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CitizenSnipsJr t1_iuiukwm wrote

Reply to comment by The_Power_of_Ammonia in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry

Do you live in international falls or something? -30F is extremely rare for the metro area, and -40 to -50 is basically unheard of.

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The_Power_of_Ammonia t1_iuiwdbq wrote

It hits those lows every single year. I'm in the west metro, lived here my whole life.

2014/15 (I think it was) we had highs of -55F, plus windchill. That was exceptional, but we get a week or two at least every year of lows around -40.

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CitizenSnipsJr t1_iuiz1n1 wrote

WC temps are made up BS and don't really mean anything. It's only touched overnight lows of -30F a handful of times over many seasons in the metro and only for a couple days max. I only remember two days where the daytime temp was below -20F and that was during a polar vortex.

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