[1rudeboy]

I keep hearing how cold it was (and certainly that it was cold is not in dispute). But how cold was it? And for how long? I’m wondering about the stats . . . anyone have them?

[jmacusa]

You can research US Army records for the time in the Ardennes as well as Belgium archives concerning conditions in the country at the time. To that particularly I’m not sure as to a link how however The Weather Channel(weatherchannel.com) has a documentary series called ‘How The Weather Changed History and I know they did one of weather conditions during The Bulge. It was one of Western Europe’s coldest and snowiest winter in almost eighty years up to that time. Temps ranged as low as minus 20 below. That area of western Europe typically has cold, cloudy and rainy autumns and harsh winters. In fact German General Walhter Model who was given the task by Hitler of planning the attack complained to his aides “H[e] want’s me to make an attack in the Ardennes where it snows all the time, it doesn’t get light until 7 and it’s dark at three in the afternoon!’’.

[af_vet_rr]

I keep hearing how cold it was (and certainly that it was cold is not in dispute). But how cold was it? And for how long? I’m wondering about the stats . . . anyone have them?

The Weather Channel had a documentary on it. It was one of the coldest winters in that part of Europe in a long time, but the bigger problem was that a lot of allied troops were not equipped for winter fighting and were rushed into that area. I've read that some units were still equipped with the clothing/gear that they had when they landed in France in June and July.

[DuncanWaring]

There’s a “-4F” statement in the article.