season has been one for the books with record colds, extra snowfall and icy conditions, but the craziest part about this 2017-18 season is the fact that less than a week after snowfall, temperatures rose to almost 60 degrees.

At this change rate, it would not be unusual to see snow again before winter is over, so cold lovers, do not worry your time is not over quite yet.