What's the coldest high temperature you've seen in your area? (2015, storm)

[Max96]

-26.1°C on 16 December 1997. I was only 1 year old then, though.

[Sickandtiredofthis]

-18c

[irlinit]

-2.4C in December 2010

[Sickandtiredofthis]

Oh sorry high temp. That would be -9c in December 23rd 2010 so 14f.

The coldest in NI was 10f.

http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynre...ys=1&Send=send

[Sickandtiredofthis]

Originally Posted by Derek40

About 9C when I was living in Sydney, happened a couple of times in June and July with a very cold wind, nothing under double digit figures here though, probably around 12C but this is very rare.

Oh sweet moses the trauma!

[Sickandtiredofthis]

Originally Posted by nei

I'm surprised that yours is as low as Long Island (next to NYC, a somewhat more coastally influenced part of the Northeast US compared to most) Is Buxton more continental than much of England?

No, in NI we had a 10f high in 2010, the cold just pooled and got colder and colder. I think we could've got -15c if it hadn't of warmed up.

[Sickandtiredofthis]

Originally Posted by ADGreen

In the last 12 months here in Sydney, our coldest maximum was around 14C (58F) which occurred last June. We are pretty lucky here IMO.

I think the coldest maximum I have experienced would have been around 2C (36F) during one of my London winters. Out of curiosity, I would like to experience a day where it never climbs into the positives (but just once, maybe ;-))

It isn't actually that cold. I scraped an ice day this winter and in no wind and calm weather it felt fine.

[forgotten username]

I have no idea about here, but when I was in Lyon I believe it must have been somewhere close to -5c or -6c.

Pretty rare though. Lows below -10c are not unheard of, but such cold usually means relatively large diurnal range, so high closer to -2c.

I guess it should be quite similar here, at least for the last 30 years.

When I lived in Toronto, there were a few times when the max was around -25c. It was starting to feel quite chilly.

[jgtheone]

Originally Posted by jgtheone

5.7°C, July 1982.

Whoops, didn't realise I had to be alive at the time. I change my answer to 8.1°C then, August 2008.

[srfoskey]

The all time coldest was 10°F (-12° C), set on February 13, 1899. The coldest I can remember is 23° F (-5° C), this past February 19.