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as for the coldest ive been out in doing stuff....know ive been out shoveling at -45, but wasnt out more than 20 minutes and no wind wasnt bad so long as i had a couple layers of scarf to breath through....im sure ive been out in windchill at under -60 before cause that happens up here regular enough but no clue for sure...
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-47F, really glad that the wind wasn't blowing!!! On the opposite side of the thermometer, I've seen 111F since moving heref! memtb
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The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Each state's low temperature record
As you would expect, the coldest temperature ever officially recorded in the USA was in Alaska.
It was -79.8�F - rounded off to -80�F - observed at Prospect Creek Camp in the Endicott Mountains of northern Alaska on Jan. 23, 1971. The Prospect Creek Camp is along the Alaska pipeline about 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle. (Related: The Arctic Circle)
The record came during an unusually cold month in Alaska, notes the Weather and Climate Extremes booklet published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Fairbanks, Alaska, recorded its coldest January on record with a mean temperature of -31.7�F. (The monthly mean is the average of all of the daily highs and lows for the month.)F
This is not the North American low record. The North American low of -81.4�F. was recorded at Snag in Canada's Yukon Territory, on Feb. 3, 1947.
A USATODAY.com answer to a question about why Siberia is so cold - the Northern Hemisphere's record low of -90�F was set there - discusses the conditions needed for such extreme cold and also why the coldest parts of the Northern Hemisphere are far south of the North Pole.
The University of Alaska at Fairbanks Alaska Science Forum has various articles about the coldest parts of North America, including:
The coldest place in North America How Alaska Pipeline oil flows in such cold The Physics of Life at Forty Below Recipe for a cold snap
The lowest ever recorded in the contiguous 48 States, was -69.7�F (rounded off to -70�F) at Rogers Pass, in Lewis and Clark County, Mont., on Jan. 20, 1954. Rogers Pass is on State Highway 200 about 40 miles northwest of Helena. It is in mountainous and heavily forested terrain about one-half mile east of and 140 feet below the summit of the Continental Divide.
The coldest temperature ever recorded east of the Mississippi River was -60�F in Tower, Minn., on Feb. 2, 1996.
Hawaii is the only state that's never recorded a below-zero temperature.
Many are surprised at Hawaii's 12�F reading. But that was measured at the observatory on Mauna Kea, which is 13,770 feet above sea level. Snow falls there from time to time. (Related: Each state's high temperature record) State by state low temperature records
State Temp. Date Station Elevation ( F) (feet) Alabama -27 Jan. 30, 1966 New Market 760 Alaska -80 Jan. 23, 1971 Prospect Creek 1,100 Arizona -40 Jan. 7, 1971 Hawley Lake 8,180 Arkansas -29 Feb. 13, 1905 Pond 1,250 California -45 Jan. 20, 1937 Boca 5,532 Colorado -61 Feb. 1, 1985 Maybell 5,920 Connecticut -32 Feb. 16, 1943 Falls Village 585 Delaware -17 Jan. 17, 1893 Millsboro 20 Florida - 2 Feb. 13, 1899 Tallahassee 193 Georgia -17 Jan. 27, 1940 N. Floyd County 1,000 Hawaii 12 May 17, 1979 Mauna Kea 13,770 Idaho -60 Jan. 18, 1943 Island Park Dam 6,285 Illinois -36 Jan. 5, 1999 Congerville 722 Indiana -36 Jan. 19, 1994 New Whiteland 785 Iowa -47 Feb. 3, 1996* Elkader 770 Kansas -40 Feb. 13, 1905 Lebanon 1,812 Kentucky -37 Jan. 19, 1994 Shelbyville 730 Louisiana -16 Feb. 13, 1899 Minden 194 Maine -48 Jan. 19, 1925 Van Buren 458 Maryland -40 Jan. 13, 1912 Oakland 2,461 Massachusetts -35 Jan. 12, 1981 Chester 640 Michigan -51 Feb. 9, 1934 Vanderbilt 785 Minnesota -60 Feb. 2, 1996 Tower 1,430 Mississippi -19 Jan. 30, 1966 Corinth 420 Missouri -40 Feb. 13, 1905 Warsaw 700 Montana -70 Jan. 20, 1954 Rogers Pass 5,470 Nebraska -47 Feb. 12, 1899 Camp Clarke 3,700 Nevada -50 Jan. 8, 1937 San Jacinto 5,200 New Hampshire -47 Jan. 29, 1934 Mt. Washington 6,288 New Jersey -34 Jan. 5, 1904 River Vale 70 New Mexico -50 Feb. 1, 1951 Gavilan 7,350 New York -52 Feb. 18, 1979* Old Forge 1,720 North Carolina -34 Jan. 21, 1985 Mt. Mitchell 6,525 North Dakota -60 Feb. 15, 1936 Parshall 1,929 Ohio -39 Feb. 10, 1899 Milligan 800 Oklahoma -31 Feb. 9, 2011 Nowata 709 Oregon -54 Feb. 10, 1933* Seneca 4,700 Pennsylvania -42 Jan. 5, 1904 Smethport est. 1,500 Rhode Island -25 Feb. 5, 1996 Greene 425 South Carolina -19 Jan. 21, 1985 Caesars Head 3,100 South Dakota -58 Feb. 17, 1936 McIntosh 2,277 Tennessee -32 Dec. 30, 1917 Mountain City 2,471 Texas -23 Feb. 8, 1933* Seminole 3,275 Utah -69 Feb. 1, 1985 Peter's Sink 8,092 Vermont -50 Dec. 30, 1933 Bloomfield 915 Virginia -30 Jan. 22, 1985 Mountain Lake 3,870 Washington -48 Dec. 30, 1968 Mazama 2,120 Winthrop 1,755 West Virginia -37 Dec. 30, 1917 Lewisburg 2,200 Wisconsin -55 Feb.4, 1996 Couderay 1,300 Wyoming -66 Feb. 9, 1933 Riverside 6,650
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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kinda funny, Rogers Pass has the record at -70 with 5,610 feet of elevation....we are only 11 degrees behind them at 1900' phuggin sucks having nothing between Sam and i and the Arctic Circle but a few hills
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The coldest temp ever recorded in MN was -60 in Embarrass, Feb 2, 1996. Not entirely accurate. I've been down in the open pit mines on several occasions when it was in the mid -60's, but not at an official weather station. The coldest was -70.4 (I was holding the meter). We counted down the tenths and cheered when it dipped past -70. The coldest windchill was -110 (-130 using the old scale).
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no idea what actual temps were,but have seen -20 hundreds of times. Ive seen 50/50 antifreeze in cars radiators freeze.had to go to a higher percent of antifreeze to keep it from freezing. seen gas lines freeze in cars,even with heet added. Ive been out ice fishing,and find an unfrozen beer,open it,and its frozen solid before you can get a drink out of it. our thermometer at home said -60 one time( not official) but we still got sent to school.probably in the mid-late 1970's. I can remember it being -20 for weeks at a time.
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The coldest temp ever recorded in MN was -60 in Embarrass, Feb 2, 1996. Not entirely accurate. I've been down in the open pit mines on several occasions when it was in the mid -60's, but not at an official weather station. The coldest was -70.4 (I was holding the meter). We counted down the tenths and cheered when it dipped past -70. The coldest windchill was -110 (-130 using the old scale). Yikes.
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Went fishing on the Bighorn one morning about 20 years ago and it was 32 below when we went through Billings. There was a heavy fog on the river all day long and it seemed to be much warmer when you were in the fog than out of it. It was a fine day of fishing, other than the guides icing up all the time.
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I can't touch those figures. About the coldest temps i've seen here in central Mississippi was just a few degrees below zero with about 15-20 knots of wind.
From a window, the CO of the squadron and I watched a couple of crews perform VERY cursory preflights so we cancelled flight ops because no one was really prepared to deal with conditions like that.
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Believe this was -28F, this morning. From the cab of a halfway warm pickup....grin Given enough feed and care it doesn't phase the Angus. Like any animal/human, wind protection is vital. There was an actual steam cloud that formed off a group of cows. Zero wind, not a bad morning at all. Didn't even try to start the 2 old tractors without being hooked up to the pickup. They both popped right off. Hydraulics were SLOW to get moving. 7 water setups going and the only thing froze up was a stock dam hole so we are in great shape....grin
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You ever lose ears or tails when it gets that cold.?
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I've seen pictures. Sam has all his parts.
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Only lose ears and tail when born(and still wet).
That and hoof tips, or the tip of the nose.
10F or colder when calving is bad news.
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I've seen pictures. Sam has all his parts. Drink a lot of coffee and tea throughout the day. Piss with the wind......grin (and acclimate your pecker, or vag...)
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Looks pretty cold up there, what's the most difficult part of your day out there?
It was 1� when I came in at six. The weather channel said its supposed to be -20 with the wind chill tonight. But I don't plan on going outside til the morning...grin
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Ben, same deal as you, all easy until something breaks.
Luckily nothing broke......grin
My dad feeds the calves in the 'feedlot' and I feed the cows.
The chittiest part of the daily routine is removing iced up baler twine or wrap on round bales. Beat on 'em with an ax.
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Grandpa Lien said he missed his cows after he sold the last ones....except in winter
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