Yes, it was a little nipply at 6AM his morning, about 38F! But I drove it to school anyhow. The makers mark would have hit the spot, but I will have to save that for when I get home! Did not get a snow blade, we usually only get one or two snowfalls here in Little Dixie, just so happens we got about 6 inches monday evening, but it is all gone now. Never stays cold enough. Slippy, I love the tractor so far, but there are two items I cannot find reference to in the owners manual. One is the little green light in the bottom right corner of the tach guage that winks on & off occassionally and the other is the red light just above the horn button that goes out after it has run for a couple of minutes. Do you have those & know what they indicate? Chet ps This is not my first tractor, I have had a Super C for many years and an IH 404, but this IS my first BRAND NEW TRACTOR(I am still tickled about that)