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MartoufCarter t1_j72mia3 wrote

Reply to comment by Alternative-Cry-4667 in Don't Underestimate The Cold by TheCloudBoy

Cold is one thing but we have not seen these temps in decades. It is one thing to be cold and another where frostbite can set in in less than 5 min.

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Happy_Confection90 t1_j74ab6o wrote

I read something this morning that said it hasn't been this cold since 2016, but maybe they just meant the actual temperature because I don't think the windchill has been as low as they predict tonight will be since January 2000 when we had that bitterly cold MLK day.

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Alternative-Cry-4667 t1_j73q01b wrote

Weather observer Tom Padham said his colleagues saw the observatory's coldest temperature ever recorded on a Dec. 28 at around 5 a.m., according to NH Public Radio, which said the negative 34 degrees "came alongside wind chills at minus 89 degrees, with sustained winds over 100 miles per hour,” NHPR reported. December 28, 2017.

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