SO we finally hit the record Low temp in Cleveland history, for February, here in Cleveland, middle of the night...
-17*
(I think we saw -26* AND AROUND THAT, frequently in January 1976, iirc)
it hit -39* in Rome Ohio, about 25 miles from my house, my house was -20* when I looked early this a.m.
Hambden about 10 miles from me hit -30*...
WOW.
Are these temps with wind chill, or without? I didn't think it got that cold over there under the lakes.
I'm in Atlantic Canada, but it doesn't get terribly cold where I live...thanks to the ocean (and the Gulf Stream I guess). It very rarely gets colder than 5-10*F here. With wind chill, maybe -10*F to -13*F. So, February nights and mornings are often between 5-10*F, with daytime temps between 10-25*F.
The trade-off however is the rain that comes with the snow...and it's no fun. A usual "snow storm" here will start out in the 5-10*F range, and 6-12" of light fluffy snow will fall....then it will warm up in the afternoon and pour rain for a couple hours, and then all of that will flash freeze again by late afternoon or early evening...LOL. It will make your car look like an ice cube in the driveway, and it will make you go insane trying to scrape it off...LOL.
Yesterday morning was -24 at home, -27 at work, and a bit to the east Cotton MN bottomed out at -42F. Warmed up to mid/upper teens today but going into deep cold again this weekend.
Should be about done with the real cold stuff after that.
Some of the coldest temps I've seen were in MN while on work trips a few years back. It was also my first experience in driving full size pick-up trucks on lakes in the winter...lol. It doesn't get cold enough to do that in eastern Canada.
I arrived in Mankato in the winter and it was -40*F/C...whatever...it was frickin' cold. The gal at the front desk at the plant asked me if I brought the cold with me from Canada...lol.