# How Cold Is It? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996 "2014-01-06T03:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/101 "2014-01-10T13:02:50Z")
[So cold that Niagara Falls froze.](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Microgalleries/2014/01/09/21386501.html) (Just on the US side, of course. The Canadian Falls are tougher in cold weather. :p) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/102 "2014-01-10T13:20:37Z")
So cold the teenage boys are wearing their pants pulled all the way up. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/103 "2014-01-10T15:41:09Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > [So cold that Niagara Falls froze.](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Microgalleries/2014/01/09/21386501.html) > > (Just on the US side, of course. The Canadian Falls are tougher in cold weather. :p) To be fair, the US side is further north. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/104 "2014-01-10T16:11:23Z")
Snopes says it’s fake pictures circulating of the falls. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/105 "2014-01-11T07:03:59Z")
So we had a high of 9 in my DC suburb on Tuesday, today the schools opened on a delay because of ice, and tomorrow the high is 63. What a crazy week. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/106 "2014-01-11T14:49:41Z")
It’s called winter in DC. Historical Range High 19 to 73 °F Low 6 to 56 °F ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/107 "2014-01-11T14:53:09Z")
[Jan 11 1975](http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDCA/1975/1/11/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA) High Temperature 73 °F Min Temperature 57 °F ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/108 "2014-01-11T16:44:46Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Pipes are bursting like crazy all over the southern Appalachians. Years ago [**this happened to me**](http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/vehicles-stuck-in-frozen-traffic-jam-238408491.html), though not nearly as bad. The car was on the street during a thaw then overnight freeze. I freed the tires with a bold attack of windshield washer. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/109 "2014-01-11T17:00:21Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Snopes says it’s fake pictures circulating of the falls. You forgot the [link](http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/niagarafalls.asp). (Remember journalism? I really miss that.) 61F when I got up this morning with thunderstorms and a tornado watch. The official low Tuesday was 5F. Global warming is real and we’re all going to cook to death by the end of the month! ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/110 "2014-01-11T21:52:55Z")
Fi-na-lly some winter here on the east bank of the pond. Snow the other day - it’s gonna be great fun with dry snow on top of all the ice - and -12C (10F) this morning. Give me 15cm of wet snow, then below-freezing temps and some 5-10cm of dry snow, and I’ll dig out my skis and go skiing! ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996/111 "2014-01-12T18:28:06Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > You forgot the [link](http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/niagarafalls.asp). > > (Remember journalism? I really miss that.) > > 61F when I got up this morning with thunderstorms and a tornado watch. The official low Tuesday was 5F. Global warming is real and we’re all going to cook to death by the end of the month! According to the link, the pics are apparently real, but not originating from the date assigned to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-is-it/677996.md?page=5)