The coldest recorded day in the history of North America (outside of Greenland) according to the Farmer's Almanac's Farmer's Calendar, took place 71 years ago.

We've seen our fair share of cold temperatures as we ended 2017 and rolled into 2018 but nothing like the coldest recorded temperature in North America.

The location was a Canadian weather station at Snag, Yukon Territory. The temperature bottomed out at -81.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

Now just how cold is that? It was so cold  that your spit would freeze before it hits the ground. Your nostrils would also freeze up. It would be so cold that you could hear your breath freeze, making a "tinkling sound", according to witnesses at that time.

Sound carries further in colder weather so this isn't really surprising. It was so cold that weather observers at the location could hear laughter and conversation in a village three miles away.

The Greek philosopher Antisthenes spoke of a faraway land where words froze as they were spoken and could not be heard until summer, when they thawed.

Sounds like March 20, the first day of Spring, can't get here too soon!

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