Funny, because I could never live anywhere hot like Texas or Florida. Anything over room temperature is too hot for me!

 

I was born and raised here so I'm pretty used to it. But even so, 80% humdity or 104 degree weather is not fun even for me. I still like summer so much more than winter though.

 

I had to search on google to figure out what was the coldest it has been here in Chicago that I might be able to remember. We routinely get below zero temperatures here in the winter so it's hard to remember one extra-cold day in a winter of very cold days. It's pretty common to freeze the inside of your nose in the winter here and things like that, with the wind chills.

According to wikipedia, the coldest official temperature ever recorded here in Chicago was -27 F, with wind chills of -83 F. That was in the year I was 4 years old but I don't remember it.

The most recent extreme low that stands out to me was when I was in high school. The schools closed due to cold and ice because the expected high temperature that day was -17. I remember it because later that morning the ice caused power outages so we were stuck in the house with no heat for most of the day!

 

My worst was -68oC including the wind. They didn't close the schools in the city but some of the ones in smaller farm communities were closed and rural school buses stopped running (do that at -40). It stayed that cold for almost a week. Some of my classes only had 4 people in them because no one was coming in from out of town.

 

Wow!!! I don't see how you all can handle that kind of cold! Just reading your posts is making me cold and it's 73 F here right now, lol. I have to bundle up when it starts to drop below 50 F. Last year was horrible here for us as far as cold. We got down into the teens and twenties for about 8 nights straight. I know to the people up north that doesn't sound too bad. However, here in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the world, it was a recipe for disaster. The strawberry farmers had to ice down the strawberries for the 8 nights of below freezing weather. That, in turn, dropped the water table so low that sinkholes started opening up all over the city. It was very scary, especially when you live next door and across the street from strawberry fields. Every little settle in the house made me jump. I was always afraid that our home was going to be swallowed up. Looking forward to a La Nina winter this year!

 

Its winter here in cambodia and the khmers are wearing their North Face puffa jackets as they ride their motos to work . It must be about 22c ..............

 

-22 F here in Southwestern Ontario back in 1993 I believe if my memory serves me right.

 

I grew up in Minnesota so I experienced a lot of very cold days! I think the coldest ever was around 50 below (not included the wind chill factor). However the most memorable was during my senior year in high school. My sister’s fiancé came to Minnesota for a visit in December/January. He was from Italy. His visit lasted for about 2 weeks during which it never got above 20 below zero (even during the day). He could not understand how people could survive and/or live in such weather....it was a riot. 35-plus years later I still laugh when I think about his visit and the way he carried on about our climate.

 

I really don't know. I do know the whole time Arwen was lost it was hitting -10F on average. She was gone 19 days. And I was out there with my windows down, whistling and calling and looking for her, worrying about her.

 

I was living in Iowa in 1996 when they had an arctic cold front hit for a week or so. The lowest temperature was -22F with wind chills around -50F. I was part of a running club that met every Wednesday night. We ran 4 miles in those conditions. :crazy: :brrrwinter:

At that time, I would have ran in any wather. Now I do most of my winter workouts indoors. As I have gotten older, I find I prefer warmer weather and I don't like the cold very much.

 

Just about -45 in Fairbanks, AK, in the early 2000's.

 

approx -53C when I lived in Tumbler Ridge BC, in the early 1990's. It was so cold that when you opened the front door, you could see the cold air coming in and would jump out of the way. That was before you included the wind chill.