Lest there be any confusion, we’re into winter now.

Remember those TV weathermen advising you to enjoy some of those unseasonably warm and balmy days we had earlier this month?

They weren’t kidding.

So, OK. We got some snow.

Check.

Officially, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland, Toledo got 3.4 inches on Sunday and just a trace amount on Christmas Day.

That’s not exactly a calamity or anything even remotely unusual for this time of year. But it was enough to get out the snowblowers and shovels and do a little slippin’ and slidin’ between last-minute Christmas shopping, runs to the grocery store, and Christmas Eve worship services. We had enough snow left to call it a white Christmas when we got up Monday without wondering if all of the white stuff would turn to slush and expose green blades of grass by dinnertime.

It was a white Christmas too for many in the Northeast and other parts of the Midwest. Even the usually rainy Pacific Northwest got the white stuff.

The National Weather Service says it’s only the sixth time since 1884 that downtown Portland, Ore., had measurable snow — only an inch or two — on a Dec. 25.

A blizzard swept into parts of New England.

A blizzard warning was issued Monday for portions of Maine and New Hampshire, with forecasters saying snow of up to 10 inches and wind gusts up to 50 mph could make travel “dangerous to impossible.”

But now, for the Northeast and the area, comes Part Two: several days of cold.

Nothing record-setting. No polar vortex or threats of instant frostbite. Yet it’ll be cold enough to be annoying; certainly bone-chilling or nose-biting if you have any thoughts of jogging outside in a T-shirt and shorts.

On Tuesday, the high is expected to be 14 degrees; the low is expected to be zero degrees. On Wednesday, the high is expected to be 12 degrees; the low 1 degree above zero. On Thursday, the high is expected to reach 15 degrees, with a low of 10 degrees above zero.

The warmest day on the horizon is expected to be Friday, when the high is forecast to be somewhere in the 20s and the low 10 degrees above zero. Saturday will be similar. For New Year’s Eve, expect a high of 10 degrees during the daytime, and zero to 5 degrees while people are out partying.

All of this comes from Martin Thompson, a National Weather Service hydrometeorologic technician, who has this to say about the anticipated cold weather over the next several days: “Stay put. It’s not changing.”

“Real cold air is hanging tough up in Canada,” Mr. Thompson said, attributing the front to a high-pressure system moving from Western Canada to the Great Lakes region. “It looks like we’re in for winter for a while now.”

States from Montana and the Dakotas to Wisconsin expected wind chill temperatures in places at 40 below zero, the National Weather Service said.

Blade news services contributed to this report.

Contact Tom Henry at thenry@theblade.com, 419-724-6079, or via Twitter @ecowriterohio.

First Published December 26, 2017, 3:56 a.m.