When I went to bed last night, it was 77 inside, which is where our thermostat is set to run the AC at night. We've had several days of weather in the 70's -- pretty unusual for the Solstice, especially surprising following a cold front where it got down to 15 at night. I got up in the middle of the night (after 2:30) and switched the AC to heat -- it had finally dropped to 75 -- then woke up in the morning to cold indoors, near-freezing outdoors.
Sometime late yesterday evening, I sat down to check the weather online, expecting more warm weather. A Wind Advisory was in effect -- first I'd known about it. At just that minute, I heard a tremendous wind outside. Weather radar showed a very sharp, tight front passing through our area a right that minute. Really a weird coincidence. Then I saw sub-freezing temps predicted for last night, not just Mon. night, as had been predicted earlier. Shows you can't ignore the weather for long. Imagine not knowing the forecast, and leaving the thermostat on AC all night ! When our heat broke down a couple of weeks ago (during a really unusually cold front) it dropped below 60 indoors at night. Last night, we had no idea we'd need blankets at all, except for that forecast.
(All temps in degrees Fahrenheit. 
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