Coldest I was ever in was -18 F in Rochester, NY - plenty cold enough for me ... springs on my Plymouth Duster sounded like they were cracking when I got in ....
To this day I do not understand why humans would settle in an area with such a harsh climate.
Was up hunting mid December 1977 in Tioga county NY. Had my 66 dodge van. My friend his new Datsun. It was -15F and colder. Not even my friends new Datsun would turn over till the sun hit it in he early afternoon.
Bring the Gorebull warming. Ill take it.
Drinking coffee one fine Sunday morning in January at my In-Law's house, I noticed the huge thermometer they had hanging in an elm tree in their yard.
It was with utter dismay that I said to myself, "Gosh! It only has to warm up 82 degrees...just to be freezing!"
I went snowmobiling on the North Shore in Minnesota when it was 20 below. Racing snowmobiles with my son. We hit 100 mph across a frozen lake. I can’t even fathom what the wind chill must have been, but even though I was wearing three layers of windproof clothes, I still almost suffered hypothermia before the day was over.
Coldest for me was a 4-8 watch on the Quarterdeck of USS R.K Turner CG-20 at Newport Naval Station. Worst watch ever.
I spent 5.5 years in Maine and was never that cold.