[Blueflag]

For those who don’t know, this is about Chicago ...

[Ikeon]

Pffft. That same year Minneapolis had 10 straight days of never getting above 0f.

The car washes used to be packed whenever it was sunny and 25f..

[foundedonpurpose]

We had the same or more in Wisconsin. Still walked to and from school every day, mile and half each way. Small town Wisconsin, no one thought twice about it.

[metmom]

Thanks.

I wish people would just put that information in right off the bat.

[Zuriel]

**For those who don’t know, this is about Chicago ...**

Straight west 150 miles, near the Mississippi River, keeping cattle and hogs watered and fed was brutal at times.

Although, IIRC, winter 77-78 was a bit tougher. Even though the temp climbed above 32 a few times during the mid Dec-mid Feb stretch, the overall average for that period was colder. Corn silage freezing to the silo wall was always an issue in winter cold snaps, but it froze a few inches thicker that winter than the year before.

[Revel]

Yeah- that is kind of an important detail. Thanks.

[Keyhopper]

January 19th 1977, it snowed in Miami