🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To 5 US STATES WITH WINTERS COLDER THAN THE UK! *these temperatures are insane.

🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To 5 US STATES WITH WINTERS COLDER THAN THE UK!
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Hi everyone, I’m Kabir and welcome to another episode of Kabir Considers! In this video I’m going React To 5 US STATES WITH WINTERS COLDER THAN THE UK!
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[@tymiller176]

Maine on the Pacific Ocean? Deserts in Indiana? I think Kabir needs to react to a video about the general geography of America. Because those comments made me laugh, lol.

[@gotham61]

Give him a break. Do you know what side of Britain Hull is on without checking?

[@samosmapper9687]

@@gotham61 near the north sea, roughly halfway between scarborough and lincoln

[@tymiller176]

@@gotham61 I do, mostly because I'm a history and geography nerd. But I wasn't insulting him, just recommending what kind of videos he might like next due to what I heard.

[@GamingWithPatrick87]

Really Ty? You're gonna bash a man that maybe has never been here to the US? Can you get anymore disrespectful?

[@jariemonah]

@@gotham61 lol shush. I've been saying the same about Kabir for the past couple geography vids. Lol he makes some of the funniest US geo comments. Only Kabir has given Chicago 5 different states LOL

[@teehlfx5238]

Hearing England gets to -6 in Jan and Feb, I was like oh yeah that’s a proper winter, I didn’t realize it got that cold. Then I realized it was -6C 😂 21F is a nice enjoyable winter day. Perfect sledding weather.

[@valeriekhall]

Right?!?! I always thought it got much colder than that, from how miserably cold & wet the winters are portrayed to be. 21F is a perfectly normal winter temperature here in OKLAHOMA, for crying out loud. And we don't even get much snow! (Usually.)

[@G_Demolished]

@@valeriekhall It was colder than that here last week, middle of November!

[@nathaliehirte836]

I was thinking the same thing! In January/ February? That's downright balmy and perfect "spend the day skiing/ snowshoeing" with the coat unzipped kind of day.☺️

[@jtosety]

Yep, if it's above freezing, it's merely chilly It's not bad until it gets down to single digits fahrenheit

[@clwilliams9276]

That is shorts weather in MA. (Not for me cuz I have a medical issue that messes with how my body processed temperature. But I watched a guy come to school in shorts back in middle school during less than 21° F weather.

[@Ganjau]

There’s nothing like walking out in shorts and a T shirt in 32F weather after a week of sub zero temperatures and saying “Man. It’s warm out today. I might go for a walk”

[@Duality333]

For real. Went from -40 in North Dakota working to Arkansas which was like 37. People walking around in thick winter coats and we were DYING! If we could have been naked we would have

[@buffmaloney]

We should finally get above freezing tomorrow. I was already outside without a jacket today when it was 22. Felt fine.

[@TheJosephPrice]

32 F without wind isn’t bad at all, tbh.

[@Duality333]

@@TheJosephPrice it’s humidity that makes cold really cold. Wind yes but if it’s a dry cold it’s really nothing. A wet cold goes straight to your bones

[@1soupasaurus]

@@Duality333 True, but a wet cold won't give you frostbite in 10 minutes.

[@bekkakay8573]

I was 5 years old when my family moved to Minnesota. I cried because we had to walk home from my grandparents’ place. The tears froze to my cheeks. My brother was afraid he would be blamed for making me cry, so he pulled the tears off! Ah Minnesota, what memories!😅

[@kh884488]

Kabir - I went to college in Minnesota and still live here. At a college talk at some event about culture shock, a Brit mentioned the experience of walking across the room in January to get an electric shock when about to touch the door knob and felt convinced that some sick person who wanted to play a deadly practical joke had hooked up an electrical line to the outside of the knob of his room's door. Later, he figured out that the reason he never encountered this before was that the relative humidity in the UK in his experience never got low enough to allow static electricity. Literally culture shock indeed!

[@louchat333]

My family is from Louisiana. I remember visiting family in August in Maine. I froze at night.

[@theahartley6885]

omg yes I moved here (st paul) from Florida and the shock drives me CRAZY-- I can't even hang my coat up without getting my hand shocked! I definitely wasn't expecting that when I moved here.

[@kh884488]

@@theahartley6885 Keeping a humidifier on in January helps a lot.

[@ChronicReader]

I never even thought about where static shock comes from and that some people have never experienced it! You learn something new every day.

[@louchat333]

@@ChronicReader I never realized other people don’t have it. I just turned my heater on. Carpet, socks and central heating is a recipe for static shock. Also my hair is standing out like Roseanne Roseannadanna. That is when I know it is winter. More conditioner is needed. Lol.

[@mrpenn4613]

I'm from MN and I remember that -60. The governor canceled school for the whole state. The thing to remember is, below 0°F or so nothing really feels any colder it kind of just exceeds the body's ability to detect the differences. When it's that cold the air literally bites, it's hard to describe. The air gets insanely dry as well, somebody else already mentioned the static.

[@deakonkuster]

Had the rule of 3 in Western SD schools, 30 below 3 ft new snow or 30 mph wind. Had to have two of the three to call off school.

[@GamingCharlotte]

I lived in Michigan, I can remember vinyl siding cracking and breaking from the cold. That isn't a lie, air that bites. So cold if you don't wear 2-3 layers and cover your face you could get frostbite.

[@bimbkin2830]

also from MN. i work outside lol winters are fun lol

[@peterpike]

I remember a few years back when it was -10 F here and I had picked up some food at a grocery. When I walked outside, the bag of potato chips I had purchased immediately imploded, like someone had crushed it. I realized it was about 70 F inside the store, and the sealed air in that bag literally lost 80 degrees of temperature in the space of walking 5 feet. On the flip side, my dad grew up in Alaska and he said there would be times when they would be walking around outside when it was -20F without even wearing a coat because when they went into class it was -60F, so it had warmed up 40 degrees by that point. The only real danger then is that frostbite doesn't care about how warm you FEEL.

[@mrpenn4613]

@@peterpike amazing how that ideal gas law works isn't it. That temp change caused that air in the bag to lose approximately 20% of its volume. 🙂

[@clairec6618]

As someone from Indiana, you thinking of deserts and cactus has me rolling. Oh you sweet summer child. Indiana is a 4 season forrest/prairie. It can get well below freezing in the winter and above 100F in the summer. Most of the US has a wide array of weather throughout the year, even if it's not as extreme as that.

[@BeeWhistler]

It doesn't speak well of his knowledge about US geography.

[@youreatoilet]

@@BeeWhistler As a brit, most of our knowledge of USA is around the east coast, south and west coast. Anything in between and were generally clueless! I imagine it's the same for americans, they probably know London (south) and possibly Liverpool or Manchester (North), but everything in-between is not really mentioned. The main difference is that because the UK is so small in comparison, the weather doesn't vary anywhere as much from county to county

[@ptgizmo]

If you’d like a story about cold weather, here you go. I was a radar operator with the US Air Force. I was stationed for a year at the Murphy Dome Air Force Station Radar Site back in 1982-83. It is about 30 miles northwest of Fairbanks, AK. We had 3 days where the temperature got down to -70 degrees F. The wind chill factor put it at -140 degrees F. Our buildings were all connected together with what were called Arctic Hallways, so you didn’t have to go outside. During the winter, I didn’t step foot outside for 6 weeks because of the temperature. As a radar operator, I didn’t have any need to go outside for any reason, so I didn’t. The radar site was shutdown in 1983 and all of the buildings have been torn down and removed. The only thing there now is the radar. Anyway, that is my cold weather story.

[@fbksfrank4]

Murphy Dome….hmmm, didn’t know it is thirty miles. Long way for sure up there. The University has a place up there now, and people with property down on the Chatanika River park there all season.

[@jenpohorsky2810]

I was born at Ft Wainwright and the day my parents took me home it was -44. When my brothers were born and taken home on a chilly fall night, my mom brushed off the fussy nurses and said, “they’ll be fine”.

[@protorhinocerator142]

I saw a thing on TV a few years ago where it got down to -70F in Alaska for a few weeks And one of the problems they had was tires freezing. 070 is cold enough that the tires on your car will freeze and if you try to drive the flat spot on the bottom rotates with the tire. In a very short amount of time this will lead to the tire rupturing. The people who had to drive in the snow took special precautions to keep their tires warmer.

[@fbksfrank4]

@@protorhinocerator142 olden days tires, usually pop the bead when tires try to unsquare. Softer tires today are better at going round faster.

[@gabby15107]

I live in Fairbanks Alaska, it regularly hits -40F here in the winter. It's really not that bad. We don't close down schools, and kids still go outside for recess. As for layers, usually a base layer and jeans, wool socks, and a long sleeve shirt with a good winter coat are all that's required. More than that and it gets too bulky to move.

[@erickamakesplans]

I live in Michigan. While we don't get nearly as cold as Alaska here, we do regularly get sub-zero temps in winter. I agree about the layers. Too many layers and you start to sweat, which is never a good idea when it's extremely cold. It's a delicate balance.

[@Passioakka]

I live in Sweden at the same lat as Fairbanks but we do have a little warmer temperatures in winter thanks to the Gulf stream. The most average temperature dips in Jan-Feb is between 25-35 C. But the last 10 yrs has been crazy, climate change...o yes! It´s Dec now and we have NO snow, just frost and it came this week! When I was young in the 60´s and 70´s we mostly had our first frost in late Aug!

[@Guidingsonar]

Now, you should go to britan, and see how overheated you would get. Show em how it feels on the onther way around

[@alexisgrunden1556]

I think I would argue the relativity of your metric for what is tolerable, my good sir...

[@0011peace]

-40 F is -40C

[@tinytina333]

I'm originally from Wisconsin, living there for years, and now I've moved to Minnesota. Both states are terribly cold in winter and its just a way of life. Growing up in WI the cold is just a thing you deal with. If Britain typically gets down to 33 F, that would be considered t-shirt weather here as a winter temperature. I've seen people go out in shorts before when it's been that temp. We've had weeks of never going above 0 and those times are a nightmare to be honest, but summer life in Minnesota is so nice with the lakes and greenery. It's the trade off for living here.

[@Dr.Spatula]

Over 0 is shorts weather. Under 40 is a light hoodie and shorts. Under 30 is a heavier hoodie. That same heavy hoodie can be used until -10 depending on time outside and wind. Actually, it ALL depends on wind

[@gonzo26nix]

I'm in Madison.. I've seen people ice fishing, in parkas and whatnot, while on shore you have people sunbathing. The upper midwest does not make sense when one tries to describe the people

[@Drack093]

It is currently 40 Fahrenheit in Wisconsin and I am sitting on my porch in shorts, a long sleeve Tshirt and sandals.

[@hawkman302]

Very rare to have any poisonous bugs or creators though.

[@joekahno]

Born in Wisconsin and spent most of my life there. There's a week to ten days in the spring, after the ice melts but before the bugs hatch, when you'd swear it was the garden of Eden. The rest of the year you just swear. I'm retired in the Philippines now, having exceeded my lifetime maximum for sub-zero weather. Yeah, I'm a wimp. My friends dad was a lineman for the power company. He was often called out to fix lines brought down by winter storms while the storm was still in progress. The pay was almost as insane as the working conditions.

[@ardelianelson2902]

Homegrown Alaskan here! Despite the averages shown, you can trust me it gets waaay colder. 'Snow days' for us were when it was so cold the buses didn't start, or an especially strong snowstorm. Heck, we would still attend through 30+ mph winds.

[@kevinhigh4539]

I'm in Minnesota and we love winter. There are really good snow suits that are made for ice fishing or snowmobiling that don't require much layering underneath. They are super warm and are worth every penny. During the last "polar vortex" when it was -30F everyone was running outside with a pot of boiling water and throwing the water in the air. The water instantly turned to snow...tons of videos online of it. Pretty cool.

[@AlexKlindt]

As a Minnesotan, I can confidently say that's not not uncommon for it to reach -30F in like January. I recall back in high school I had a class in a different building than the main and it was like -45 or something. It was so cold you could feel any exposed skin literally start to freeze within the 90 seconds or whatever you were outside.

[@wyattherrick2970]

Oh it’s -30° pretty often, I also live in Minnesota and didn’t a place by bemidji get to like -68° after windchill like 2 years ago. Duluth has horrible wind chills of superior, honestly I think because of the lakes we are worse than North Dakota

[@absterps]

I remember the polar vortex here in Wisconsin in 2019, maybe that's the same thing that hit y'all. They were warning people that exposed skin could get frost bite in 2 minutes.

[@kaiserc2471]

@Olivia Sellman I was near Chicago for that, those 40-50mph winds were murder with the -25. Delivered and came back the following morning through less traveled portions of Minnesota and saw -30 most of the way. I was high idling my semi, but it never got above 110f with the wind and bitter cold waiting for an unload.

[@jasonfisher8529]

Yeah, back in the 70s, I remember waiting for the school bus one morning in Minnesota when it was -45F (thermometer, not wind chill) and the sun wasn't going to be up for another few hours (17 miles to school, so the bus routes started early). Crazy, looking back on it. And there's a reason I live in southern Ohio now ROFL

[@midgardaskr362]

Can confirm I live about 30min from the North Dakota and Canadian border in Mn.. It’s just miserable to live in.

[@loisavci3382]

A British friend once gave my little daughter a children's book about dressing for the weather. We live in Montana, where everyone who happened to see that book remarked on the weirdness of the remark "If it's cold enough Johnny can go outdoors to play in the snow." We had all been telling our kids they had to stay indoors until it warmed up to -10 C or something.

[@Guidingsonar]

-1*F is -18.333...*C, which was this morning in western montana. So -10*C would be nice

[@Cheryltwin2012]

I've lived all my life in Illinois (in the Midwest) and I can tell you it gets COLD here. I live in Central Illinois, south of Chicago (yes, there are places in Illinois not called Chicago) where the wind just blows and there's nothing to stop it. The wind chills here typically reach -10-15 degrees at least a few days out of the winter. Some winters, like the ones we had back in the 70's, were a lot colder and we got a lot more snow, too. By the way, Illinois is next to Indiana and I guarantee you there are no deserts here.

[@shamkho5096]

I'm glad you mentioned the wind chill factor... it can make a HUGE difference. For those not in the know, basically the wind makes it feel colder than it is... like yesterday in Chicago it was only 8°F but it felt like -12°F after the wind chill. I have had visitors from our Canadian office tell us it is feels colder here, like bone chilling, because of it. Worst I've felt is -20 to -40°F with the windchill. It's all relative... which is why you will see Chicagoans wearing shorts when it is 40°F and people in Florida wearing Winter jackets at 60°F

[@austinfowler2707]

When you said -8 C, I couldn't help but laugh. That is about 17-18 F. It was less than that last week in Minnesota, and we still have a month before the Winter Solstice. So it'll get much colder.

[@SarahDenna]

Me too 😂😂 i was like 15 degrees farenheit??!

[@jamieweavingwolf1175]

I snickered too. Winter officially starts next week and we have 8F in the Indiana forecast. We didn't even make the list lol

[@vancomycinb1193]

right? I'm in Wisconsin, and yeah, it's already gotten colder than that (southern WI). It'll get to below 0 farenheit before Christmas this year. It's normally coldest in late january through february though.

[@austinfowler2707]

@@vancomycinb1193 last night in Northwest Minnasota, around 12 to 1 it was -15, last night it was -30.

[@grudge6648]

As someone who has lived in Wisconsin his whole life (47 years) I can tell you that February is when it starts to warm up. January is the worst. That’s when the Polar Vortex makes its appearance and temperatures drop to as low as -30°F with windchills reaching as cold as -60s°F. It’s December right now and it was down to -14°F and a blizzard is moving in right now.

[@sandrataylor3723]

The worst thing about cold weather is the wind chill factor. The wind somehow finds every entrance that it can to get to your inner layers or skin. That said, I prefer cold weather anytime over hot weather. I can always put on enough clothes to keep warm but even being nude in hot weather, I'm still sweating and hotter than Hades.

[@Dr.Spatula]

You just need to wear an outer shell and the wind is mostly fine. Still sucks for extremities, though. I too hate the heat. -20 over 90 in a heartbeat

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

Depends on your access to climate control and weather based activities.

[@Legozanman]

I hate the heat. I love the cold. As easy as that

[@satsunada]

My state has a absolutely terrifying example of wind chill on a near-permanent basis. They put it on weather reports to make the rest of us feel better. "ok let's look at wind chills, x city is at 15, x other city is at 11, and x location's low for the day was -74

[@Overlord0011]

As someone who lived in Southern Ohio for most of his life, let me tell you a story. My Dad had a friend who was a part of a project that went to Antartica. The guy called us on our landline (that should tell you how long ago that was) and reported that it was warmer in Antartica than it was in Ohio.

[@kagato3]

well logicly it could be if it is winter in Ohio it's summer in Antartica and without a huge body of water there's no stabilizing force so as I fondly remember the times when the temp would go from sub zero to 70 and back in the span of a week as the gulf air and polar air fought

[@UnholyGTX]

Fellow Ohio Native here, lowest temp we ever had up here was -44 farenheit or -42 celcius with wind chill. Happened about 7 years ago when we had that massive blizzard

[@chrismaverick9828]

@@UnholyGTX Just a few years ago I noticed one day that it was colder in NE Ohio than in Nome, Alaska.

[@ToledoRailfan]

The lowest was -39°F

[@jaypetngl11]

I’m watching this video in Minnesota while the windchill outside is -32C right now. EDIT: You asked for our coldest memories, so here they are! The coldest I remember was about -40, with windchill around -60. The (admittedly old) windows of my house were icing up on the inside, even with the heat blasting. We were shoving towels under the doors to keep the cold out a little more, and it was a genuine ordeal to get the dog to think it worth it to go to the bathroom. The winter of 2013 was pretty gnarly too, because I was in college and had to walk across campus to get to class. The wind chill on the coldest day was around -30. I wore long johns and flannel-lined jeans, two pairs of wool socks and winter boots, and on top a flannel shirt, a sweater, and a winter jacket. As long as I kept moving it wasn’t too bad. Also worth noting when you mentioned that -7C is probably like a summer day here, you’re pretty far off. It’s a continental climate, so the extremes go both ways. Summer days are routinely 30C, and occasionally up to 36 or 37C.

[@nicolethompson8613]

Lol yes we get some temps here in Michigan that definitely keep the dogs wondering if it is worth it - all of a sudden they can wait forever to do their business 😂🐾

[@tgriffin8179]

I live in Colorado and we get down to-10F regularly and have been as low as -30F. After -10 it feels the same but the effects accumulate more quickly. You need to cover exposed skin and be careful not to inhale directly. I love looking at horrible weather from the sofa by the fireplace. 😊

[@dania8540]

I am from Ireland though currently I am stateside in Oregon but I did spend one winter in Wisconsin. Not only did I completely underestimate the cold I was completely unprepared and absolutely shocked by the wind chill.

[@jaelynn7575]

It has been cold, windy and snowy in WI the past few days. I didn't pull out my winter coat and was outside longer than I planned with no gloves. My hands went numb, then turned red and itchy from that cold wind.

[@knightwolf3511]

@@jaelynn7575 few years ago i was at lake geneva Wisconsin, the area you could park on the ice in the winter. we decided to take a car trip around take on the raod and by the time we got back cars where sinking into the lake because the it got warm

[@magnarcreed3801]

Haha I’ve moved around and laugh at what most considered cold as a born and bred Wisconsinian.

[@kaityr9693]

Wind chill is pure satanic energy and there's no being spared. It will cut through every layer and freeze you

[@glasspsyche3514]

Oh yeah, the wind chill kills I'm not from any of the states listed but from northern New York where there's hardly any people and our average winters were -20 fareignheit whilst I lived there for 6 years

[@willowvons]

If you notice, Alaskan parkas have hoods that extend forward beyond the face forming a bit of a tunnel, usually trimmed with wolverine fur. The tunnel preheats the air a bit so that the cold air won't burn the lungs when inhaled, and the wolverine fur doesn't hold frost, so it prevents the exhaled breath from freezing to the hood. Lived up there for 26 years. Coldest temp I have been in that I knew about? -72F.

[@kristend344]

People need to understand real fur trimmed parkas make a barrier to help keep your face warm in really cold temps (including wind chill.). All those "faux fur" lined parka hoods are just to look "impressive". Faux fur does nothing for warmth.

[@HighmageDerin]

My only experience with Alaska, comes from Jack London. He told me to stop and build that fire! preferably not under a snow covered tree :)

[@msfeistybabe]

@@HighmageDerin And he teaches that wolves may be beautiful (I love them and always have!!) you really do NOT want to meet one in the wild in the winter because they may be hungry and almost always have friends!! Call of the Wild and White Fang have always been my favorite animal stories, I read them when I was too young to understand some of the words and had to keep asking my parents! Love the movies they did for both stories also ;)

[@GhostRider-sc9vu]

Spent several nights camping on Blair Lakes near Fairbanks in -70f. But then nights were at least 20 hours long at that time of year mid-January was -15f when the sun was up. Gotta love the Army Fun Travel & Adventure for all. I live in Arizona and it can get to be -10f it was 21f last night our record about 40 miles from where I live is -40f was only -29 that day where I live. Then I am currently 400meters more above sea level than the summit of Ben Nevis.

[@swbigfan1]

Minnesota here, and we pride ourselves on the cold and snow. Anyone who was alive back then will tell stories of the Halloween blizzard of 1991 (Google the pictures, it was epic). When I get in the car in the winter I cheer if the cars' exterior temp reaches double digits below zero. I know it's going to be cold, that's life - might as well be cold enough to make a good story. We also love when it gets cold enough you can show your kids what happens when you throw a cup of boiling water in the air at that temp. At the beginning of the winter you get conditioned to it. In the fall 15 Fahrenheit seems cold, by March that same temp will see us shedding jackets. Seriously, a 15 degrees day in March will see people in their hoodies and shorts. And don't ask why shorts come out when we're still wearing hoodies, they just do.

[@sonofloki3391]

Northern Minnesota born and raised, I remember in 1996 when it dropped to -60 all the schools closed but we still were outside sledding. We would come inside and sit around the fireplace and drink hot chocolate while playing board games. I have very fond memories of the winter months growing up especially taking the 4 wheeler out on the lake with a rope and sled attached. We would spend hours out there with our friends taking turns driving and trying to flip each other off the sled that was being dragged behind 😆

[@klaushuxley3342]

I remember - I got a whole week off from school!

[@sonofloki3391]

I think that was always the best part of it getting extremely cold 😄 no school!

[@klaushuxley3342]

@@sonofloki3391 Yes, because there was no such thing as a 'snow day,' lol. Do you remember the Halloween blizzard? I think it was 1992 or so. That was crazy.

[@sonofloki3391]

Yeah, I was out trick or treating in it with my friends we got a ton of candy that night. Used snowmobiles to get around the next day because everything was buried in snow.

[@klaushuxley3342]

@@sonofloki3391 Nice!

[@allyssapoolman2012]

Grew up on the Canadian border in Minnesota then went to college in North Dakota and I got to say the winters are intense. At my university they had underground tunnels connecting dorms to cafeterias so people could get access to food in times of blizzards or winter storms. I remember there being a rumor that they would only cancel classes if it got bellow -50 without wind chill. The most annoying thing though was how much the air hurt your face. The little water crystals in the strong wind felt like it was creating hundreds of micro cuts in your cheaks as you are walking to class. Last memory: I always used to shower in the morning and remember many winter days where I arrived at school with my hair frozen solid so I could lift it by the root and it would stick straight off my head like pippy Longstocking

[@deakonkuster]

Many people live where the air hurts their faces to avoid all the dangerous critters that love hot weather. Also pretty sure that ND in winter is one of the circles of hell. Halloween in ND requires snow suits under your costumes.

[@beccagirly9397]

@@deakonkuster northern MN is most likely also that way. I live in Central so don't know for sure but the cold coming off of lake superior can be felt in the summer so I'd imagine it's felt even more in the winter. But I'd definitely imagine north dakota being colder then central and Southern MN or sure.

[@josephsteinhauer216]

@@beccagirly9397 northern Minnesota at least the west side is the same as ND, but we have trees.

[@markrady7197]

@@beccagirly9397 Growing up living on the southern shore to Lake Superior, it actually keeps things warmer in the winter

[@mistingwolf]

@@josephsteinhauer216 The area of NW MN where I'm at is nothing but fields, so there's nothing to break the wind here. Total misery when winter sets in. It's really amazing how the geography changes from just one part of a state to another!

[@be-art-iful1215]

The important thing to remember is that when you are living in a cold state for awhile, your body becomes acclimated. I have lived in Wisconsin my whole 48 years of life, and while I don't like the cold at all, being out in it really isn't that bad. We grill out, have parades, light off fireworks, do "polar plunge", but also mundane things like go to work and shop on all the coldest days of the year.

[@Dr.Spatula]

The worst part is that first day that dips below 20 and winter officially starts. So use to the warm it just chills you for days before you readjust

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

I'm from Ga and spent some winters in upstate NY with the military and quickly got acclimated to it, but another 20 years of Ga and I am not acclimating as well to NW Mo winter (didn't know -20 happened there OR that a septic tank could freeze, but they both do. ) Now we're in the north western end of the upper peninsula of Michigan and I'm already a bit nervous...and it's just started. I've found historically I can deal with deep snows (Syracuse area) and deep cold (the mid plains...but BOTH?? I'm not sure about this. A foot of snow to deal with was a huge pain...and more coming, and coming, and coming.

[@NerFighterforever]

@@Dr.Spatula just spent close to a decade in Buffalo ,NY for school. Second snowiest city in america. You very much get used to it

[@Dr.Spatula]

@@NerFighterforever didn't suggest you didn't get used to it. In fact I said you do get use to it...

[@raveousone]

@@dgeneeknapp3168 um doesn't that part of the U.P. get 16 foot of snow per year? 200"

[@GreenSargent]

I can definitely attest to these! I spent about 8 years when I was younger living in northern Minnesota then in 1999 I lived in Alaska for 24 years and now currently reside in Wisconsin. Out of all three Alaska is definitely the coldest. I remember as a kid snowboarding at -20F and having a blast! As for a unique story when I got older I worked for the Alaska railroad and got stationed in Fairbanks, or as anyone from Alaska calls it Squarebanks because there’s almost nothing to do, from December through February which are the coldest months up there. It gets so cold that the grocery stores and hotels have posts in their parking lots for you to plug in your vehicles block heater or else it won’t start! I remember I woke up one morning to head to work and it was minus-58F. I had a cold weather under armor shirt, T-shirt, cold weather hoodie, fleece jacket, and a lined outer wind shell. The guys I worked with told me that by noon it would still be in the negatives and id be hot. I brushed it off thinking they were kidding but by noon it warmed up to -10F and there I was pealing off layers because I was sweating my arse off. 😂

[@rashidclark]

I had visited Fairbanks Alaska to see the northern lights. EVERY part of the body needed multiple layers. Multiple gloves, multiple socks, multiple hats. But I was able to lay down in the snow comfortably and look up at the sky.

[@brewii4991]

I remember the -60F day in Minnesota. It didn't get quite that cold where I live, maybe -45 or so, but all of us kids were thrilled. School was canceled for the entire state because it was too dangerous to wait outside for a bus in the morning. So we went out and played in the snow instead. We went sledding in the morning, warmed up inside for a while, and then played football in the afternoon. Good times.

[@annemariecronen9096]

You're talking with the wind chill, right? I live in MN and I've never experienced a base temp of -45F where I live(just north of the cities) I have experienced a base temp of -35F before and that's cold enough for me lol

[@michaelshawii6722]

It's fun to play in the cold, you just have to be aware, and remember to warm up when you NEED to.

[@annemariecronen9096]

Nobody let's their kids outside to play with a -45 windchill. Way too dangerous even when bundled up you would still have some skin exposed and would get frostbite in a matter of minutes. He's either wrong about the temp or it must have warmed up a lot later on in the day for that to have happened

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

I am in Eveleth on the Iron Range (about 60 miles straight north of Duluth for those who don't know). I remember the January that it was in the -50s & the governor had to cancel school for the whole state - the problem with that on the Range is that we get -40°F air temperature quite often in January, so if I remember correctly, kids would've been off the whole month if they stayed home. I don't know the exact temperature anymore that's too cold for the kids to go outside at recess in winter - I want to say it was -25 or so in the 2000s. We were outside in the cold temps all the time when I was a kid - you pretty much only had your eyes uncovered at times, but we survived. Up here, we can't usually stay home if it's crazy cold up here - you still have to get to work & kids rarely get snow days or cold days off here. Unless there's a lot of snow overnight & it's still coming down hard enough that the city/county/state plows can't get the roads clear in time for the buses - but then it's usually just a couple hours late start at school. I remember many -40°F air temperature days in winter over the last 5 decades & very cold wind chills. My cousin's family from Oregon came to visit in January in the late 1990s - even with everyone's extra warm clothes & blankets, they were frozen the whole time they were here. My son was about 6 at the time & we went to a hockey game in a partially heated rink (it has some heaters above the bleachers). They were so amazed that everyone was out & about at -40°F! My cousin's son was about 5 & he was so excited that the thermometer outside the hotel said -40s that he took a photo of the thermometer every day 😆

[@annemariecronen9096]

@@hollyheikkinen4698 -40 base temp doesn't happen down here in the southern half of the state unless windchill is factored in. No thanks, it's cold enough here lol. Frostbite isn't worth the risk. If we had a week or so with -20 or worse my kids just waited it out and played inside. Winters here are long enough that they could miss a day or two outside lol

[@Lordjerm78]

I remember waiting for the school bus when it was -60f outside. They closed school the next day when it was only -30f. A good way to explain the feeling is like this. Your eyes hurt as your tears start turning to ice. You can walk on the snow, as it's warmer down below so the surface turns to ice.

[@chrismaverick9828]

That squeaking rubber sound the snow makes as you walk on it.

[@alexdillahunt6908]

I grew up in northern Wisconsin and we would joke that the school would only declare a snow day when it was too cold for the busses to start.

[@galatisc1880]

I remember that here in Minnesota when it got down to negative 55 degrees Fahrenheit and went out and felt my whole body just freezing solid and like you forced to go to school

[@jefftracy3771]

I live in Pennsylvania. The coldest I can remember it getting was -25 F a few years back. If we dont hit 0 F at least once during the winter, then it's a mild winter. During most winters, the lakes will freeze a few times and we can skate and play hockey on them. I remember skating in March during a particularly bad winter. We are lucky to get a healthy dose of all four seasons but nothing too extreme.

[@nikbudig3883]

North Dakota during the polar vortex, it was between -35 and -25 for a few days straight. Usually when we see a -20 day it will go up right away but, i remember being with some of my college roommates looking at the windows covered in thick ice on the inside of the glass wondering how we were going to ever leave. Everything was shut down so we just hunkered down and enjoyed our 20 year old-selves as much as possible and hope not to die.

[@inglesd90]

It's not just how far north a state is. Elevation in the US makes a huge difference because we have much larger mountains than the UK. There are many states with mountains over 14000 ft (over 4000 meters) so if you're up in the mountains the winters can get brutally cold.

[@theahartley6885]

and also humidity! That's why a lot of states around Minnesota aren't as cold as Minnesota, or why Chicago gets colder than New York-- more humidity= feels colder.

[@cheesygal]

To your point, I live in Arizona near the Mexican border in the mountains. We’ve gotten 12 inches of snow (that stayed) in one day. Everyone thinks that Arizona is all desert. It depends on the elevation.

[@lperkins2]

In the west, you have multiple mountain ranges that make for an arid region that gets _cold_ even when you're down out of the mountains. North Dakota is fairly flat, but so brutally cold just because the mountains to the west pretty well isolate it from the ocean, and force the wind to go up through Canada and back. But yeah, the rugged terrain causes the cold more than the latitude. The US-Canada border is roughly in line with northern France, so most of the US is further _south_ than the UK.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

@@cheesygal, anyone who thinks Arizona is always hot and desert, they need to go to Flagstaff in the the middle winter: 7,000ft above sea level and is known to get 3-4ft of snow at once, and temps of -20°F are quite common.

[@cheesygal]

@@johndeeregreen4592 absolutely! Our family loves to go there for ski trips! We just went cross country skiing last winter. It’s so beautiful. When I tell people that we don’t live in the desert, they say, oh, the high desert. Nope. Not any kind of desert. Reminds me of when I said I lived in Washington, oh it rains all the time. Nope. Just on the coast. Lol!

[@Micky_D_B]

I don't think many people remember this, but the first winter I experienced in Minnesota after moving up here, we broke a record of over 100 straight days below 0°F.

[@dantelongoii8655]

Late 70's? I was stationed in the U.P. at K.I. Sawyer. We ran three weeks of -65F including windchill.

[@stayker]

I have lived in Wisconsin about 10 years and the 2019 Polar Vortex was the coldest winter I have experienced here. We are close to the Illinois border and we hit windchills of -30 to -35 degrees F. I don't mind the cold so much and the snow is bearable thanks to very efficient snow removal practices. Summers are very green and mild compared to much of the Midwest which is a great trade-off.

[@boris2342]

As a Canadian I have to chuckle when Brits speak of cold weather the coldest i ever saw was -47C

[@NewRimHoops]

As an Indiana native, there are no deserts and it gets cold in winter, pretty much anywhere north of Tennessee gets pretty cold and they might too

[@alternateuniverse422]

Currently live in Tennessee and I consider the winter here very mild. We'll get a few cold spells but nothing terrible. My kids love it because if ANY amount of snow falls everyone freaks out and all schools get cancelled. I will say we had a severe ice storm a few years ago and I'll take a blizzard over that every time.

[@pjschmid2251]

@@alternateuniverse422 Yeah Tennessee is pretty much I’d say similar in temperature to UK in the winter it’s way hotter in the summer though. When I was listening to him talk about how cold UK winters were I was just smirking and laughing and snickering. I’m from Illinois and UK winters are a walk in the park.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Nah… We’re good down here in middle Tennessee. It very rarely gets below freezing at night and then for only an hour or so…. Cold isn’t our problem. Heat is our problem. Up in the mountains it gets colder because of the elevation. 🐝🤗❤️

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

The deserts of Indiana with the frozen cacti

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@kevincinnamontoast3669 lol🤗

[@DannL18]

Minnesota winter memory: the only time they cancelled school for the temperature was when it was -20 F with a wind chill approaching -50 F

[@TheLastGarou]

Michigan is similar. We had a day during my... Junior year (Grade 11) I think, where the temperature dropped to -40°F (-60°F with Wind Chill) over the course of the day, and so they *sent us home.*

[@CalebCoey]

North Dakota resident here. To answer your question, 8 years back I was a quality assurance inspector for an oilfield company and had to witness and "walk the line" of a hydrotest on some piping we were installing while it was -40 out (-60 with wind chill). The test was supposed to be 8 hours but failed during the 7th hour when the sun went down and the temp shifted too quick so we had to start over. 15 hours of sitting in the truck for warmth and getting out to walk the line (took about 10 minutes) every 30 minute interval. Beard was frozen sideways each time I got back in the truck. Work needs to get done by someone.

[@glassius_prime]

I live in North Dakota and the coldest temp i ever remember it getting to was about -40. Apparently in '96 there was a record snowfall of 98 inches up in Fargo which is insane, even for here

[@RetroMonkey1999]

96 was the year I learned to drive! Talk about getting thrown in the deep end! I remember I94 was basically a tunnel of snow with no top because the snow was so much taller than the cars. And the flooding that spring was tragic!

[@Amoryl]

one of the reasons that several of these states didn't get "snowiest" is because it's pretty common for the temp to drop too low to snow.

[@shelaughs185]

Hilarious. As a child growing up in Vermont, we'd spend HOURS at a time outside in 20°F to -5°F weather and we'd complain when we had to go in for lunch. Of course we were bundled up from head to toe, but we were busy making snow forts, sledding, and skating. We worked up a lather and never really noticed the cold. Mom used to save plastic bread bags for us to put our stockinged feet in before we put our boots on. Kept our feet warm and dry.

[@petenielsen6683]

In Upstate NY we would do the same thing. I grew up in the 1970s and still save bread bags to use MYSELF. When I was 10 and 11 we had 2 Januarys where the temperatures set record lows. I was so grateful the addition on my parents' house included a fireplace and that we kept firewood in the attached garage.

[@loisavci3382]

I never heard of using bread bags that way, but it sounds brilliant.

[@carolinelawson9981]

It was the same for me growing up in Pennsylvania near Lake Erie. 2.5 feet (at least) of snow and temps in the teens and twenties. We played outside and went ice skating or sledding every night,

[@bina5116]

That's not that cold to be outside.

[@scottcampbell4678]

I also grew up in Vermont in the 60s. 20 degrees was like spring after several weeks of below zero.

[@Snipergoat1]

I remember thinking "The weather is making my face Hurt. Why do I live in a place where the weather makes my face hurt?" There is a reason beards are popular in cold places. I also remember that school could be cancelled due to snow. Snow mind you, not cold. This was in Idaho, a mostly semi arid mountainous state. A fast cold snap in Idaho usually does not bring snow. This is when I learned that being too cold to snow was a real thing. The snow comes after it begins to warm a bit. So I got to discover what is was like to wait for the school bus in -18 F. Yes, it hurts your face. Edit:About Alaska. Almost the entire population of Alaska lives to the south and where the ocean currents bring up comparatively warm water. Living with a hundred miles or so from an ocean really serves to moderate the temperature for both highs and lows.(This is a big part of the reason that the UK just doesn't get as cold as some of the equally far north places in the US or Canada. Get away from the ocean and yeah you get those ridiculous cold temps. It was their that I learned that at -50 F your spit will freeze before it hits the ground. I wondered what pee would do but the was no way in God's Icey Hell I was exposing that bit of my anatomy to -50F.

[@darkamora5123]

You reminded me of a friend of mine from college. We were at school in Kansas City, Missouri and He married one of our classmates our 4th year. We were talking and I asked where they were going to live in the US after school, and he told me they were going to live near her family, in Minnesota. I said Minnesota? Are you sure? You're from Egypt, had you even experienced cold weather before KC? He said , "No, but I can deal with winter here. It can't be much worse in Minnesota, can it?" While we may have individual days that drop below 0 °F (like today at -5 °F/-20.5 °c) our average winter temperatures are closer to the UK. As he said it, I thought almost exactly what you said " You are moving to a place where if you have a bare face outside in winter, your face will hurt so badly. Why would you move from Saharan Africa to a place so cold it hurts your face?"

[@zechariah22]

I've lived in Minnesota most of my life. Just back in February 2019, I experienced my coldest winter, and I was walking a mile to and from work every day. It got down to -56F/-48.9C, with wind chills at -65F/-53.9C. I was wearing coveralls, two pairs of pants, double socks, multiple sweatshirts and jackets, double mittens, and I was still getting chilled

[@peggedyourdad9560]

Wasn't there a polar vortex that year? Because it got that nasty as well over in MI.

[@zechariah22]

@@peggedyourdad9560 There was. So the polar vortex around the north pole usually breaks every two years, but because of climate change, it just expanded that year and stretched towards us.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@zechariah22 Nice, so I wasn't wrong. When I looked it up I actually saw some headlines talking about another one that's supposed to hit next week.

[@zechariah22]

@@peggedyourdad9560 oh boy. Hopefully not as bad as last time

[@yettasoukup846]

So, I live in Minnesota, and the coldest winter I've ever experienced was the polar vortex of 2019, it was so cold that you would get sever frostbite after being outside for less than five minutes. My poor dog refused to go outside unless someone dragged him out. The wind was so bad that it would rip tears from your eyes, but they then would freeze, which hurt even more.

[@august651]

sounds about right

[@tctheising4428]

Average winter day

[@jerricho11]

Yeah, there was this guy who was in medical school at the time and he wanted to know what hypothermia felt like because he thought first hand experience with it would make him a better doctor. So he did this experiment completely by himself and froze to death in the doorway of his own building.

[@joshpeterson5226]

Living in Chicago, I remember the polar vortex. And the day we were literally colder than Antarctica…

[@pfunk_1535]

I remember that time. Lived in Minneapolis at the time, and the week started at some 15 degrees. Was 0 on monday, which is relatively normal, but then on tuesday went below -5, which is when school is cancelled. Not only was it below 0 that day, it stayed below 0 *for 5 days straight.* Icicles felt like rocks and wouldn't shatter, ice on car windshields would glaze on as a single smooth sheet that you couldn't scrape off, and the wind chill took your breath away if you tried to breathe into the wind. The coldest temperature I saw on the thermometer that week was -27, which to this day is the coldest I've seen. That all being said, I feel for the people of North Dakota and Manitoba, who experienced the same vortex but about 20 degrees colder than that. Also, the wind chill is far more prominent there, since around the big population centers is a large river floodplain and prairie with few trees, where it can feel like 10 degrees when its 30 in April. *Yeesh*. There's a reason I took the chance to go to school in the west.

[@blooberry856]

Im from Minnesota, and in winter you just kind of have to regularly cope with really low temperatures, in January and February it happens every year that kids to be waiting for the bus in -30 C. School can be canceled for cold temperatures but it has to be really cold. -40 C with wind chill. Then schools get delayed at least. Also, as far as layers go, I personally like wearing a t shirt, pants, a sweatshirt on top of the T shirt, and then thick snowpants, a thick coat, thick gloves, a hat, and if it is quite cold, like bellow -20, I wear a facemask and a scarf as well. Hope that answers your questions, also this is my preferred gear, not everyones. Some dress with fewer layers, some with many many more.

[@hananahbananah]

I spent four years of university in central Minnesota and the coldest day I’ve ever lived through it was about -40 (including the windchill, I forget what the baseline was but well below 0 F). Fun fact when it gets to -40 you can get frostbite in 5 minutes being outside. Also there had been a snowstorm so over a foot of snow. Best part? One of maybe 2 snow days I had in 4 years 😂 You ever go outside and your hair isn’t totally dry and it literally freezes within a minute? Welcome to Minnesota! 😂

[@bertrandlechat4330]

Normally, MN schools don't close for snow, but they will close for extreme cold.

[@kristenp6808]

I’m from Minnesota and in winter you just do what you have to do- you just make sure to dress warmly. But a few years ago I was shoveling after a big snowstorm (which means over a foot of snow) and someone was skiing down the streets of Minneapolis to get around.

[@Alex-kd5xc]

One thing I hadn’t realized for a long time is that not only do a lot of our northern states border Canada (which is obviously a very cold place), but a lot of them are actually farther north than some pretty large Canadian cities like Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, which actually dip relatively far south.

[@ralpholson7616]

A lot of Maine is further north than Montreal.

[@ronaldmcboggled9855]

Yea blew my mind when I heard a while back that most Canadians (around 60% I think) live south of Seattle.

[@douglasmeyer1887]

I live outside Detroit. We go South to Get to Canada. The Bridge between Detroit and Canada runs almost perfectly North South and the South Side has Canada. I alwas Joke that the line from the song that says “Born and Raised in South Detroit” must be Talking about Windsor Canada. :)

[@davidw5629]

@@ralpholson7616 I live in Maine, north of Montreal.

[@a.grimes4202]

@@douglasmeyer1887 Yeah, Detroit actually lies south of the Canadian border with Windsor, ON, CA, which even as a Michigander all my life I could never wrap my head around that fact.

[@behindyou4133]

When he asked how many layers we wear and I almost laughed most of the time just tour average everyday t-shirt and blue Jean's untill you reach the teans, then you add a sweatshirt.

[@skyline7990]

I live up north in the us in Wisconsin. Some I’ve the lows we get is -47 F. For those who don’t know, you basically can’t breathe the air because your lungs feel like they’re burning. Some times you even need eye protection.😅❤

[@scottw2487]

I lived in Jamestown, North Dakota for two winters. I remember days where the temperatures were approaching -30F. The air actually starts to feel like it is burning your lungs when you inhale it.

[@Aboz]

I grew up north of Minot and live in Grand Forks now. You know it's cold when you take a breath and your nose slams shut.

[@elkins4406]

@@Aboz Yep, the frozen snotsicles! That's what I always think of when it comes to really cold weather - that feeling when you take in a big breath and everything moist inside your nostrils freezes, sealing up those mucous membranes. I wouldn't exactly say that I *miss* that, living now in the temperate PNW, but remembering it does leave me with a warm nostalgic sort of feeling.

[@ricmotta2495]

I left "Why not Minot, Freezin's the reason" after 10 consecutive days of -21 as the high.

[@patriciaabatemarco3834]

@@ricmotta2495 I moved from outside Minneapolis to the mountains of NM after a few days with high temps of -27. I can handle the frozen nostrils phase but not the instant lung pain temps

[@heatherqualy9143]

I’m a born and bred Minnesotan. I can’t even separate most winters. I guess a few popular stories? On Halloween in 1991, we had almost 3 feet of snow. A couple years ago, we had 17” of snow on a day in mid-April. This year, we had our first snow about ten days into October (that is NOT usual, and was not welcome!). We’ve had years where we have over two weeks where it never even gets UP to zero. And yearly, in February, people will wait for those days way -30, then have fun throwing boiling water into the air and it turns into instant snow.

[@evac3928]

I’m new to MN, from the south. Really nervous about my first winter here.

[@glenhaven721]

Minnesotan here, ah yes… the Halloween storm of 1991. Wasn’t born yet, but I’ve heard horror stories from my family about it.

[@AJStarhiker]

@@evac3928 hey, welcome to the North. Here's some winter advice: Gloves are good, mittens are better. Your hands will stay warmer with all your fingers together. Tuck at least the bottom layer shirt in. The overlap will keep the cold out better. Keep a shovel in your car. Even if you live in town, you WILL need to dig out at some point.

[@Sw1ftSc0ut]

@@evac3928 for layering you might want to get some type of thermal undergarments, a fleece hoodie, and some sort of windbreaker jacket

[@Thrashifice]

Yep, can't wait to push a foot of snow with my car going 25 mph to get to work because they plow the county roads last or not at all if it's a weekend. Northern MN.

[@amyvargo593]

The Michigan state record low is −51 °F (−46 °C), recorded at Vanderbilt on February 9, 1934. The record-high seasonal total for snow-a whopping 355.90 inches-came in the winter of 1978-79.

[@vanhattfield8292]

In Northern Michigan our Dairy Queen would re-open once the temps would get back up to 32* F and stay for a week or so.

[@relaxcat4109]

No matter how cold it gets, the farmers are always out there taking care of livestock❤❤❤ The Midwest of the US is known for beautiful seasons- very hot in summer and extremely cold winters. The springs and autumns are lovely!! *we lived in northern Wisconsin and my dad would dig snow caves in the drifts of snow that had multiple rooms, he’d carve tables and benches and i could play “house” for hours!!!

[@BuhoPnu]

I lived on my grandma’s miniature horse farm. Even during an ice storm, I was out feeding/watering and taking care of the animals.

[@RetroMonkey1999]

@@BuhoPnu I remember being little and kind of enjoying chores because it was so much warmer in the barn!

[@LambentLark]

Alaskan here, born and raised. The cold here isn't as bad as you think. It gets cold enough that the moisture freezes out of the air and forms hoar frost on everything. Tree's, cars, neighbor's beard, all flocked by mother nature. It makes the air very dry. My house has been down to 16% humidity. It's hell on my guitars. But it makes withstanding the cold easier as long as you dress for it. No cotton. It holds sweat and will bring down your body temp. Underwear and long underwear that wicks water away from your skin, a layer of thick fleece, down, then a windproof layer. Chemical hand and boot warmers when it's really cold. Snacking and drinking water often helps your body make heat. I have been out riding snow mobiles in -45 and maintained body temp. Not my favorite thing but, sometimes you need skills like that to survive here.

[@racheljarcik3442]

North Dakota here. We had a day at -44 degrees in Williston. It snapped a metal power pole and we lost power for an hour. School was NOT cancelled that day. Kids here play outside for recess as long as it is above -10.

[@stevedietrich8936]

Kabir: The UK is cold. USA: Hold my beer!

[@matthewburnham7792]

I lived in Montana and North Dakota for 14 years, and usually, at least for a week every year it hits -30F. You get used to it, bundle up, and do what you have to do. The tougher part is wind chill. If the wind is blowing, it routinely gets -90F. Those days you have to make sure ears and hands are covered. Frostbite can happen quickly.

[@jackielandry8690]

-60 the day I left Montana for SE Louisiana.

[@HighmageDerin]

indeed. that's a HUGE problem for Us planes states. yes the air temperature is warmer then some of the more northern states. but gods when the wind is blowing around a 30mph all day long for days at a time...................

[@gunguy308]

In North Dakota, you use the garage as an overflow freezer in the winter, things freeze faster outside than in the freezer. Be careful putting soda in the garage to cool it down, after 10ish minutes, it's a slushie

[@colbymcarthur7871]

I’m from Kansas, which is a very middle, somewhat moderate state, but going below 0F (-16C) happens most years, and it’s very windy so feeling like -10 (-21C) is not uncommon. On the other hand, hitting 100F (38C) happens most summers, too, and with our humidity, hitting 105 or 110 (42C) isn’t unheard of. It’s crazy how warm the UK is in the winter and how cold in the summer!

[@Blackbaldrik]

I'm in about the middle of Wisconsin. One of the coldest years I remember, the news was warning people not to go outside unless absolutely necessary because it would literally freeze your skin off in minutes. Of course, almost nothing closed, and I still went to work. In my single layer jacket, regular jeans and shoes, and just a headband over my ears. To imagine what that kind of cold feels like, don't just imagine being super cold. Also imagine that the air itself is made of blades and it feels like it is cutting into your skin as it hits you.

[@joekahno]

I was working in an aluminum foundry there during one winter. Imagine eight hours ladling 1,200 F molten metal into a die casting machine then standing out in the parking lot scraping the frost off your car windows while a sub-zero wind delivers what amounts to a sand storm made of ice crystals. I got a different job, didn't think to move somewhere warmer, brain must have been frozen.

[@jehhhGames]

It's so cute when you talk about how cold it gets there. I'm in alberta Canada. The average in December here is -8c, and that's the average. In 2021 December we had 7 days below -30c and 2 that were below -40c. Canadian weather is next level cold. You should do a vid ok our weather

[@adamsgr2311]

My father was in the Navy and he was stationed in Bismark, North Dakota back in 1986 thru 1989. I remember the coldest winter, that I saw and felt, was roughly -50 degrees Fahrenheit. The air was so damned cold, the humidity from our breath would literally freeze and drop to the ground as it came out of our face. We generally had at least three layers of clothes on, and thick wool scarves to cover our faces, even after having a ski mask on. In the winter, during those hardcore low temps, I was only allowed to play outside for 15 to 30 minutes at a time. And Bismark is not on the northern portion of the state...

[@amseam3705]

I had North Dakota as part of my sales territory during these years and go stuck in Minot more than once because of the blowing snow and cold. Not much snow but the wind would create a white out and couldn't travel.

[@adamsgr2311]

@@amseam3705 Been there and done that brotha! It was always sooo terribly cold up there in Minot.

[@lisamcbride8921]

Ok so, I’m from Michigan, I freeze all winter long! Layers, layers, layers begin around October!

[@tonyzuchora-walske9314]

I live in Minnesota, and I don't have any specific cold winter stories, but once it gets to a certain temperature, especially with wind, the air HURTS. Like, you walk outside and any exposed skin is literally just in pain.

[@adriannaconnor6471]

The coldest temperature I've ever felt was -40C in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A coworker put a banana outside for 2 minutes and it froze solid in that time. If you have any skin exposed for more than 5 minutes at that temperature, you will get frostbite. The ground crew at the airport were wearing balaclavas as well as ski goggles to protect their faces. At that temperature, the hairs in your nostrils freeze and it is painful to breathe in the air without having a scarf covering your nose and mouth.

[@ClaireRader]

My kids like making art with hot coffee in the snow.

[@petenielsen6683]

I saw a couple weeks in Potsdam, New York where we did not get measurements on our thermometers that were marked as low as 48 below.

[@m.a.robbins4907]

I spent a year in the missile fields at Grand Forks AFB. Not only was the temperature cold, but the land is flat, and the windchill has a major effect when the winds blows. I live in Alaska now. One time I had to fly to the North Slope (the farthest north you can go in Alaska) for work in the middle of December. The temps were double-digit sub-zero, and the sun wasn't going to be up again for weeks. The client sent a truck to pick me up. The driver and passenger were two brothers from North Dakota who worked a 4-week-on/4-week-off schedule. We talked about North Dakota, and I remarked that it was the coldest place I'd ever been. The driver said, "Yeah, we come up here to warm up."

[@RogCBrand]

My grandma grew up on a farm in North Dakota, and in the winter they had an enclosed, horse-drawn sleigh, with a tiny pot-bellied stove for heat, and their mom would make a big container of hot chocolate for them to drink. Their older brother, unfortunately had to sit outside to guide the horse!

[@brandonperry9209]

Michigan- my coldest -44°c, warmest 42°c. The craziest part is not these drastic temperatures. It's when it snows for 3 days straight last week and was in the mid 70s this week in November. Constantly having to deal with warm,cold, cold, pleasant, cold, warm, warm , cold....... You can get used to freezing temperatures. You can't get used to it when its summer for a few days and one of those nights drops down to winter and stays there and gain and so on..... I look at England's temps and it's usually in the 50s and 60s for the most part of the year. If it was 50 everyday I would be fine in shorts and a t shirt. If it was 90 one day then 50 the next I would be shivering.

[@KellyMHale]

ND resident here. Just imagine the wind chills in those states. When its -60 true temp, with 20 mph wind, the wind chill ("real feel") will be around -80 or colder. This past week or 2, the wind chill has been around -40, which means frostbite within 5-10 minutes. We just don't go outside. If we have to clear snow, it takes a long time since you have to take breaks to warn up. But nothing closes. Children will still go outside to recess until the actual temp is -5 or colder (-15 wind chill). This means coats, pants, mittens, and boots rated to about -40, plus face masks to protect from wind burn. It's brutal. Summers are beautiful though. When we first moved here from Oklahoma, the temp in ND was about 100° colder than in OK. Quite a shock!

[@absterps]

Live in Madison, Wisconsin. I remember the polar vortex a few years ago (2019) where I had to walk to my university courses in -40 weather (yeah, that's the same in both F and C). I had to wear ski goggles to keep my eyes from freezing shut.

[@Wyndigayle]

My Canadian husband agreed to move to Texas with me because when he asked, "Can I go swimming on Christmas day?", I responded with, "Most years, yes." Last year, during 'Snowmaggedon', in February, we dipped down to 10 degrees F in central Texas. That's -12 Celsius! It was absolutely absurd! Luckily, that is not a normal occurrence here. 😊

[@kencramer1697]

I am sure your husband was rather amused at the absolute panic down here during that cold snap. To be fair that was a cold snap for the record books down here. We are in no way prepared for that.

[@Wyndigayle]

@@kencramer1697 He was definitely amused, but he also understood why it had such a huge impact. And since I had lived in places where I had to drive in the snow, we were some of the few people who were making grocery runs and dropping stuff off at friends, family and neighbors. It was an experience, for sure.

[@kencramer1697]

@@Wyndigayle My Jeep club banded together to provide those type of services. I grew up in Colorado so the cold snap didn't bother me too much. :)

[@Wyndigayle]

@@kencramer1697 That's awesome. I think most communities did really well in doing what was needed to help those who couldn't get out or lost water and/or power. It was really nice to see.

[@petenielsen6683]

@@Wyndigayle I am from the Syracuse area and drove my friend from Woodlands, Texas and another from Richmond, Virginia off campus near Pittsburgh quite often when there were 3 or 4 feet of snow on the ground and thought nothing of it. Syracuse's average snowfall is 123 inches. AKA 10 feet 3 inches.

[@AndyCleveland]

As someone who has lived in Indiana my whole life, I guarantee we don't have any cactus growing outdoors. We get pretty hot and humid in the summer (no deserts), but we get just as cold in the winter. Our coldest recorded temperature in central Indiana/Indianapolis is -36°F/-38°C. Also, my dad was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska for a couple of years and experienced -60°F/-51°C.

[@ashleyculver2533]

Oooh! Fun fact! Eastern Prickly Pear is IN FACT a cactus species that is NATIVE to Indiana. HOWEVER, it was pretty great hearing about "horses running around, deserts and cactus..." I about died! I am a transplant from Washington State, myself, from years ago, and I just thought of my time traveling through Montana and Wyoming.

[@nsbioy]

There is cactus growing wild in North Dakota. Plenty in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

[@kellidinit3725]

My dad was stationed in Fairbanks for a while too. Then the Netherlands.

[@thisoldguywithagun9043]

I lived in MN for 20 years in the Twin Cites area. I've seen coal fires on front lawns to thaw the ground so a broken pipe could dug up and repaired, in the middle of winter. I've seen roads flooded and frozen over, because the frost line penetrated so deep, it froze then burst a buried water line. I've seen a line of propane tanks on the road, with heating elements drilled down into the pavement, thawing the area for what appeared to be work on a buried line of some sort. So, yeah, winters can definitely be challenging. My first winter in MN, we had a couple of weeks of -20 overnight lows. Believe me, after a couple of weeks of -20, one can comment, without being ironic, it's nice it warmed up to 0.

[@TrekkerTlumac]

I think it was January-Feburary of 1998 where central Maine had a stretch of over a month where our day time highs never got above 0 degrees Fahrenheit. And the wind was pretty bad too. One of those really cold and windy days I went smelting (form of ice fishing) and threw a fresh smelt to the middle of the river to feed the seagulls. The fish was alive when I threw it but froze before the gulls could get to it. When it gets below 0, I'll where sweatpants, a flannel jacket, a hat, and fingerless gloves. Otherwise I wear shorts year round, and the jacket with my shorts in winter. 🤷‍♂️

[@jartstopsign]

The ironic thing is that living in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as insanely cold as it gets, our highest temps crush any city in Florida's highest record during the summer.

[@aulduronsmith5577]

The highest temps I've ever suffered through was 118 in Wi

[@xheralt]

We do get a little bit of the very cold and the very hot in the Inland North, but not too much of each.

[@Artifice_]

As someone who lives in Wisconsin, I can attest that even in those cold temperatures, we are still out and about. Not as frequently, but we are. We have to keep the time to less than several minutes at a time or suffer hypothermia and/or frostbite. Also, the record was actually updated to -60 F, so it does get even colder. While we may not get the snow, we get the biting wind that will sap your energy from you in an instant.

[@taylorread2407]

Where I lived we got all record lows and snow. It got to -60 base temp and -85 with the wind chill. We also got 120 inches of snow. That year they said we got colder and got more snow than some parts in Alaska.

[@jamesmerkel1932]

It's important to note that the reason some of these states didn't get on the snowiest states video is because at a certain point it gets too cold to snow. Don't envy you guys your winters, worst I experienced was in northern CO in '09, -19f but the windchill put it to around -32. Now I live near death valley, so we average the same temp ranges as Britain in winter. We got nice toasty summers though 😄

[@coreymiller6717]

You must be a younger Wisconsinite. I miss our snowy winters from the 80's, 90's and early 0's.

[@Artifice_]

@Corey Miller I have some vague memories of the storms from the 90s, but I was just a baby then.

[@daniellestewart7970]

As someone from northern Minnesota I remember going to school when it was -55 f and with the windchill it was -75. You just get used to it. We still played outside when it was -20 after -30 they kept us inside for recess.

[@BAMtastico]

Lived a number of years in separate times outside Boston. Have experienced two Siberian Express fronts with air temperature close to -40 F which is also -40 C. Adding the wind chill factor, it felt close to -55 F.

[@davehazel5632]

Hey Kabir, I served 6 years in Minot ND from 79-85 in the USAF. I was a missile cop (we guarded nuke missiles in hardened underground silos) whenever the alarms went off we had to go out and shovel snow. One Christmas Day it was -70 F with a wind chill of more than -100F. Shoveling snow was like shoveling concrete. They (the big shots) told us to shovel for 5 minutes and get warm for 10. Yeah, right, we sat in the vehicle all night long. That place he mentioned in ND, Parshall was one of the flight areas I worked at. There was one spell of three weeks where it never got above 0 degrees F. That's tough weather, but I love the cold, though that gets a little ridiculous.

[@jackielandry8690]

Why not Minot....freezings the reason Met my late husband in 82 in Great Falls, MT, same job. Spent Spring Break of that same year on base in Minot visiting a college friend, definitely cold and snowey.

[@davehazel5632]

@@jackielandry8690 That's right, I spent 6 cold years there, but honestly, I had a great time there coming from western New York. I really loved it there and ended up in Ellsworth AFB outside of Rapid City SD. As a young dude, there were a couple of female colleges in Minot which made it very enjoyable.

[@catw6998]

@@davehazel5632 I bet ;)

[@Loraleijean]

My husband up there too. MP for nuclear plants. He said he remembers it being -70. Not sure if it was around the same time. He was up there in 1975.

[@alanela6761]

@@jackielandry8690 well, Jackie and Dave.. small world, I was Hics maintenance on the telephone wires for the silos at Malmstrom in Montana. I got there in 1990

[@KiaStout]

As an Indiana resident the state suffers from massive weather changes throughout the year. In the summer it get's way too hot, and in the winter way too cold. Living here my entire life the best advise to anyone that moves here is make sure you have a way to keep warm in case of power failure. Fireplace, wood stove, extra generator just something to save yourself in winter.

[@kimperry9039]

Throughout the year. I'm a resident too and sometimes the heat snow and rain all comes in the same day. :)

[@leefruits7241]

Great video! I live in a small town in the North Western Montana plains. Average temps w/o windchill are reasonable, right at freezing. Extreme lows have gone below -30F. But that usually never lasts for long. Windchill is the kicker round these parts. With the chill, it can be -10F to -50 for days. Yeah I go outside. I walk my dog. Smoke cigs. Drive to the grocery store and back. Life still goes on when your nose hair freezes as soon as you crack your front door to go out in the world. ;)

[@koojo86]

I’m born in Minnesota but live in fairbanks, Alaska. This was fun to watch. I used to work on what we call the north slope oilfields next to the Arctic Ocean. I have a picture of -110 windchill and such.

[@brandyperry-giotis9962]

I was living in Chicago during the Polar Vortex. It was so cold that every TV station was flashing warnings about staying inside bcuz being outside for more than 5 minutes would cause frostbite. We've since moved to East Tennessee; It's MUCH warmer here. ☃ Edit: During the Vortex I did actually go outside. I used to smoke and I had run out, so I got in the car to go to the gas station. I went to ash my cigarette out of the window that I had rolled down only to see that the window was still up, or so I thought... It was actually a wall of ice. 🌀

[@crystaldallavalle6978]

I'm Chicago born and bred, moved to Michigan in 1992; so I'm well versed in both of these cold areas. During the Polar Vortex, I worked at a hospital in their outpatient lab drawing blood....when that occurred, the hospital SHUT DOWN all outpatient services and cancelled all appointments not deemed necessary and critical, drs. offices closed. We had an employee in our department who worked at the hospital for 30 years and said the hospital had NEVER shut down for anything before!

[@GKinslayer]

@@crystaldallavalle6978 I was born and grew up in MI till I was 13 and I experienced one of the worst winters in 1977. But in 1994 I was working outside Chicago in Jan when they nearly broke the all-time record for cold - -27 F, with windchill, was felt like -50F. I was outside at 6 AM and poured a cup of water on the concrete - I counted to 10 and it had frozen solid. Oh man - Indiana WARM???? Wow - google images for Indiana winter.

[@funsalmon]

it's much warmer, with 9000% humidity and mosquitos the size of dogs

[@richlisola1]

I remember that winter, I’m from New York. One time I was out at a bar with friends, and I left my cellphone in my car. When I went back to retrieve it, it wouldn’t turn on because it was so cold. Was nearly zero degrees Fahrenheit.

[@froggergypsy4596]

I was broke and my rv broke down during polar vortex. I had to walk to go get food from the one convienance store that was open. Walking there was no problem when i left store wind was full force i couldnt even make it across street which was very busy. The wind was blowing me everywhere. I had to find ride to take me 4 blocks

[@jefferyarmor6575]

as someone from Illinois, the biggest struggle I've had the last few years is actually to get a warm enough coat. Most items are manufactured overseas and yeah it gets cold. but layer up and as long as your skin is covered you are fine.

[@elizabethpall8461]

Ugh it’s so annoying I live in Michigan and I totally agree finding the right coat is so hard

[@Dr.Spatula]

Northface if you have the money or Carhart for cheaper. Good coats aren't that hard to find

[@panachevitz]

Get a coat larger than you need, then also get a heavyweight or ultraheavyweight hoodie to wear under it, good hat, gloves, warm boots and you're good to start shoveling a glacier.

[@jakejager]

Used to be up north if it got 10 degrees Fahrenheit below zero the radio would regularly remind you to not have exposed skin when you go out and we wear lots of layers...I remember it got to 25 below zero (Fahrenheit) in Maine, we were outside a lot building snow houses and snowmobiling but we were bundled up with lots of layers. Thermal underwear, regular pants, gaters, snow pants, on top thermal undies, t-shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweater/sweat shirt, jacket then a parka with a real fur tunnel to protect your face from wind and a scarf to protect your face with insulation...lastly thick gloves. Sometimes you'd wear woolen gloves under thick ski gloves

[@Emily_Kelding]

The coldest temperature that I remember personally experiencing here in my small corner of Virginia was back in 2019 was around -42 C. It was absolutely insane!

[@avixxbus]

I found the "-9 Celsius" part at the beginning really funny. I live in Wisconsin, number 5, and it's currently noon on November 20, so not even winter yet, and it's -7 Celsius. Also regarding Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota not being on the snowiest states, I believe that has to do with it actually being TOO cold to have much snow. Alaska gets snow because they are colder year round, so more time even though they have the most extreme cold. But the midwest have about the same duration as the snowier states, just once again, too cold to actually snow.

[@psychicsocial]

This was so fun to watch. I live in Montana in the US and it's -16F right now. This is pretty normal for winter here, usually it's colder.

[@pataoyang4563]

Minnesotan here. During the polar vortex and the crazy wind chills at the time, I was at work (working overnights) and could not start my car to go home for almost ~30 minutes. And after I finally got it started, it took forever to warm it up enough to drive home after. I usually wear a hoodie or thin jacket throughout winter until it gets below 0°F, then I finally pull out my thicker coat. Lol. I usually only wear gloves if I have to brush my car off too.

[@debbiewilliams9154]

The record for the lowest temperature in the lower U.S. states is -70 degrees Fahrenheit on 1/20/1954 at Roger's Pass in Montana. In contrast, the highest temp in Montana was 117 farenheit in Glendive on 7/20/1893 and in Medicine Lake on 7/5/1937. One thing about Montana, we rarely miss a season and the weather is never boring!

[@johncaswell2648]

Here in Colorado, the lowest temp recorded was -61F(-51C ish). I've seen -40 camping, which is the same F or C, it's so surreal, you can throw boiling water in the air and it freezes as dusty snow before it hits the ground. -20F(-28C) is the coldest we normally see in the more populated parts of the state thankfully. You get used to it, so by January-February I usually just need a sturdy coat, hat, and mittens to be okay outside. The altitude also helps, the air is less dense so it doesn't pull heat out quite as fast.

[@lkayh]

I grew up near Fraser-coldest recorded temp was -53F/-47.2C. The thing about Colorado is that you have those frigid lows up in the high mountains, but it’s really pretty temperate in Denver, and even more so on the Western Slope most of the time. The lack of humidity also makes it a lot more bearable.

[@sanniepstein4835]

I was born in Alaska, and never got used to it. I just learned to dress better.

[@kenkaufman9998]

It gets to -20F (-28C) every year in Chicago. With a wind of 15/20mph it's downright cilly. It gets much colder in other parts of the coutry, Minnesota gets to -40F (-40C). Other states have recorded even Colder temps. England in winter is almost shorts weather in Chicago. You will know it gets cold when while at work your parking lots have Engine Oil Warmers to replace your dip stick so your car starts.

[@NTJ1984]

I live in Bemidji Minnesota, so one of the larger northern towns in the state. There was a winter in my early to mid twenties when I was working at Walmart as a cart pusher. For those of you who don't understand what the job was, I would go out, along with others, to collect the shopping carts/buggies that the customers would push out to their cars to unload their groceries and other purchases and bring them back to the store interior. The one winter I worked there in that position, the temp dropped to -40°F. The wind was blowing extremely hard that night, so with the sun down, the wind blowing and the temp as low as it was, we hit -80°F with the wind chill. I have never been in a winter that cold before or since in my life that I can remember. Fun bonus fact, look up the October 1996 Blizzard in Minnesota. We had so much snow it was over cars by feet. In some cases of low to the ground built buildings it was almost as high as the roofs.

[@dreesexton4269]

I was in Anchorage, Alaska when it was about - 60 Degrees F. My friends and I thought it would be fun to take a picture of us pretending to have a picnic by the glacier we were visiting. The picture only took about 3 minutes and we were all exhibiting signs of hypothermia by the time we got back in the car. Still a fun memory though ☺️

[@michaelshawii6722]

Hypothermia at 60 degrees?

[@dreesexton4269]

@@michaelshawii6722 lol...the symbol to the left is trying to show it was minus 60 Degrees

[@michaelshawii6722]

@@dreesexton4269 ah. I didn't see that with how it was formatted from my p.o.v. Thank you.

[@islajadepierre9060]

I've lived in Chicago my whole life and honestly I think our bodies are just used to the climate. As far as how many layers we wear, that's on an individual decision. I usually just wear my jeans, a turtle neck, thick socks, and a puffy coat and im alright. During the polar vortex I didn't leave my house.

[@kabirconsiders]

Having a really good winter coat must be essential

[@k_salter]

@@kabirconsiders That's the key... layers of warm clothes. You also don't want to sweat too much when it's that cold- and believe me you can if you are out in the high sun - so being able to strip layers helps, too. I grew up in New England, still here, and would miss winter if I moved to a warmer climate.

[@Tleeshan]

Layers are essential here in Indy too. And the weather is so bipolar here.

[@Cricket2731]

You forgot the silk/wool long johns! The nice thing about those fabrics, is that they keep you warm when wet. Wet cotton kills!

[@petenielsen6683]

And its being called The Windy City has nothing to do with the weather. It was a newspaper journalist calling the Chicago politicians out for being windbags.

[@chelleyroberts]

Layers and types of layers. Flannel lined jeans are good. Cuddleduds are nice to have. Pinching your hubby’s/father’s hunting overalls if you gotta go out is a good idea. Actually, if you’re in a really cold place, the hunting gear section at the store is a good place to go. Deer hunters are hiding up in trees from before dawn for hours, so they have good gear for keeping warm. Things designed to be warm without being so bulky you can’t move. And heated socks.

[@svenska81]

Having an attached garage and having an engine warmer, having extra gasline antifreeze in my car, lock de-icer in my purse, also an emergency kit with extra clothes, a candle in a can, a long down coat and I survived the blizzard of 77 -78 in Chicago. I’m originally from near Buffalo, so that was an advantage 🌬🌨⛄️

[@Jenissuperhero]

I grew up in Michigan and I like ice climbing on the cliffs of Lake Superior. Last time I was climbing, daytime temperature was -22F (-30C) but wind chill was -45F (-43C). We set out and cross countries skied six miles to the cliffs, climbed for a few hours, built a snow shelter, made some hot beverages, and skied back. It was such a phenomenal few days of climbing! Layering, layering is so important in the cold!

[@SessaV]

When he said -9 I let out a laugh, being a Michigan girl

[@behindyou4133]

Especially when he said he imagined people bundle up in that weather, all I can think about are my neighbors who shovel there driveway in shorts

[@thediscombobulationzonecov6972]

At this time I live in Texas, I’m from Minnesota. My brother and his family came down to visit from Minnesota for Christmas and everyone here was feeling bad for them as it was 17° F and what a shame. I said this was 34° warmer here at this point then there. They will be happy with a 34° improvement. With windchill it was even warmer here so that wasn’t a issue either! Great reaction video and thx

[@davidklatzko7111]

13:59 it hit -69 with wind chill when I was in high school. My school was 1 of 2 schools even open that day. I walked out to the car at 11 pm and every last drop of moisture in my mouth/ throat, nose, and of course eyes, froze. At those temperatures, it’s a little annoying to breath but it’s fun here in the winter. You betcha.