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What’s the coldest day you remember?

Added 2024-12-05 23:00:20 +0000 UTC

Some of us live in warm climates and others in colder climates. Then, there’s the Midwest where it can be either extreme. And by God can the cold be unbearable during winter.

If my memory serves me right, the coldest day I ever experienced happened one day in mid-January 2017. I was attending college and living in the dorms which had a parking lot on top of a very steep hill that goes not only into town but also the rest of the campus. Not only was the temperature so low (about -20 F, or -29 C) that not only did my car engine have extreme trouble starting, but driving up and down that steep hill felt like I was climbing up and down an ice mountain. It’s a miracle that I didn’t crash or slide down the hill as I tried speeding up and burning rubber.

How about you though? What is the coldest day you remember experiencing?