Coldest weather/temperature you've ever experienced?

To answer the question, when I was 10 or so which was over 25 years ago, southern middle Tennessee went about 10 days in a row where the temperature didn't get above 15 degrees and with the wind chill, it would be like 5 or 10 below. The news people and weathermen would always say for people to stay home and not go outside as it was "dangerously cold".

 

This. Swoly is the only poster I have ever put on ignore. And that says a lot for a BBS with the likes of basso and bigtexxx running around.


On topic, I lived in Montana for a couple of years and saw some subzero days, but the coldest I've ever felt was in Galveston. It was right after Christmas and I had just gotten a new surfboard. Unfortunately, it didn't come with a wetsuit. The air temperature was probably in the 40s or 50s. I couldn't wait to try out the board and paddled out. I lasted about 45 minutes until I lost muscular control. I got back in the car with the heat turned up full and literally shook uncontrollably for over an hour. The whole car was rocking.

 

LOL I can't believe anyone would put Swoly on ignore...

 

Minneapolis Minnesota.

-30 below.

Yikes!! Glad to be in Houston now.

 

Calgary/Edmonton in the middle of winter a few times

Don't remember how cold it was, but it was f'n cold

 

Then why post in the thread jackass -- 'f'n cold' is not an accurate measure of temperature.

 

Steamboat, early '70s, air temp was -40 at night, got up to -20 during the day t the bottom of the hill...

Oh the snow fell without a break
Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
I couldn't believe you kept a smile

 

I need to revise my original post. The coldest I have EVER been was 5am formation in February when I was in the Army at Ft. Sill in SW Oklahoma (EDIT - this was in 2002). I have no idea what the temperature actually was, but the wind made me want to die. It was meaner than all the drill sergeants put together. I've traveled quite a bit, and I've witnessed some fairly extreme weather, but to this day I've never been as cold as I was then.

I was completely miserable. All the chain link fences looked like this:


The only thing I can say about weather like that is God Bless SE Texas.

 

I just want everyone to be safe and use accurate meteorological terms.

 

home security cameras as a deterrent ????

 

I concur. He is the only person I have on ignore as well.

I lived in Chicago and the weekend I graduated from boot camp it was -20 to -30 with wind chills around -60 to -65. When they don't make you do anything in boot camp because it is so cold, then you know it is ****ing cold. We would literally march to eat and that was about it.

 

This is for Swoly...hope it helps explain why Wind Chill is important.

 

Is Swoly a troll??

The most cold I have ever felt is whatever the lows have been in Austin since 06. I really need to get out more.

 

About -45 temp in Antarctica.

 

SilverStar, British Columbia.

I want to say it was around -20F

 

You've never left Houston? even for a vacation?? for your whole life???

Sucks for you man!

 

dude, I used to have accurate records of the real feel/wind speed temps etc .

But then I went to Mexico and they got all screwed up and converted to the Actual Temperature which isn't the same .

Then I was off to Europe and those numbers got converted to Celsius so now everything is

 

I lived in Chicago before moving to Houston and it would snow every winter. I remember having to walk 3 blocks to school every morning in the dark, wind blowing in my face.

 

-10 F, -29 F Wind Chill.

Last week.

Chicago.

THIS BLIZZARD RIGHT NOW IS CRAZY! LIGHTENING STRIKES!