I stumbled upon this page (below), and immediately thought of the southerners on this board. Are you looking jersey lilly? I don't know if I am even tough enough to take those temps. They are from the other side of the state, but it gets cold here too. :wink: I see it is -38 in NE ND this AM. We are 22 above thankfully. Yesterday it made it above freezing. Wooo Hooo!
So you think this is cold?
Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1018 AM CST SAT FEB 3 2007
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
MOST SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENTS WOKE TO BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES THIS
MORNING WITH READINGS AS COLD AS 23 BELOW ZERO RECORDED IN ROSCOE.
WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RIGHT ON THROUGH
MONDAY...SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENTS WILL FACE THE COLDEST WEEKEND SO
FAR THIS WINTER. ALTHOUGH IT WAS QUITE FRIGID THIS MORNING...NO
NEW RECORDS WERE OBSERVED. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE MORE
MEMORABLE COLD FEBRUARYS IN THE ABERDEEN AREA.
FEBRUARY 1893...THREE OF THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH SAW HIGH
TEMPERATURES REACHING ONLY 20 BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
WAS 42 BELOW ZERO RECORDED ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.
FEBRUARY 1895...THE TEMPERATURE NEVER ROSE ABOVE ZERO DURING THE
FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH. ON THE 7TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
18 BELOW ZERO AND THE LOW FELL TO 46 BELOW ZERO.
FEBRUARY 1899...THE TEMPERATURE NEVER ROSE ABOVE ZERO DURING THE
FIRST TWELVE DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 8TH
WAS 21 BELOW ZERO AND THE LOW WAS 35 BELOW ZERO.
FEBRUARY 1936...FROM THE 4TH UNTIL THE 20TH...THE TEMPERATURE NEVER
ROSE ABOVE ZERO. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 15TH WAS 18 BELOW
ZERO AND THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 40 BELOW ZERO RECORDED THE
MORNING OF THE 16TH. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
16 BELOW ZERO. THE NORMAL LOW FOR FEBRUARY IN THE ABERDEEN AREA IS
8.8 DEGREES.
FEBRUARY 1989...THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH THE TEMPERATURE NEVER
ROSE ABOVE 1 BELOW ZERO. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 2ND WAS 16
BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 26 BELOW ZERO
RECORDED ON THE 4TH.
FEBRUARY 1996...THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH THE TEMPERATURE
NEVER ROSE ABOVE 16 BELOW ZERO. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 17 BELOW
ZERO ON THE 1ST AND 16 BELOW ON THE 2ND. THE LOW TEMPERATURE
DROPPED TO 36 BELOW ZERO ON BOTH THE 1ST AND THE 2ND.
So you think this is cold?
Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1018 AM CST SAT FEB 3 2007
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
MOST SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENTS WOKE TO BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES THIS
MORNING WITH READINGS AS COLD AS 23 BELOW ZERO RECORDED IN ROSCOE.
WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RIGHT ON THROUGH
MONDAY...SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENTS WILL FACE THE COLDEST WEEKEND SO
FAR THIS WINTER. ALTHOUGH IT WAS QUITE FRIGID THIS MORNING...NO
NEW RECORDS WERE OBSERVED. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE MORE
MEMORABLE COLD FEBRUARYS IN THE ABERDEEN AREA.
FEBRUARY 1893...THREE OF THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH SAW HIGH
TEMPERATURES REACHING ONLY 20 BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
WAS 42 BELOW ZERO RECORDED ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.
FEBRUARY 1895...THE TEMPERATURE NEVER ROSE ABOVE ZERO DURING THE
FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH. ON THE 7TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
18 BELOW ZERO AND THE LOW FELL TO 46 BELOW ZERO.
FEBRUARY 1899...THE TEMPERATURE NEVER ROSE ABOVE ZERO DURING THE
FIRST TWELVE DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 8TH
WAS 21 BELOW ZERO AND THE LOW WAS 35 BELOW ZERO.
FEBRUARY 1936...FROM THE 4TH UNTIL THE 20TH...THE TEMPERATURE NEVER
ROSE ABOVE ZERO. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 15TH WAS 18 BELOW
ZERO AND THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 40 BELOW ZERO RECORDED THE
MORNING OF THE 16TH. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
16 BELOW ZERO. THE NORMAL LOW FOR FEBRUARY IN THE ABERDEEN AREA IS
8.8 DEGREES.
FEBRUARY 1989...THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH THE TEMPERATURE NEVER
ROSE ABOVE 1 BELOW ZERO. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 2ND WAS 16
BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 26 BELOW ZERO
RECORDED ON THE 4TH.
FEBRUARY 1996...THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH THE TEMPERATURE
NEVER ROSE ABOVE 16 BELOW ZERO. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 17 BELOW
ZERO ON THE 1ST AND 16 BELOW ON THE 2ND. THE LOW TEMPERATURE
DROPPED TO 36 BELOW ZERO ON BOTH THE 1ST AND THE 2ND.