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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:51 PM Original message |
What is The Coldest Weather You Have Ever Been In? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Winter in Chicago, 1981 or 82. It was about that cold as well. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. -72 wind chill thereabouts |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
38. -72 windchill...-58 real temp on the ground in MT back during my first winter here. |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Hmmm, then I would have been that cold here in Mpls a day before you, Peake! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Coldest night in Chicago history (at the time): -26F, late '80s |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Another night of -26 in Chi ---winter of '78-'79 |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. We get that frozen nose hairs feeling here right around 0. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. they let you near missles? nt. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Nice Response Goebbles |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Perhaps ironically, I was in Minto, ND |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I don't know I don't want to think about it |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. One of the top four or five shit holes |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think it got down to 19 here overnight in '89. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. If we're thinking of the same winter |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. All the newer houses here are on conctrete slabs because of the flood risk. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Standing next to Portland Headlight, ME |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Who thought that would be a good idea? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. We visited my now ex's |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yes, and if you ever make plans to go back, PM me. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Right here Campton NH |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't know about weather, but my ex wife was pretty damn cold. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. -40° actual. I have no idea what the wind chill was. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. - 70 something(wind chill)..Michigan City, Indiana circa 1977 |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Milbank, SD |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have no idea |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Biggest temp change in ONE day..124F to 16 below |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. -43 F in Maine in 1970 (?) |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. -30 |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. -60, I think |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Korea in winter. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Illinois, 1989 |
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carly denise pt deux (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. North Dakota........-48 with wind chill of -72 |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Moscow 1980. 1 March. So cold vinyl camera bags kind of shattered. nt |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. Only cold weather place I've ever lived in for any extensive period of time is here in upstate NY. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I've lived in socal all of my life |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, I was born in VT, which I think is colder than NY most of the time |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
69. What part of NY are you in? |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Upstate, near Rochester. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Holeee fuckin' shit. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. Winter of 1996-97, Grand Forks, North Dakota -80 windchill |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. That was after I left |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. western mn. 1960s through '80 ...-35 at times.. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
37. -40 or so, don't know about wind chill |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
40. i remember about 12 years ago here in WI the wind chill dropped to -86 one day |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
41. One word..... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
42. I'm not sure...probably -35 below wind factor during a blizzard |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
43. -62 wind chill one night in Colorado |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
44. -10 below. Don't make fun of me. (nt) |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
45. -30 |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. Up til now, about 7 degrees in Iowa... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. 15 below when I was on a trip to Inverness, Scotland. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
48. streak of Blue Norther in Tennessee around 1976-77 when there were ice floes in the Cumberland River |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
50. "First Graf" |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
51. Syracuse, NY |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. around -50 wind chill in northern Wisconsin nt |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
53. On a ski weekend in Vermont the temp was 13 below on Saturday. |
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Rosie1223 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
54. My contact lenses froze to my eyes |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
55. Camping in -35 |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
56. Erie, PA, January 1984. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. I was at Fredonia at the same time -- it must have been cold there, too!! n/t |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
57. That's only -73 |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
58. -23°F on the thermometer |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
59. I grew up in Kansas and lived in Pittsburgh for 5 years, BUT |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
60. Oh yeah! I lived in Grand Forks for many years. It IS the coldest spot. |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. Yikes, that's coooooollllllldddddd! |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
62. In the twin cities |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. It was -40 degrees before the wind chill 2 years ago in Mass. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
64. In 1963 when I walked home from school on a day when the HIGH was -36° |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. Coldest absolute is about -35 or -40. With windchill, I've been in -110-120. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. Minnesota last winter, like 15 below (actual) |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
67. It gets pretty nippy up here sometimes. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
72. Why not, Minot, huh? |
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SethInUpstateNY (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
73. Rochester, NY |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. Many winters in Havre, Montana |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. That winter of '83 was brutal in Iowa as well. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-30-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
76. working in 26 below record cold |
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