British Couple Reacts to 5 U.S. States With Way Colder Winters than Britain

[@nickel1704]

Minnesotan here. The snowiest states in the U.S. are east coast states who experience "lake effect" snow which happens when frigid air blowing over a large, warmer body of water (the great lakes) causes a massive snowstorm thanks to the lake’s moisture. So while Minnesota is a very snowy state in the winter, thanks to it's location, it does not get lake effect snow. We do border Lake Superior but it is the coldest lake out of the great lakes, and is to the east of the state so the wind carries snow away from it.

[@saltydog7038]

It is also too cold to snow much of the winter in many parts of Minnesota

[@pjschmid2251]

You would expect that to be true but interestingly enough the five snowiest states are Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Colorado and then Alaska. The lake affect snow states like New York and Michigan are for a little bit further down the list. So it seems that mountainous terrain beats lake affect when you look at total snow amounts.

[@davidcosta2244]

Don't forget Nor'easters.

[@bigfellamike1913]

@@pjschmid2251 He said east coast states.... vermont Maine and new Hampshire are east coast states lol. And I think he's talking about the worst snows not the most annually

[@jaybird4756]

Minnesota here also...Duluth, and we get piles of lake effect snow. I'm guessing you're from the cities...

[@michaelevans1193]

My best friend’s family is from central Wisconsin. He told me of the time he looked outside and it was snowing. His uncle’s response was “Great, it’s warmed up!” When I asked what he meant I was informed that it can get too cold to snow. Decided I loved living in the mid-Atlantic

[@Steve-318]

The colder the air the more it squeezes the moisture out, why when we were below zero F for a couple weeks in december the dew points were like in the mid teens, very dry air.

[@Thatguyjack758]

The bigger the flakes the warmer it is

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

Oh, it can snow at those temperatures, but it's a different kind of snow, a thin dry powder, and you generally don't get that much of it at a time. There *is* a place on the planet where it does literally get too cold to snow, but it's in Antarctica. (It's called the Dry Valleys.)

[@nyarlathotep616]

Ah from my neck of the woods. This warm weather is ghastly.

[@avatar997]

Right. When I lived in Interior Alaska, the intense cold temperatures came under high pressure and clear skies. It has to cloud over to snow, and the overcast will generally raise temperatures as well. At 50-60 below zero we had clear skies with ice fog. Horizonal visibility in ice fog can be very low while if you look straight up, you can see stars. If it clouded over to snow, the clouds themselves insulated the ground, reduced heat loss. We didn't expect to see snow until it warmed up to -20 or -25, and even then it would be small, dry flakes.

[@justinrockholt7055]

Being an Alaskan, from Fairbanks, I went out on a walk on a nice day. I think it was -71 F. Normal coat. I was fine. Dude from Florida damn near froze

[@Meg0307]

I'm in Wisconsin, we have cold winters, but our summers are nice and warm. Between 70-90°F (21-32°C) is normal summer weather. It's a beautiful state especially along Lake Michigan. Our dairy products are unparalleled, not to mention our beer, brats (bratwurst), and cranberries! Don't let the cold weather deter you.

[@blueptconvertible]

Wisconsin ❄️🍺🌭🧀

[@jarrettlowery2802]

I'm from Mississippi but I've been living in Sheboygan for work the past couple of months and the locals tell me this winter is actually quite mild. And it's still usually below freezing

[@Meg0307]

@@jarrettlowery2802 Yeah this has been the mildest winter (so far) that I can ever remember. It may have set some records. Very unusually "warm" temps, not nearly as much snow. You really lucked out. Lol

[@avatar997]

This Alaskan approves this message. Long winters but intense summers.

[@Meg0307]

@@avatar997 I would love to live in Alaska! Only thing stopping me is the cost of living there and lack of available homes.

[@phillipreed6599]

Clear skies create colder temps. The heat escapes. Think of a desert at night. So you are usually very snowy or very cold, until getting to the tundra in Siberia, Canada, and Alaska

[@georgebennett8159]

I grew up in Alaska and went to school in Fairbanks. I lived about 5 miles northwest of Fairbanks and we went to school in weather that was as low as -55 F. when the weather got as low as -60 F we didn't go to school because the buses couldn't run when it was that cold. The lowest temp I ever experienced in Alaska was with wind chill -100 F. I stayed indoors.

[@michaelmardling3152]

Fairbanks reminds me only of Ice Road Truckers, how cold it is to truck from there or anywhere delivering equipment of stuff, would be brutal, especially if anything happens to trucks, and they have to repair or chain up

[@halah34]

Are you a turtle?

[@vanessaedgar3371]

@@maddievlogs438 Ah yes, circulating heaters, battery blankets. My dad fixed mine up so that I also had paddle heaters on my oil pan and transmission as well as a trickle charger on my battery. My car always started unless some jerk unplugged it during the night.

[@anitasherwin543]

My dad was stationed in Fairbanks when I was in the 4th and 5th grades. We had to walk to school 😆.

[@sherlockatholmes]

waiting for the school buses in the winter was terrible and you got weather like that every year

[@rons3634]

I grew up in Illinois (just outside of Chicago) in the mid to late 1960's. I recall going to school on some winter mornings where it hurt to breathe because the air was so cold. Sometimes, nose hairs would freeze and breathing thru the nose was like a wind blowing through stalactites in a cave.

[@alanw9677]

Ron is right on! I grew up IN north Chicago. You can’t really understand wind chill until you actually go out in a very cold winter storm. My childhood annoyance going from 1st grade to 12th grade we Never had ONE snow day off!!! Chicago was so well equipped to deal with snow that all the main streets were continually being cleared! And the worse blizzard I experienced in school, 67” in 3 days,🌨💨 happened during our 2 week Christmas break 😡! The only way to find your car parked on the street was to look for an antenna sticking out of the snow! Left home at 18 and have been below the mason dixon line ever since 🌴🥥🍉🥑🍹🚣‍♂️🏍⛵️😉

[@rachaelcarmichael5899]

Grew up visiting family in Chicagoland and now living in the city, the breathing in the cold is legit the worst. The wind makes it so much worse too

[@gsh341]

All the temperatures he stated were WITHOUT wind chill. Oddly enough, just 6 days after that record cold of -60°F (-51°C), the temperature was +48°F (+9°C) a total temperature change of 108°F (60°C).During the summers, the temperature can get into the 90°F range (32°C). But Minnesota's record high temperature was 115°F (46°C) on July 29, 1917. That's a total possible temperature change of 175°F (97°C). That is a BIG potential annual change.

[@colleenweisbrich5463]

As a Minnesota resident, its not ever too cold really to snow. It depends on the moisture in the air. That being said, Minnesota is a very dry air state through the winters. As the air gets warmer we tend to have more moisture in the air so you'll see heavier snow falls in late February and early March. Sometimes, well get a heavy snowfall from huge cold fronts that bring heavy moist air from Canada.

[@debbylou5729]

You just explained how it was too cold to snow…..’as the air gets warmer….’

[@mastiffmom2592]

Dry winter air, gotta love static electricity!

[@robertdysonn]

I’m here in Colorado and we’re definitely not one of the coldest states but we can see some very cold temperatures and it’s just common knowledge that when it gets too cold, they will not snow. I’m not sure exactly what that point is but most of the time, if your Below Zero, there won’t be any kind of snowfall at all.

[@troythompson1768]

I gotta figure the dry winters are largely because of the position of the Jet Stream. We get to live with the fun of having no oceans to moderate our weather, but still having no relief between us and the Arctic to the north and the Gulf to the south to inhibit the weather from those places coming here, so the Jet Stream will form this boundary where there's cold, dry Arctic air to the north and hot, humid Gulf air to the south. During the summer months, the Jet Stream tends to pass through Minnesota (very often near Duluth), but during the winter it's usually down in like Arkansas and Tennessee.

[@donaldstewart8342]

I grew up in northern Wisconsin and they didn't call off school unless it got below - 35F, Also we went snowmobiling once when it was -40 F.Yeah we were crazy. When it got that cold you could hear tree trunks exploding from the sap inside freezing,sounds like rifles firing.

[@erics607]

I'm not sure if you follow Jonna Jinton on here, but she lives in northern Sweden and records life in the middle of winter there. You will here trees "exploding" and then she records the ice snapping and making weird noises. It kind of sounds like whales which is really cool.

[@patriciaabatemarco3834]

When I was 17 my boss at Mcdonalds picked me up on his snowmobile for my shift. Considering it was a blizzard and roads were closed not sure how he thought customers would get there and who risks their life for a Big Mac? Obviously he brought me home two hours later.

[@Smedley61]

From Wisconsin (we still have a home there) but currently living in Florida. We just got back from the holidays up there. Our daughters boyfriend joined us for a week. He's from the Philipinnes and furthest north he'd been prior was Memphis, TN. While he was up he was fortunate enough to experience -51F wind chill. It was great.

[@twngrl56]

14:24 That's Not with the Wind Chill. LOL * 15:50 North Dakota is 'ALWAYS' Windy. So 'ADD' the heavy wind WITH the Temp..... it's unbearable! My daughter lived in Minot ND when her husband was in the Air Force and I'm SO glad she does not live there anymore LOL.

[@drifter82935]

I'm from Wyoming and the coldest temperature ever measured was on February 9, 1933 at Yellowstone Park. The temperature was -66 F or -54 C. The current temperature outside right now is -9 C and it is expected to drop to -14 C tonight.

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

Good one for camping

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

I live in Buford...on a mountaintop...and we have constant wind... I was born in So Cal...and I lived there for my first 60 years... Moved to Nevada...1/2 hour from Lake Tahoe...and lived there for 13 years... Both places had VERY hot summers... We had central air conditioning... Now, at almost 77 years-old, I live in a home where we get snowed in... Big adjustment, but I do love it here!! So beautiful... No air pollution, no water pollution, no noise pollution...and no light pollution... The nighttime sky is breathtaking!! PS... I was in Scotland in May 1999, and it was much colder than I expected...

[@nyarlathotep616]

Lander represent.

[@rukus9585]

Just start a beef with an encroaching conglomerate, start the war, focus the cameras and wait for the boom. You could even adapt it into a snowy sitcom.

[@mastiffmom2592]

We visited Wyoming last year when we were heading to Yellowstone but, flooding. We ended up in The Grand Tetons, one of the most beautiful detours of our lives. We stayed in Jackson Hole, such a treasure. I can’t wait to get to Yellowstone though. It’ll happen!

[@andrewsikes6747]

Mainer here. One thing you will learn here is that Maine weather is random as it can be sunny one day and pouring another. We have had it snow on the 4th of July on summer as well. It was postponed for 2 days for the snow to go away.

[@lobsterhound1387]

its gonna be a cold one this weekend! BBBRRRRR!! forecast is showing -9 not counting the 50 mph windgusts.... "you dont like the weather, just wait a minute."

[@donglass9072]

I got 10ft, deep of snow drifts in my front yard. Here in N.E. South Dakota. With a low tonight of 7* above zero F. Wind chill minus -12 below.

[@RobinPoe]

I used to live in Anchorage, Alaska. It's not so much how cold the winter gets, but how long the winter is. It starts in September when the snow starts sprinkling the tops of the hills (called "termination dust") and the snow doesn't go away until late May. The old joke is that Alaska has four seasons: June, July, August and WINTER! If you want somewhere to stay in America with similar weather to the UK, go to Seattle.

[@YOSHI450R]

My cousin was stationed at Elmendorf AFB for a while and he said the winters in Anchorage where alot nicer then where we grew up in Northern Minnesota, I went to visit him and loved it, the Bed and Breakfast place that hosted us had the best jam I've ever had, Salmon Berry Jam it was so good.

[@blenhinton7566]

I used to live in North Dakota. I remember about 3 weeks when it didn't get about -30 Fahrenheit. The coldest that I ever experienced was -45 with a wind chill of -98. Although you do acclimate to it somewhat, it is literally painfully cold. Any exposed shin instantly starts to sting. It's hard to breathe without a scarf over your face. If you don't plug your car in to keep the oil warm, you won't be able to start it. The ground disappears in early November, and you don't see it again until April. You learn how to cope with it, but it isn't easy.

[@avatar997]

In Fairbanks, during the cold spells (-30 to -50 below for weeks), you just lived your life like you were on the moon. You put on heavy protective garments before venturing outside and travelled from one indoor, heated location to another in a pre-heated vehicle. You spent all your time indoors. Outdoor activities were limited to reacting to emergencies--clearing out chimney problems, rescuing stuck or disabled vehicles. And let's face it--after the temps fall below about -45 below, the actual temperature is academic: it all feels about the same. :)

[@debbylou5729]

I’m guessing the engine block was being heated. I lived in Montana, and yes you win…we had some rolling hills to slow the wind, and we had a block heater we plugged in. I probably broke the cord 5 or t times before I remembered to ‘unplug the car’. People really can’t imagine it being so cold that it would crack an engine block

[@codymoe4986]

@DebbyLou...I suppose if you forget to put in antifreeze, that may be of some concern... How's does a block heater keep your coolant in the radiator from freezing?

[@lisakaren69]

Moved to North Dakota just under a year ago in a small town on the Canadian border. Can definitely vouch for the cold. Surprising how 32 degrees can feel downright pleasant when it happens

[@gmom1]

I've lived in Wisconsin for the last 20 yrs and I love it here. I lived in Chicago a few years and the weather is beyond cold with that cold wind blowing off Lake Michigan ! Omg The summer time is great ! We have more festivals like Chocolate fest Strawberry fest Summer Fest were it's star infested for 2 weeks of great music! I love Wisconsin !

[@Smedley61]

So do I.

[@debbylou5729]

Okey dokey, shuuuure

[@gmom1]

@@debbylou5729 lol I guess it's a required taste !! I love the snow !

[@sherlockatholmes]

don't forget Lake Michigan runs up the whole western Wisconsin

[@MrTwisted003]

It technically can't get too cold to snow. It's literally the same as rain as it's also precipitation, just frozen. Hail is rain that freezes on the way down, and snow is when it's so cold [in the clouds] that instead of water forming, it's ice crystals. It's all about the moisture in the clouds/storms. Drier areas tend to get less snow/rain, just as wetter areas get more snow/rain. That's all it is. Some people might say that warmth is what causes clouds to form and precipitate, but pressure does this also.

[@jeffrielley920]

Nashville, TN - considered to be South in the US. This summer we hit 101°F, or 38 Celsius. Christmas day was -1°F or -17 Celsius. The UK just doesn't experience wild temperature swings.

[@katwithattitude5062]

I live in the southern portion of Wisconsin. I've been known to go out to get the mail barefoot in the snow, and once had to go out in the snow in my nightgown (Don't ask). The cold isn't that bad if you layer your clothing and don't stay out too long. I've always thought it's easier to keep warm than it is to stay cool in the incredibly hot and humid summers we get.

[@markb5441]

UPS drivers are still in shorts at that temperature

[@avatar997]

I have lived in Fairbanks and Phoenix. I agree. (I have also ran barefoot across the ice in my nightie--I can dig it.)

[@anchorskid]

Somewhere in my house there's a photo of my mom shoveling Minnesota snow in shorts, tennies and a sleeveless blouse. I wonder where it is...

[@katwithattitude5062]

@@anchorskid The time I mentioned being out in my nightgown in the snow was when my late mother was in the backyard feeding the birds and fell down in two feet of snow. She couldn't get up again. I had to go out and help her up. I was not only in my nightgown but barefoot as well.

[@anchorskid]

@@katwithattitude5062 Glad you were there to help.

[@michaelschemlab]

5:41 Tardigrades are microscopic organisms that are known to brave the wildest of extremes. They’ve survived in ice, but also in boiling water for extended periods. Moreover, they can stop breathing for long periods and they have even traveled to outer space, surviving without an astronaut's suit.

[@SherriLyle80s]

Or aka Water Bears!

[@alaxbird4954]

There's a city called Hell in Michigan. and it freezes over every year.

[@nonyadambusness5158]

I'm from Georgia. Over Christmas weekend it dropped down to 2 degrees Fahrenheit, wind chill was -13 degrees Fahrenheit. My well froze. I love cold weather, but if it's going to be that cold we deserve snow! ❄️ 😃

[@TheLwaller09]

Up here they'd be like "just add an extra layer or two and we can still go play a round of golf" 🤣🤣

[@nonyadambusness5158]

@@TheLwaller09 where is 'up here'?

[@TheLwaller09]

@Nonya Dambusness I've lived in Ohio, PA and Michigan lol. Currently Ohio.

[@nonyadambusness5158]

I'm jealous. I've lived my entire life in Georgia, first 18 years near Savannah, since then the foothills of the blue Ridge mountains area. I would love to get real snow! A friend recently moved to Montana. I so wish I could have moved too.

[@purpleclouds480]

Yea today Eastern PA is getting a low of 9 today and I have a swim meet so I’m gonna be an ice cube

[@TrueThanny]

12:45 It's never too cold to snow. It's true in many areas that the weather systems which are capable of bringing precipitation tend to raise the temperature, but it's a mistake to think that it's ever too cold to snow. You can also still get snow well into the 40's (Fahrenheit), though it's unusual. It's a question of layered temperatures. Here in NJ, I've seen snow in temperatures ranging from about 10F to about 40F. It's normally between 25F and 35F, however. In places like Siberia and Antarctica, temperatures are routinely well below zero with a whole lot of snow.

[@flynnster]

My coldest day in Montreal Canada was - 31.7 c or - 25.06 f we skated that day and had hot chocolate after we played in the snow. Dressed warm several layers of clothing.

[@arthurslaughter4122]

I live in Eau Claire WI, West Central Wisconsin. Winters here are interesting . So far this year we have had some sub zero F readings, a week of above freezing weather now coming to an end with about nine inches of snow in the forecast, Never a dull moment here,

[@shirleybewley6646]

I grew up in central Washington State. There was usually a period of time in January that was usual for the temps to drop to -25 sometimes a little more. We put cardboard in the front of our car radiators so the would run. That was 1950's-60's just outside of a little town called Cle Elum nestled on the east side foot of the cascades. Wind blows there so I'm sure the Wind chill was much lower.

[@kevinduveneck1504]

We get those cold temperatures in northern states from cold air dropping down from Canada. If you think those temps are cold you can only imagine what the temps are in Canadian provinces such as western Ontario, Manitoba and the other western provinces.

[@rhiahlMT]

The Artic air flow dips down around eastern Montana, I'm in western Montana. North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin really get hammered. That last freeze we had I got to -43 F and my furnace stopped working. We went two days into it with no heat. Repair couldn't come out for a week. Then it dawned on me the thermostat may be out. Yep, that was it.

[@andrealowe1083]

Yellowstone in the Winter time is beautiful.

[@xdarockstar2560]

I live in Santa Monica California USA and it's always beautiful here even in the winter time you can drive up into the LA mountains if you want to see the snow or you can stay where I live and see the beach maybe a little chilly but it's still

[@ryanburnham1932]

I live in interior Alaska, in what is considered the coldest town on the road system. Winters have started to warm up here but we did just have a week below -50F and residents were reporting lows of -66F during that time. It really as bad as it sounds especially when you consider we reached 90F, or 32C, last summer. As far as snow goes, that is a matter of how close to water you are or your elevation; also being far from water means your temperature is likely to go to both hot and cold extremes but you are less likely to have any form of precipitation, this is further affected by mountain ranges.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

You have clearly never stood at the corner of California and Jones, atop Nob Hill, in San Francisco in July.

[@lindajohns7063]

We lived in AK for two yrs in the 1980s in a tiny town about 100 miles from Fairbanks. It got down to -55F a few times while we were there. We went out in it to go shopping, etc but only for a few minutes at a time. My feet were getting numb just walking from our car into the grocery store, which took less than 90 seconds. It was almost always windy where we were too, so it felt even colder. Summers were fantastic though!

[@scottbmedic]

I used to live in Old Orchard Beach Maine on the south coast and even there it would get far below freezing. One time I was at a stop sign and I looked across the road and there were people standing on the sidewalk at a pizza place that had that had outside windows to order and they were ordering pizza. Unusual well it was February and 11 degrees F

[@rg20322]

Holy crap - that was a complicated conversation starting @2:39. I do understand the climatization effect, which is how you adapt to your local elements, and when travelling experiencing something totally different. For example - I'm in NH and temps vary from below freezing to 32 degrees F during the winter, with the exception of this year where it is toasty. There have been certain winters when below freezing was the normal for over a month with cutting winds. Then - People think that 90 degrees F is very hot, and especially with humidity. I've travelled and found that Japan during the summer in Tokyo was unbearable based on 100 percent humidity! I would walk to work for 3 blocks and be absolutely soaked to the skin. I would carry an extra shirt to change into when arriving at the office.

[@jeffreydarwin2523]

Minnesota here also, oI was born in the 1950's , when I was a child I remember playing outside when it was -20 degrees and a 20 degree windchill so basically -40 . We used to go skiing and ice skating, we also built snow forts in the huge snow piles. We all learned how to layer our clothes to stay warm. My coldest winter ever was -40 with a windchill of -40 that was a day they closed all the schools and we stayed inside.

[@EskimoUlu]

I live in Fairbanks, I have seen it drop to -60F (-51C). During the Summer it can get up to 85F (29C). Also during these extremes during the Winter the sun barely rises, and during the Summer it seemingly never sets.

[@donuttech635]

Hello from Wisconsin. Just got done shoveling 6” of snow today. I love both summer temps and winter. Spent 4 years in the Army in Kansas. Way too hot. I always tell people that cold temps are easier to handle than hot. You can always put more clothes on to get warm, but you can only take off so much unless you want to get arrested.

[@allanlank]

Due to the "Continental climate", separated from the ocean on the east by the Appalachian Mountains and the west by the Rocky Mountains, some places are very cold in the winter AND very hot in the summer.

[@mandeepeterson2297]

I live in southeast Idaho. We have some pretty cold winters here. I remember winters with a couple of weeks where the high temperature of the day was -8°F during the day. Where I live is high desert, so we have warm summers too. It's usual to hit 100° F or a little more a few times then. Certainly not as hot as southern states, but plenty warm.

[@Tux.Penguin]

Simple solution for tourists: Visit the south in the winter and the north in the summer. And don’t get that switched round or you’ll be sorry.

[@dawnabergthold102]

wind makes a huge difference

[@HistoryNerd808]

I think people underestimate how cold even non-Northern states can get. For instance, I live in NE Texas and it's not unusual for winters to get below freezing in the dead o winter. It's actually been a pretty warm winter(it's 66° right now) but around Christmas, during the cold spell that hit pretty much the whole country, it actually dipped to something like 20, 25° before even factoring in wind chill.

[@MichelleA81]

Same over here in Florida. ⛄️🌴

[@pjschmid2251]

Wait a minute you have a Cubs logo on your avatar so you must know that 20 - 25° is nothing. Yeah it’s cold for Texas but in general it’s just winter (no biggie).

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@pjschmid2251 Yeah, I know, I lived in the Chicagoland area for 3 or 4 years when I was little. I know it's relatively warm(I actually think it got even colder than that, now that I think about it) but my general point was that Texas gets colder than its reputation as a desert state(that is really only West Texas) would indicate.

[@thegingergyrl455]

It was around 12 F here in Dallas about mid December 2022. It definitely gets very cold here in Texas during the winter at times.

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@thegingergyrl455 Yeah, only live a couple hours east of you and it got really cold then. I definitely undersold it a little bit.

[@uppity1]

Coldest winter I experienced was growing up in Pennsylvania. We had an ice storm and below zero temps. The train rail switches were freezing, so the maintenance crews burned big iron vats of heavy engine grease next to all the major switches to keep them warm enough so they could be put into the right place to direct trains onto the correct tracks. Made for a kind of pretty sight at night on the train when you rounded a bend and could see glowing pots along the tracks

[@brendarees1309]

Coldest temperature in my state was -50F (-45.5C). Where I live the coldest temperature was -34F or -36.7C. A "snow day" where you get out of school had to get more than 10 inches of snow. It was snowed on every day of the year (not in the same year, of course). Record high in the summer is 101F or 38C. But it's a dry heat. Very low humidity. I live at 5800 ft (1768M) above sea level in the mountains. Tornadoes are rare, but we got one in 1985.

[@frederickknapp5340]

right now as I watch this, it is 31 F and expecting 3 to 5 inches of snow tonight

[@Pinkfong2]

Always wanted to live in a state colder than my own, in particular Minnesota. Love the cold and snow. Most people can’t wait to retire and head south. Not sure what they like about sweating.

[@codymoe4986]

Probably the same thing they hate about freezing your fingers...temperature extremes suck...

[@ilandgrl]

I'm on Long Island, New York - the most southern part of New York. Our winters are cold but they also vary depending on the jet stream. We can get the higher temps up from the south and it'll be 50* in Jan or the frigid temps from Canada and it'll be 15*. So it's really a crap shoot and we rely on outside thermostats so we know how heavy of a coat we need to wear.

[@Regulator81]

I worked on the oil rigs and it was -70 with the windchill and we had rotate every 15 minutes for work.

[@55tallanh]

My entire childhood was spent growing up in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. I recall going skiing when it was -30 F or -35 C. It was fun...

[@m.a.robbins4907]

Interesting thing about Fairbanks is it will hit those low temperatures mentioned in the video during the winter. But it will also break 100 F in the summer.

[@outaview]

Hello again. Great video. Wisconsin resident here, I really prefer winter to summer as the heat here is insane. As to winter we really have more cold day than snow. It has not been terrible yet but February gets cold. I have seen many times where we get -55 degrees a few times. It’s good to keep your gas tank more than 1/2 full so it won’t freeze. Lawrence showed a picture of himself outside the Mitchell Domes Park (inside plants, birds etc known in the Midwest). I live about 3 blocks West of where he stood. Those people that ski and enjoy winter sports we use snow machines when regular snow is done.

[@SGlitz]

I grew up in Michigan with snow, lake effect wind and cold (-20F being the worst and winters where a positive double digit F was a novelty). Now I live in Arizona where we spend most of the summer over 40+ C. Our yearly average is 89F (32C). Cold here is 40s and 50s F in December and January days, but not most (10C).

[@Spikedwatur]

Maine here! I can tell you that we get more snow, then freezing Temps. Snow acts like a type of installation and as we get snow the slightly high our Temps are. We get more below 0 Temps when we don't have snow yet. Also, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin, has part of thier states effected by what's call the lake effect from the great lakes, which can cause colder temperatures and more snow in some places more then others.

[@BarabooTycoon]

Those temperatures are without windchill. The Rocky Mountains get alot of the snow and the east side of the Great Lakes get lake effect snow. Wisconsin summers can get in the upper 90's and humid.

[@HLB512]

I’m from NJ and now live in PEnnsylvania. I love snow… tubing, snowboarding, skiing. It’s when the temperature dips down 10 degrees Fahrenheit and below that I’m not a fan of, then it freezes and makes travel dangerous. When it starts warming up to 40s I am too hot in my coat.

[@johnmccarthy-behindtheveil]

Wisconson and Minnesota are on the Western side of the great lakes. Most of the lake effect snow occurs on the east side of those lakes.

[@creativelygrowingcreativity]

Having lived in both the Colorado mountains and in the North Woods of Wisconsin it often had to warm up to snow. When the temperature was to low for snow we would often have ice storms. I also have lived in the southern part of the U.S. and even though the temperature is not as cold you feel it a lot more when the air has more water in it. Up north it is often a dry cold, and even the snow is dryer and lighter.

[@GoPoketheBird]

My coworker lived in Wyoming all his life but says that it always feels so much colder down here in oklahoma than it did in wyoming, all because of the humidity.

[@randallsprink8390]

I live in Milwaukee, WI and Lake Michigan is only 1 km from my house. Due to the lake the ave temp in the summer is 70-80 degrees F every day. The lake keeps the temp 5+ degrees warmer in the winter. We wear shorts here until it’s below 35 F

[@Smedley61]

Growing up in Wisconsin, I was always told that it could get too cold to snow, basically the cold sucking the moisture out of the air. Also limited moisture fuel coming from the west. Michigan would most likely get more snow because it's on the eastern side of Lake Michigan and has Lake Huron to the north. Those lakes would also keep Michigan slightly warmer in the winter time.

[@sherlockatholmes]

grew up in Wisconsin but live in Alaska now and it and does get to cold to snow for 2 or 3 months of our winter. it generally starts snowing in october and then stops snowing until January or February and then we get so much snow we run out of places to put it.

[@givaFlyingFiggz]

I spent most my life in Minne-snow-ta. It is a beautiful state, even in Winter. The large flake snow falls are absolutely the BEST. The large flakes absorb sound making for a VERY quiet peaceful experience. Cold? It's relative. 50 degrees in Autumn (cold) is different than 50 degrees in Spring (shorts and T-shirt weather because of built up tolerance).

[@paulabaus4774]

I live in Wisconsin and have all my 67 years. The winter temperatures may seem cold now, but it is nothing like it was even in the 60s and 70s. I love the winter as it is so beautiful. And yes, it can be too cold to snow.

[@tomevans7567]

I live in Alaska and I ride a trike during the winter. The coldest I have ridden it in is around minus 25f ( minus 29C)

[@manxkin]

It's actually a balmy 35 degrees F and raining here in Chicagoland tonight. Snowing just north of us in Wisconsin.

[@rachellesommerfeld6575]

in Minnesota, we recently had 16.9 inches of snow in a day and a half.

[@Beans-1111]

Massachusetts gets a lot of blizzards. The highest snow we got is 6 feet.

[@shawnmiller4781]

You are correct it is often too cold for snow. Remember in order for it to snow (or rain) you need moisture in the air to the point the air is saturated with water but the colder it gets the less water is in the air. I can’t remember what temperature air can no longer hold moisture but I want to say it is around -10. Are in my part of Alaska when we get good snow what happened is moist air blows on from the ocean and chills over the cold land which makes the air loose it moisture which comes down as snow. This is also why Fairbanks Alaska, which is inland is so dry it is technically a desert in winter

[@xrysoryba]

I lived in Fairbanks, AK for 3 winters in the 1960s. The coldest it got was -62F but every winter we would have a period of about a week where the high for the day wouldn't reach -50F. That's why I now live in the Florida panhandle where most years we get 4 or 5 nights that drop below freezing but it gets up well above freezing in the day and most winter days are lows in the 40s or 50s and highs in the 60s or 70s. Today (18Jan) it was 75. I can't imagine you thinking 25C is hot. I don't even think about going to the beach until it's at least 30C/86F.

[@jeffreystanley7884]

Maine here... snow science is interesting. The best temp for snow is about 28°F and humidity levels of 70% or better. Maine being a state with a huge coastline has its weather affected by it and being cold that is why we are both one of the top 5 snowiest and coldest. Coolest recorded wind chill temp was -78°F and the most snow we have had in a 24 hour period was 40 inches. The area around the great lakes has some effect (mostly on eastern shores) on humidity which is why a place like Buffalo gets a lot in a 24 hour period but Wisconsin doesn't.

[@Longhauler85]

I believe around Christmas time last year in Chicken, AK, the wind chill was -75 (-54.4 degrees Celsius)

[@19jessejames83]

i have been in wisconsin all my life and we get around 8 inches of snow at one storm up to 2 feet at once. it depends on the weather but for the most of winter it is to cold to snow the moister just isnt there to snow.

[@beckycaughel7557]

Millie briefly mentioned windchill and when you factor that into these low temperatures it’s just mine blowing cold. I’m not sure I think it was maybe about 20 years ago where they changed how they factor windchill and so now it doesn’t seem quite as cold!

[@DougPowell01]

Here in Colorado we have a name that cannot tolerate 0.0 C or 32 F. We refer to them as "weather wimps" I once heard that in -40 weather, if you spit, before it hits the pavement it freezes to bits of ice. I'll have to try it out this winter.

[@Snap-Anzahl]

@3:18 We had a blizzard come through a couple weeks ago. It got down to -28 Fahrenheit with the wind chill. You definitely feel the difference between -28F and 32F. (0 Celsius) Once you step outside the cold feels like it goes through your soul and instantly into your bones.

[@ashleyanderson3152]

Born and raised in North Dakota. What gets you isn't so much the temps on their own but the wind chill. Summer can reach higher than 100 F.

[@cjboyer4355]

I’ve been stuck in Nebraska near wyoming for 24 hours now riding out this storm.

[@justindye9443]

Iowan here, the worst I have seen is -30 or so before wind chill. Add that in and it was around -50. We all stayed home that day lol

[@jonhu4127]

I'm in Virginia. Christmas weekend was -19c (-2f) at its coldest point, and that was warm compared to some other places

[@John-dz2vk]

Snow relates to moisture. Minnesota is inland, & does not have ocean currents to provide evaporative moisture for snow. Though they probably get some moisture from the Great Lakes.

[@patguelcher8676]

In the early 80's when my wife and I lived in North Pole, Alaska(yes,yes,I know) about 13 miles away from Fairbanks. We would routinely go ice skating at the outdoor rink for a couple of hours or cross country skiing when the temperature was -40° F, which ironically is -40° C. Like Millie was trying to say, you become acclimated to your surroundings. You must dress appropriately, but after -30° F the only difference is how fast your exposed skin freezes. When we started to get cold we we stop The temperature never stopped us from doing something outdoors if we wanted to. It is also very dry air in the winter in the interior of Alaska, humidity does make a significant difference in how your body feels cold!

[@krisbarski4226]

Millie talking about what weather you're used to reminded of the 1992 college football season when Illinois and Hawaii played in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego in southern California. The Hawaii players were walking around with parkas and the Illinois players were in shorts. The native San Diego were in business casual attire.

[@o0Silverwolf0o]

I'm from Duluth and its actually warmer here then the rest of the upper state due to the mighty Lake Superior regulating the temperature, but below 0 F is still normal during winter and anything near freezing is considered a nice warm day and some people will wear shorts out.

[@frankadams4792]

Lived in Lincoln, NE for many, many, many years. The record cold and wind chill; Cold: -36ºf (-38ºc), Wind Chill: -83ºf (-64ºc). Yeah, it can get rather cold in the midwest.

[@billybob7345]

On what you were trying to say at the beginning. You are absolutely right. I was born in NH and moved to FL in the middle of summer. It was miserable at first but by the time winter came around the 60° days were terribly cold.

[@greatgreyowl2583]

The lack of snow is caused by the same basic weather patterns that make up tornado alley. The Rocky Mountains have remove most the moisture before it get to the northern great plains. Anything east of the continental divide Tends to have low snow total, but big storms do over come that and dump large amount of snow at times.

[@ashleyrandall5319]

I was in high school during the great Minnesota average record of -60 F degrees. School allowed us to arrive 2 hours late that day; and we had to wear two layers of pants and jackets hats and mittens all through the day just to stay somewhat warm!

[@jenniferlemming3249]

North Dakotan here (moved to Bismarck 8 years ago). Sometimes it is so cold here (Google our temperatures since Thanksgiving), that your nose hair freezes.

[@rickileesinn3944]

I'm in Northern Minnesota. What gets us is the "wind chill". We have periodic -20°F days (or weeks) throughout the winter, but the wind chill turns that into anything from -25°F to -50°F. Very cold. It's a good thing I'm of Scandinavian descent, lol.

[@Jcp-mb9hw]

Just this past winter in Northwest iowa, we had negative -40 windchill for a bit companied by a blizzard.

[@gregcowen930]

Yea, my sister lives in North Dakota; she said when it gets up to freezing ( 32F 0C ) everyone is outside doing stuff!! She says it’s because everything below that feels so cold, so freezing feels warm

[@INDYANDY4C]

Christmas Eve it got to minus 30 Fahrenheit! The heat went out for 5-6 days at work and all our pipes burst. We had to use buckets to flush or go to the gas station. Indianapolis Airport

[@shadowangel3995]

I grew up down South in northern Georgia. I personally saw teens and signal digits in the Winter growing up, but the coldest temperature on record is -17F. I now live in the north east and work at a ski resort on the tallest mountain in the area. We get some nasty cold weather up here, but it’s nothing compared to parts of New England. Also, yes it is very possible to be too cold for snow; that’s why Antartica is considered a desert. A desert is any land mass that gets less then 10 inches of precipitation a year, it doesn’t matter if that’s due to cold or to heat. Sadly most people think of deserts as hot, dry places; in reality they can also be cold, dry places as well.

[@lalida6432]

Hi! Grew up in Michigan, in especially the Detroit Area. We had some pretty bad winters there. Although, not directly on a Great Lake, I felt fortunate because I had family in Chicago which is *directly* on a Great Lake and have always thought we were much warmer then them. In my head, I always felt fortunate to be further north because if we were that cold, I could not imagine how cold they must be! Still, we were no stranger to “wind chills;” blizzards; ‘lake effect snow’ and those cold, Canadian winds that often blew over us. Sometimes I think there is some camraderie amongst the Midwest states in that we all know what it is to be cold and have to deal with snow!

[@DanielPerez-lt4vw]

I did Arctic Warfare training at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. It was sixty below during that. CSC 2/508 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION.

[@watcher24186]

i'm from michigan, and the first time i went winter camping, it was -30 temp, and -50 with the windchill

[@samuel_towle]

Right now outside my home in New Hampshire February 4 2023 it is -12 F and wind blowing about 30 MPH. What makes this so much fun is that it was 45 F a couple of days ago and in three day it is supposed to be back to 45 F. You know shorts weather. The conditions on the Mount Washington Weather Observatory shows that is was -45 F all night with an average wind speed of 92 MPH where the wind chill is just -108 F

[@kylesummers1565]

Wisconsin is on the wrong side of the Great Lakes for the big snows (someone probably already mentioned that). Prevailing winds are from the west in the US.

[@skipkittleson1220]

This weekend it was a warm -110 in Maine with the wind chill