![]() "As requested on the CoCo RaHS site, here is my little story. Locals allowed that it was about minus 35º. "As far as I can remember, my coldest temperature was in the early 1970’s in Amherst, New Hampshire. (In the last 10 years there has been several winters without reaching a single -20F!)įYI: The local observer before me (Glen) at a site located in a similar environment about 20mi west in West Burke, VT) reported a -42F in the 1940's (his obs went from 1930-1998, without missing a single day!). "The coldest I've experience at this location ( Granby, VT: 30mi from Canada and 10mi from NH, with ob's started in 1982) was -38F in the mid-1980"s when every winter produced 3-5 readings at or below -35F. ![]() Of course that was in the days of the old wind chill scale!" My coldest wind chill was measured at -70F the next winter in Elka Park, NY at the top of Platte Clove in the Catskill Mountains where I was living at the time. No wind, but a sort of ice fog hanging in the air. But on the weather radio an hour later they said Newburgh, NY (30 miles further south) it was -30F so then I knew it was true. At first I thought “this is crazy, it cannot be that cold”. "My personal coldest morning was -33F in Ulster Park, NY in January 1994. In following our CoCoRaHS privacy policy, only first names have been used. but please put a jacket on first before you read these! Winter can be bitterly cold! What’s the coldest temperature you have ever personally experienced?ĭuring the Holiday Season of 2016 we asked our CoCoRaHS observers, “What’s the coldest temperature you have ever personally experienced?” We had an overwhelming response and below are their chilling stories from different regions across the country and in fact from places all over the world.
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