DCHP-1 Online
January thaw † 
a spell of mild weather occurring in January and causing the snow to melt.
- 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.
- 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.