[trebb]

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 ....

[WayneS]

I once spent two weeks in the foothills of the Ural mountains in December. Night-time lows were at or below -40, and the "day-time" (all 4-1/2 hours of it) high temperature never got above zero degrees Fahrenheit the entire time I was there.

To this day I do not understand why humans would settle in an area with such a harsh climate.

[Vaquero]

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 friend’s new Datsun would turn over till the sun hit it in he early afternoon.

Bring the Gorebull warming. I’ll take it.

[N. Theknow]

Growing up in the South, I met a girl from Minnesota and we decided to live in Minnesota as I was thoroughly fed up with blistering heat and humidity of the South.

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!"

[IronJack]

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.

[ExpatGator]

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.