Coldest temperature you've ever been out in?

[LostInAnomie]

I've been out in -22 before. It sucked.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Damn, I misread the poll...

I voted for 18 below, and it should have been just plain 18 degrees. I went back to DC last January and it was 18 degrees!

I thought I would freeze to death! It just does not get that cold here in CA...:scared:

[fizzgig]

2. i said -11 to -15

it's possible i've been out in colder weather, but i'm not sure.

i know i've been out in subzero temperatures in the last week x(

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. 11 degrees and dropping here at the moment

supposed to get down to 8 or so. Very rare to get below 25 around here, and even when it happens, it's usually January or February.

It did actually get a few degrees below 0 a few years ago, so I had to go outside for a little while just to see what it felt like. Oddly enough, not much colder than 0. Or I just couldn't feel it.

Only blessing in all of this is that it's been dry, so there's no ice on the roads or sidewalks.

[dysfunctional press]

4. i always loved the way that the doors on the pick-up sounded when it was REAL cold.

the tinny creaking sound like they were going to break ff in your hand.

i've been out in -45, not counting the wind chill. it's brutal.

[pengillian101]

5. Frostbite Falls, MN

Heh, ;-)

[PJPhreak]

6. Colder...

Lived in a converted School Bus/Rv with a small wood burning stove for heat on the east shore of Lake Champlain just outside of Burlington Vt for the winter of 93/94.

More than one nite of-40 or colder,Lets not even discuss the wind chill coming off the Lake!

[krispos42]

7. -23º a couple of times.

I could hear the outer shell of my overcoat stiffening up.

Of course right now it's like less than +10º right now, and the wind chill is pushing -10º.

Unusual for early December. I'm going to have to break out the heavy winter coat now!

[LeftyMom]

8. 24 I think? We don't really do cold here.

Maybe I've popped out of the car for long enough to use the restroom in Truckee or something in worse, but it doesn't really get lower than the 20s (and that in the middle of the night) in the valley.

[XemaSab]

12. It's 19 here right now

:scared:

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. With wind chill, or just the plain jane temperature? About -100 with chill, and ca. -35 otherwise.

I'm from Wisconsin!

[CreekDog]

10. Anyone who says you don't feel the difference above or below a certain point hasn't felt them

If anything, ever degree hurts harder once you get below -5 and above 115.

[hobbit709]

14. Once you get below -50, it doesn't really matter anymore.

[CreekDog]

15. .

:grr:

[Gormy Cuss]

21. I walked a mile to school in -20 degree weather. No biggie.

Right around 0 to -5 it becomes harder to be outside with any exposed skin, so you just wear more face coverings and maybe heavier mittens (not gloves, because mittens trap and circulate the body heat better.)

OTOH, I think every degree above 100 here (and 90 in a humid climate)is noticeable.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

11. walking the dog in

these temperatures bites.

[old mark]

13. Around -20F. Got to keep your ears covered or they start to peel.nt

[TZ]

16. Years ago DC had a horrible cold snap

And I remember getting out of a car to wait at a bus stop and the car's thermometer said -2 degrees. That was horribly painful cold.

[PeaceNikki]

17. I attended the NFC Championship game in Green Bay in January 2008

Temp was -10ish Wind chills were -30ish.

I was well-covered and *OK* for the first few hours. But when it went into overtime, I was ready to die.

[sarge43]

18. Minus 45 (wind chill factored in)

Had to bring in the bass monkeys. Assless monkeys aren't pretty.

[Swede]

19. My car dash split in half on the way to work when it was -43C

With the wind it was -60C. When I got to work that day,I tried an experiment I saw on tv. I through a glass of water into the air. There was a huge puff of steam,and only little frozen pellets fell to the ground.

[rurallib]

20. Up in Canada, -42

I was helping do a systems installation. Since I figured I'd probably never get back, I used the one day we had off to visit Ottawa.
Locally (Iowa) about -30.

[Bossy Monkey]

22. 20 below. Suzdal, Russia. We bought ice cream. I miss the old Soviet Union. n/t

[bikebloke]

23. 5 degrees F

And I rode a bike in it. At least I think there was a bike under me beneath all the clothes I wore.

[Eyerish]

24. -45...-55 with the Wind Chill...

It was my first winter after I moved to Northern Minnesota from Southern California. There is a reason we moved back to CA....

[supernova]

25. -15 or so, Portland Headlight, ME

Couple of days after Christmas. I was as bundled up as I could possibly be, longjongs, sweater, overcoat and hood, and still about froze my fanny off! We were only out there for about 10 minutes or so. My then hubby's aunt and uncle lived in Grey ME. Probably still do. It was a lovely trip and I really enjoyed it. The snow came the week after we left.

:scared: :scared: :scared:

But it was very pretty and I hope to go back. Next time in summer! :D

[CatholicEdHead]

26. Air temp -35, Wind Chill, -70 to -90 (old scale)

[TZ]

27. Wait...I've got you all beat...

I routinely deal with -80 C temps (okay yeah, In the lab freezers, but I still have to deal with it) :P

[OhioChick]

28. -60 here....wind chill of course n/t

[blueknight]

29. back in 1977

i was working outside in the cincinnati cold during the blizzard. windchill was 51 below

[OhioChick]

33. Oh, I can remember the Winter of '77 here...

:scared:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. In 1963, I walked home from school in -36°

When I stepped into the house, my glasses immediately frosted over, and when I tried to take them off, part of skin came along.

[Drum]

31. -45, no wind: Fairbanks Alaska in Feb.

Dayum...it was like scary lunar/space cold. Crazy stuff!

[KamaAina]

32. -5 is an important milestone

Chicago, late '80s.

-5 is the temperature at which mucus congeals within the human nose into a substance closely resembling rubber cement. :puke:

[Heidi]

34. About 30 below when I lived in Nebraska. Maybe lower when I lived on Colorado's western slope,

but it doesn't feel as cold when you're skiing or snowboarding in Vail as it does when you're shoveling your car out of snow drifts created solely by the city snow removers in Nebraska. Perspective and all.

[TrogL]

35. Somewhere around -42 temp, -50 windchill

Dreadful Valley, Alberta

[One_Life_To_Give]

36. Define "Out In"

I have fought house fires at minus 15F. Where the spray freezes to everything. And I have had to get the cars started/defrosted at closer to minus 25F. The former was much more sucky than the latter.