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Cold

12-22-2004 05:55:30

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Just wondering what is the coldest anyone in their lifetime has seen on a thermometer.When and where? For me it was 31 degrees below zero back in my youth in southern Wisconsin. We got the spreader tractor started with my mother using the starter while I was turning the crank on the front.

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yo from ontario

12-23-2004 05:24:38

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

When I was a kid I remember the day that our tennat in the other house had her stroke. The ambulance went by at 5:45 just as dad was going to the barn. When he came back in he commented that it was -43. The husband in the other house phoned to see if he could get a ride to the hospital. Dad plugged in the old 67 dodge while he had a coffee then started the car. It went but the car was never the same ofter that

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Greywolf

12-23-2004 03:59:03

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Actual temp was -44 Yellowstone MT back in 1980. Waited till it warmed up to -20 to go sledding for the day. But have experienced many -35 to -40 mornings here in So MN.

Coldest wind chill was -92 during the 75 Superbowl blizzard in Fargo. Actually walked around town that night looking for some barely pop. Only way around town was afoot or X country skis. Most of the streets had from 2 - 4 foot drifts in them. Actually tripped over a car antenna on one street, only about 6" of it exposed.

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Midwest redneck

12-23-2004 03:35:23

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Well, 20 below zero 10 years ago here in Mi. And a close second would be holding the thermometer next to my wife while shes complaining.

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Leland

12-22-2004 21:27:15

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

-42 Erie PA that wind coming off lake is cold had a inch of frost on cab door heater going wide open still could see breath.

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bryan in Iowa

12-22-2004 18:55:25

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

I remember back on Uncles farm in North Dakota , 61 below sheyenne river valley, south of grand forks . Darn cold ! Had to cut silage out with a chain saw . oh the good old days ! lol

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Nolan

12-22-2004 17:53:40

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Somewhere between 70-40 below zero. God only knows what the windchill was. Cruising the artic circle in the winter by ship doing survivability and combat studies for the Navy. A bit colder then I like.

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Slofr8

12-22-2004 17:45:22

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Northern Maine.
I have a picture someplace of the thermometer at -43 F. As bad as that is, I think -20 and windy may be worse. I work for a railroad and I remember a couple nights the last couple years it was - 20 or -30 and windy enough that you had to lean into it. Factered to something like -70 wind chill. It's funny what the cold will do to stuff. When it's real cold,the rubber air hoses that we couple up between every car for the air brakes is like trying to bend a piece of 3/4" rebar.

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Hayman

12-22-2004 17:20:24

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Worked in the Eastern Arctic for a winter.It was minus forty usually WITH a forty mile an hour incessant wind that only stopped when it turned around.Incredible.Your dead meat without fur around your parka hood.ha,ha.I could take my sheepskin mitt off for maybe ten seconds before putting it on again in a hurry.Believe it.Flames from a burning waste wood pile looked so thin.

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RWK in WI

12-22-2004 17:13:58

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Sometime in the late 60s in Northern Wis. the temp. at our place was -49� F and -54� in towm. I was driving a 62 Pontiac Tempest wagon. At the time we had no electricity at the time at that place and the car was about 1/4 mile from the house because of snow drifts. We loaded an old enamaled dishpan with charcoal got it going well and slid it under the crankcase. In an hour or two I was able to start the car. It was an invitation for disaster be we had to do it many times.

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G/MAN

12-22-2004 16:50:46

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

In the low 20s below zero on a couple of occasions in Nebraska. Once in the late 80s in western Nebraska and what must have been the winter of '95/'96 in eastern Nebraska.

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Robert in W. Mi.

12-22-2004 16:38:12

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

-43F at Home where i lived in Alaska, and -62F in Northway Alaska..

Robert

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Old Coot

12-22-2004 16:21:42

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

I recall one morning back in the 50s when it was -50 out...Got so cold it froze up my chore tractor a old F-20 farmall...that winter was one of the worst i had ever seen

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Dean Barker

12-22-2004 15:52:23

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

I've seen -38 F here in northern Iowa twice, around 1945 and again 3-4 years ago. Anything below - 20 F is just plain cold!!

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RJ-AZ

12-22-2004 15:06:13

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

-52 below at Clyde Park, Montana on the Sheilds river back in 1977. Had my feeding truck plugged in and it started OK but it would die when I let the clutch out. Had to slip the clutch to get the tranny and transfer case moving. No wind at all just a blue haze. Wife had a VW Bus and you had to put a blanket over your legs to keep warm.

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RusselAZ

12-22-2004 14:44:42

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

minus 38 in Ogallala, Nebraska in the late 70's. Longest never above zero was for 10 days in Scottsbluff Nebraska in the early 70's. In 1980 I moved to Arizona. Lowest I've seen here was a plus 9 one night. Only once!

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T_Bone

12-23-2004 08:50:20

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to RusselAZ, 12-22-2004 14:44:42

Hi Russel,

Don't tell them that are they will liv'n here....lol

We got to see snow one night when the black Lab went outside.

Coldest here was 19�. S of Phoenix

T_Bone

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JWhite

12-22-2004 14:16:19

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Had -6 once back in the mid 80's and -1 a few years ago but the usual coldest is in the teens for a week in January (Central Texas).

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bhb

12-22-2004 13:46:53

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

1963 it was -28 in northern Ohio. I had a 1960 Chevy convertible that wasn"t to warm either.

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Bill(Wis)

12-22-2004 10:06:55

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

I've seen -40 a few times. We had one particularly cold winter back in the 1940s when it would go down to -40 every night and the heat of the midday sun would bring it up to -20. Mercury isn't very accurate below -38 (C or F-it doesn't make much diff as the scales cross over at -40). The melting point of mercury is around -38 and it starts to congeal at -40.

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RayP(MI)

12-22-2004 16:35:39

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Bill(Wis), 12-22-2004 10:06:55

Yeah, but you won't find mercury in most thermometers. The RED, BLUE, or GREEN liquid in them is alcohol. Much lower freezing point. 'Bout th only place you'll see mercury in thermometers is in lab thermometers. They have a SILVER column.

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Stickler

12-24-2004 13:54:17

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to RayP(MI), 12-22-2004 16:35:39

It was -44�C (-46�F) here just last night. Oh BTW, I do weather observation as part of my job, and the thermometer used to record the maximum temp for the day is still filled with mercury. They are way expensive and have to shipped as hazardous material. The minimum one is red alcohol. I've recorded -49�C. And stood on a forebay deck adjusting spillgates in a 100km (62mph) wind in that temperature, when each of 7 gates took 20 minutes to raise. The spray produced is like tiny needles at the best of times, but at that temp, it is truly enough to make one search for another job!

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RAB

12-22-2004 09:49:29

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Never mind the actual reading, it"s the wind-chill that can really make the difference. A much higher temperature with a strong wind can be a lot more chilling than the lower temperatures. Either way you are welcome to these freezer temps or colder! In the UK we have a good climate - just lousy weather!
Regards, RAB

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MadMallard.....NY

12-22-2004 09:43:23

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

It was -38 in the Catskill Mountains during the winter of 1970.

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Mike M

12-22-2004 09:32:20

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Darn you guys sure are makeing me COLD reading all of this. Any of our tractor buddies out in Honalula around to tell us some WARM tales.

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PJB

12-22-2004 09:25:47

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

We had some real cold weather here in Vermont last year!!!! A few days of -25 with the wind gusting up to 40 mph....I hope I don't see that again or not as long as we still have cows!!!!

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T_Bone

12-22-2004 09:24:11

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

minus 44 in Gunnison Colorado.

Had a 4 banger car with a piece of card board in front of the radaitor and blankets on the all the people in the car.

Geezs was that a cold ride that day.

T_Bone

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kyhayman

12-22-2004 08:26:01

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

-31, Grayson, KY in 1994. Never knew it would get like that here in KY.

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LumbrJakMan

12-22-2004 07:57:02

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No Doubt about it . Had to be the time my Girlfriend found a Match Book in my Truck ,from the local Strip Joint 2 towns over . It dropped to 50 Below Zero just like that in that Cab of my truck . Sure felt that way at least .

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Rauville

12-22-2004 07:40:18

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Back in January of 1969 when I was actually working...I was living about 12 blocks from my job, and every morning for 4-5 days at a time it was always -30 or more.
And every morning, my new Dodge Charger wouldn't start, and I would walk to work, and hope that by noon it had warmed up to -20, so I could walk back home and get my car. It didn't take too long before I wised up and I invested in a new "Auto-Start" system (Not a remote start, but rather you selected either interior or engine temperature, and it started the engine about once every hour). After that, I thought I was king of the hill with that device! Why would a person stay in SD? Must be lack of cranial cells from all that cold!

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Joe Evans

12-22-2004 07:37:19

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

I've seen -24F two times here in central Ohio: once in January 1977 and the other in January 1984. The first time, I did a classic Jackie Gleason double-take when looking at the thermometer. I guess that temperature didn't quite register at first.

The coldest I've been was during the blizzard of 1978. It was -10 with a 30 knot wind. That was miserable.

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john in la

12-22-2004 07:15:44

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Well I sure feel sorry for you guys that have all that cold weather.

I do not remember things like this very well so I looked it up just so I would be correct.
Our record all time low since record keeping started is +7.

Record high's and Low's

Must go out and finish in the yard. Is 62 now with a high of 70 today.
They are calling for 27 and rain/snow showers for Xmas day. Will need to get out my dictionary and look up this snow showers word to see what they mean.

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Jrry

12-22-2004 07:34:54

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to john in la, 12-22-2004 07:15:44

John, I'm a couple hundred miles northeast of you. I remember back in the early 60's the temp here was around zero. I don't remember the 85 cold spell that caused the low down there. Mandeville is a nice place. My sons graduated from high school there at Fountainblue High.
Have a Merry Christmas.

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Mike from La

12-22-2004 07:34:46

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to john in la, 12-22-2004 07:15:44

I agree with you John, it is much nicer in La with that warmer weather. I have been working in Illinois for a couple months and I can"t wait to come home for Christmas to get out of this cold weather.

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Jimmy King

12-22-2004 06:54:31

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Must have been the late 70"s, Springfield , Mo -21 christmas eve. We went to my inlaws at Rolla, Mo. 2 hr trip with the defroster on we froze, with heat below windows fogged up. That was in a 1973 Plymouth Fury 3. I told my wife if we were in our right minds we would not do that again. -20 was the high we seldom see -10

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Allan in NE

12-22-2004 06:53:26

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Cold,

At 34 below zero (or colder), take a hot cup of coffee and toss the coffee up into the air. Nothing will touch the ground because it vaporizes before it can fall back to the surface.

Didn't believe it either, 'til I saw it. :>)

I hated North Dakota! ('Course, I don't think they were too fond of me either) :>(

Allan

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G/MAN

12-22-2004 16:49:18

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Allan in NE, 12-22-2004 06:53:26

I did that when it was the coldest I've ever seen it - around 25 below in western Nebraska in the late 80s. Even at that "warm" temp, very little of a cup of hot water makes it to the ground.

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Bill(Wis)

12-22-2004 10:17:54

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Allan in NE, 12-22-2004 06:53:26

I graduated from high school with a girl who's goal was to move to North Dakota. 50th anniversary came around and she informed us that she had moved to North Dakota and married a snowplow driver. I guess she wanted a man with good job security!

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Jrry

12-22-2004 07:26:36

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Allan in NE, 12-22-2004 06:53:26

I saw a weather crew toss coffee in the air a few years ago up north somewhere. It did as you say. Was very interesting.

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John *.?-!.* cub owner

12-22-2004 06:53:04

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

I have a picture I took aobut 30 years ago of my thermometer reading -22. 70 miles south of St. Louis, Mo.

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TimV

12-22-2004 06:43:01

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Here in northern NY, we'll get a couple of days of -40 every winter. About 15 years ago, our barn thermometer said -58 one nippy morning. From experience, I know that this particular thermometer is off about 5 degrees, so it was probably "only" about -53. During college, we walked about a mile and a half back from a bar one night when the thermometer on the bank read -47. NOT an experience I'd recommend, regardless of the amount of "anti-freeze" you've got on board! Seemed like a good idea at the time, though. It could be worse--rumor has it that at the research station in Anarctica, they have the "300 club". You go in the sauna, then have your picture taken standing by the South Pole marker. If the temperature difference isn't at least 300 degrees, you don't qualify....

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Tim...OK

12-22-2004 07:12:29

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to TimV, 12-22-2004 06:43:01

TimV, I do believe that -58 qualifies as more than "nippy" LOL
stay warm,
Tim

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300Randy

12-22-2004 06:40:53

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

-42F in 1973 Appleton Wisconsin. I had a 72 Opel Manta that I started that morning. Got in 20 minutes latter and turned on the heater blower, cracked the dashboard in 3 places, cracked the windshield and rearview mirror.

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Allan in NE

12-22-2004 06:56:31

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to 300Randy, 12-22-2004 06:40:53

Randy,

Beleve that. When I was working up in North Dakota, the cold was always breakin' fan belts on those really nasty cold days.

Allan

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Tim...OK

12-22-2004 06:39:05

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Remember -12 one time near Tulsa,probably in the late 70's..too cold for me,don't know how you boys do it..

Tim

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BobMo

12-22-2004 06:17:46

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

The last Thanksgiving day I worked in Fairbanks it was -52. No wind chill as the wind seldom blows there in winter. Needless to say there is a reason I no longer work there. Old people just don't do well when its that cold.

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Jon17

12-22-2004 06:14:17

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

My thermometer goes to -45F. I have seen it pegged well below that. Jan 1996. It made me wonder why we lived in Minnesota.The same day the record was broken in Emarras MN. I think it was officially -63F at about 9:00 AM. It is nowhere near that cold this morning, but it still is cold enough.JohnG

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old fashioned farmer

12-22-2004 05:59:39

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Cold, 12-22-2004 05:55:30

Howdy,

It would have to be -25 back in January of 1994. It was just a few days after a snowstorm that had dumped around 17" on us here in West Union. If ya live in southern Ohio then that's a lot of snow and the kind of cold we see once in a blue moon. God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

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Indydirtfarmer

12-22-2004 06:27:49

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to old fashioned farmer, 12-22-2004 05:59:39

I remember THAT storm REAL WELL! It left 22" on Louisville, Kentucky. The next day, we got down to -22. Coldest day in weather history here, and deepest snowfall too. It took a week before things even STARTED to return to normal.

I was in Minot North Dakotah while in the Army. Saw -45 one morning. To me, anything colder than -20, and it's almost a moot point. I can only freeze so solid....John

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Brian in NY

12-22-2004 07:07:16

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 12-22-2004 06:27:49

Here in western NY the coldest I ever remember seeing is -30 F in 1994. Schools were all closed, etc. The wind chill was not a factor. It was a stationary front...we had -30 or -25 weather for almost two weeks straight. WOOOOoooh that was chilly.

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Edchainsaw

12-22-2004 18:20:10

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Brian in NY, 12-22-2004 07:07:16

it was that same 94 storm--- -35 here in terre haute..

Postal service delieverd mail --expresss.. UPS and Fedex didnt... we had shirts printed.

rain sleet snow and 35 below we still go....USPS

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Donald Kauffman

12-23-2004 05:56:33

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Edchainsaw, 12-22-2004 18:20:10

Do not recall but in westcentral Ohio in the blizzard of 1978 it was one cold son of b****. I worked for the local telco had a 4 wheel drive bronco lived 5 miles from work on State hyway and it took me 4 days to get to work.

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Edchainsaw

12-23-2004 08:02:25

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Re: What's the coldest you've seen on a thermomete in reply to Donald Kauffman, 12-23-2004 05:56:33

I was a kid in the 78 blizzard--- dad got the tractor out and tried to take the local postal clerk home in it got himself stuck ( it was -25 w/winds) then he called for my uncle to come help... he didnt make it as far as dad did (1086 vers 4630--JD won lol) we had drifts here 10ft tall and for this area thats something that never happends well since they both were stuck... a stieger had to get them out.. LOL.

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