Ours waffled, a few days of really cold or a week, but then a little milder for a while, sometimes going from one to the other inside of the same week. It was 80 degrees here 3 days ago and yet the frost warning last night and morning temps were in the 30s! Brrr....
I used to feed the birds a lot, but have not for a while as the squirrels are so bad once they find it and stay on there till everything is gone and needless to say the birds won't come while the squirrels are wrapped around the feeders. Ugh.....