Originally Posted by
JCNeumann
This winter is a PIA for the wild temperature swings. But...not the coldest.
Coldest I can remember was 93-94 in Boston, in particularly January. Below zero for about a month with nasty snow and wind chills.
This year for Chicago must be close, though. I helped a colleague walk through setting up a block heater for his car - he's never had to do that before..
in terms of pure cold, hard to beat Finland and Sweden. I played hockey there for a bit, and I don't remember the exact temps, but you could drive a car on most ponds. The air literally felt blue in December.
It might be very cold in Sweden and Finland but driving on lakes in these parts during the winter is quite common. There are whole villages of fish houses on area lakes. Some even have plowed "streets", pizza delivery, and garbage pickup.
