middle of January

Today I checked word "January" in Wikipedia (as Wiki tells you the truth) and found out that January "it is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere". Something told me Poland somehow belongs to Northern Hemisphere; but to be totally sure I clicked Wiki again. Yep. Wiki also informed me that average temperature in Poland should be aroud 0°C this month; and there should be also snow... So...? what does it mean this weather outside? No idea... but also no complaining... it always could be ...

Our winters are very long here, very long and very monotonous. But we don't complain about it downstairs, we're shielded against the winter. Oh, spring does come eventually, and summer, and they last for a while, but now, looking back, spring and summer seem too short, as if they were not much more than a couple of days, and even on those days, no matter how lovely the day, it still snows occasionally. - F. Kafka, The Castle