Im from England and a couple of years ago in winter I went out drinking at night and it was -10 and I only had a shirt on that was bloody freezing I can tell you well 10 below freezing to be precise.

Hmmph, I dunno, something around -35 Celsius* I guess

Now that is fucking cold












* Around -31 Fahrenheit, for you Americans

I have camped in -10 weather ( at night ) for 2 nights

anyway


I can remember winters in the - 20 ballparks with windchills of - 40 or so

wet heavy cold snow and bone chilling winds


damn I miss Michigan winters sometimes

Are we talking actual temperature or is this including wind chill? I'd say -15 degrees Fahrenheit and maybe around -35 with the wind chill.

JessieJ said:

Oh yea, I didn't count wind chills

-31 Fahrenheit + wind chills = OUCH.

Without wind chill, probably -35F or -37C....
that's plenty cold lol

FuNkeNsteiN said:

LAWD! I hate the cold

-70°F with the windchill factor when I lived in Winnipeg in the mid 90s.

Just insane. Absolutely brutal.

Wow I thought my -10 was impressive i think the coldest temperature recorded in england was around -22 in the 60s. Im glad I missed that. It must take your breath away if you get off a plane anywhere near the artic.

Mach said:

I hate winter.

JessieJ said:

Me too, me too

Probably this

http://prince.org/msg/100/284070

applekisses said:

awww

We used to ice fish in upper Mi - sitting out in the shantys all night over the frozen water

you could hear the ice moan and creek as it shifted in the silence of the night

I loved that

I occasionally go up north beyond Moosenee Ontario. It gets friggin cold up there. I think the coldest was about -50 F, Lord only knows what the windchill was.
Thing is, once it's colder than -20F , it's just COLD, you really don't feel a big difference. Well, maybe you would if you weren't dressed for it.

I love winter!!

shellyevon said:

Oh yes you do! Ever have the tears in your eyes freeze instantly? Your skin start to burn with pain within a second or two?

Our average high in Minneapolis in January is 22 F (-6 C) and our average overnight low is 4 F (-16 C). And that's just the average.
The coldest I can remember is probably -30 F (-34 C). And when you factor in windchill, forget it.

rolling said:

Around -30. I was stationed in Adak Alaska in the early 90's. I was a meteorologist in the Navy and had to be outside in the elements every 15 minutes to the hour to do what is called a weather observation. Although I was well padded, it was one of the worst 15 minutes of my life.

JustErin said:

Sure but it's like that for me at warmer temps because I have Raynaud's disease.
My hands turn white and painful in the freezer section of the grocery store.

That's why I said you'd feel it more if you weren't dressed for it. I'm serious about my winter clothes. Still love winter though.

I'd take winter over the 115/117 flames of hell any day. Sadly, it doesn't get very cold here in H-town.

30F, nothing compared to some of the temperatures you guys have been in

shellyevon said:

All I know is that there were times when I was fully dressed for the weather and the tiny bits of skin burned within seconds and my eyes started to freeze almost instantly. I've only ever had that happen to me when we had that insane cold snap in Winnipeg. Here it only gets to about 40°F with a wind chill factor. I find there is a huge difference.

But there is also a difference between dry cold and damp cold. Dry stings like a mofo and damp chills you where it takes forever to warm up. The Peg was dry and bitter, Ottawa is damp and cold to the bone.

Both suck.

one year i flew to KC for Christmas.

it was 70F when i left San Diego and with windchill it was -40F in Kansas City.

JustErin said:

holy crap!!

angrywoman°C

PopeLeo said:

well there was that time i was buried alive in january.....

JustErin said:

Frozen eyes are never good. I hate it when my nose freezes.

It doesn't get all that cold here but the wind here but the wind can be pretty ferocious coming in off the Lakes.. We sometimes get tons of lake effect snow