I can't think of any until I owned my own home and had to deal with it from

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the standpoint of worrying about frozen pipes, etc. Feels like some time between 2011 and 2016ish, we had a spell where the low temps were single digits nearing zero for almost a week straight? Had a frozen water line for days that scared the Shhhhheeeeeeeatt out of me, that luckily thawed out without harm. Will be dripping that line starting tonight again to hopefully avoid, not to mention setting my alarm in the middle of the night to be able to run hot then cold then drip hot again, which is the line that freezes first.

Posted: 01/20/2025 at 11:33 AM ET

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Since we ar taking about cold, what’s the coldest you’ve been and where -- Va AandM Jan 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM ET

Va AandM • 01/20/25 10:34 AM ET

-3 on Afton Mountain** -- HokieNLot11 Jan 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM ET

HokieNLot11 • 01/20/25 11:44 PM ET

Blacksburg 1985 Super Bowl Weekend had to be right up there. ** -- 501 Jan 20, 2025 at 07:49 PM ET

501 • 01/20/25 07:49 PM ET

….colder than a welldiggers tuchus in January** -- chumley Jan 20, 2025 at 05:01 PM ET

chumley • 01/20/25 05:01 PM ET

Colder'n an Arctic Anvil** -- astrohokie Jan 20, 2025 at 05:18 PM ET

astrohokie • 01/20/25 05:18 PM ET

Living with my practice wife..** -- B777Fr8Dog Jan 20, 2025 at 04:17 PM ET

B777Fr8Dog • 01/20/25 04:17 PM ET

-30 degrees VMI football game 1977. The 1981 VMI game was summer time. :-) -- 89HOKIE Jan 20, 2025 at 03:16 PM ET

89HOKIE • 01/20/25 03:16 PM ET

The fellows that ran the game ball for THAT game!** -- FrederickHokie Jan 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM ET

FrederickHokie • 01/20/25 11:06 PM ET

-41 Ft Greeley AK- Cold Weather Survival School -- AirborneHokie96 Jan 20, 2025 at 02:12 PM ET

AirborneHokie96 • 01/20/25 02:12 PM ET

Oh yeah,well my nose hairs were freezing as I crossed the drill field in 94 -- HokieDan95 Jan 20, 2025 at 02:39 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 01/20/25 02:39 PM ET

I was at VT that year!** -- AirborneHokie96 Jan 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM ET

AirborneHokie96 • 01/20/25 10:46 PM ET

Being on the ground at those temps is bad enough... -- EDGEMAN Jan 20, 2025 at 02:31 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 01/20/25 02:31 PM ET

We had to sleep in survival shelters for 1 night with no heat -- AirborneHokie96 Jan 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM ET

AirborneHokie96 • 01/20/25 10:47 PM ET

That’s a cold area. -- GreenvilleVT Jan 20, 2025 at 01:50 PM ET

GreenvilleVT • 01/20/25 01:50 PM ET

-11 in Omaha** -- Hokie Chris Jan 20, 2025 at 01:29 PM ET

Hokie Chris • 01/20/25 01:29 PM ET

-20 in Omagod -- Happy Dog Jan 21, 2025 at 06:09 AM ET

Happy Dog • 01/21/25 06:09 AM ET

-65F wind chill Warren, PA 1982 -- VT BronzeBacker Jan 20, 2025 at 01:17 PM ET

VT BronzeBacker • 01/20/25 01:17 PM ET

-35 during my retreat from Moscow, December 1812** -- HwoodHokie Jan 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM ET

HwoodHokie • 01/20/25 12:54 PM ET

Uncle BS?** -- HokieDan95 Jan 20, 2025 at 03:08 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 01/20/25 03:08 PM ET

VT was closed for ice in 1994... we went up to Winter Place in WV to ski... -- Hokie CPA Jan 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM ET

Hokie CPA • 01/20/25 12:46 PM ET

Cleveland Browns 0-16 parade. I think that was -20 off the lake. ** -- Hurley09 Jan 20, 2025 at 01:27 PM ET

Hurley09 • 01/20/25 01:27 PM ET

-40. No windchill. I went on a snowmobile trip into Yellowstone -- Tafkam Hokie Jan 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM ET

Tafkam Hokie • 01/20/25 12:41 PM ET

I don't think there are too many days with driving rain at 5 degrees. 😉** -- MP4VT2004 Jan 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM ET

MP4VT2004 • 01/20/25 12:46 PM ET

As an aside, watching Old Faithful when it's that cold is pretty awesome -- Tafkam Hokie Jan 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM ET

Tafkam Hokie • 01/20/25 12:42 PM ET

During one of the early 80's cold snaps that the Bank of Blacksburg's time -- Tuckahokie Jan 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM ET

Tuckahokie • 01/20/25 12:05 PM ET

-50F wind chill during SERE school in Maine. -- EDGEMAN Jan 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 01/20/25 11:59 AM ET

I think it was -3 or something so I went hiking.. -- `lag Jan 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM ET

`lag • 01/20/25 11:58 AM ET

-30. Minneapolis. ** -- RoswellGAHokie Jan 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM ET

RoswellGAHokie • 01/20/25 11:53 AM ET

So basically any winter day up there...lol** -- EDGEMAN Jan 20, 2025 at 03:57 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 01/20/25 03:57 PM ET

-52 outside of Calgary, BC.... ** -- Vtskier1 Jan 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM ET

Vtskier1 • 01/20/25 11:52 AM ET

Brrr, the brass monkey wants to come inside now. -- FrederickHokie Jan 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM ET

FrederickHokie • 01/20/25 11:05 PM ET

We’re talking Fahrenheit, eh? 😉** -- Va AandM Jan 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM ET

Va AandM • 01/20/25 11:54 AM ET

Interesting factoid, -40 C and -40 F are the same temperature.** -- Spud Jan 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET

Spud • 01/20/25 12:00 PM ET

Yep** -- EDGEMAN Jan 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 01/20/25 12:02 PM ET

Blacksburg during the 80s, also -- HortHokie Jan 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM ET

HortHokie • 01/20/25 11:52 AM ET

Yep, many trips across the Drill Field I literally thought I might freeze -- UEMcGill Jan 20, 2025 at 02:13 PM ET

UEMcGill • 01/20/25 02:13 PM ET

-48, near Utica NY. 1974 iirc** -- ColoVT82 Jan 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM ET

ColoVT82 • 01/20/25 11:52 AM ET

Delete -- Va AandM Jan 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM ET

Va AandM • 01/20/25 11:48 AM ET

multiple times in VT -20 or less. The coldest I ever felt was stuck on a -- VermontHokie Jan 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM ET

VermontHokie • 01/20/25 11:45 AM ET

Haven’t been but Jay Peak gets awfully cold ** -- Va AandM Jan 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM ET

Va AandM • 01/20/25 11:49 AM ET

Ft AP Hill, March/April 1992(?), don't know what the temp was -- HokieMacDaddy Jan 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM ET

HokieMacDaddy • 01/20/25 11:39 AM ET

I can't think of any until I owned my own home and had to deal with it from ◄ -- BG Hokie Jan 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM ET

BG Hokie • 01/20/25 11:33 AM ET

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco** -- Guy LeDouche Jan 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM ET

Guy LeDouche • 01/20/25 11:23 AM ET

-25 Deg F, Hubbard Ohio in 1963** -- UTPr0sim Jan 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM ET

UTPr0sim • 01/20/25 11:22 AM ET

Feb 1967, Manitowoc, Wisconsin** -- HokieHi71 Jan 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM ET

HokieHi71 • 01/20/25 11:19 AM ET

Blacksburg 1994. ** -- HokieDan95 Jan 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM ET

HokieDan95 • 01/20/25 11:13 AM ET

-32 Chicago. My contacts froze. ** -- Stork Jan 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM ET

Stork • 01/20/25 10:53 AM ET

I think it was -36, Grand Forks ND.** -- Spud Jan 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM ET

Spud • 01/20/25 10:45 AM ET

A house atop Brush Mountain in the early 80's. Minus 21...pipes froze** -- Tuckahokie Jan 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM ET

Tuckahokie • 01/20/25 10:44 AM ET

Sam's Gap was like -21 or something one time in 2015- Feb time frame** -- bigbadbird Jan 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM ET

bigbadbird • 01/20/25 10:41 AM ET

Probably Blacksburg around the time the Dolphins and 49'ers played in the -- Late 80s Hokie Jan 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM ET

Late 80s Hokie • 01/20/25 10:44 AM ET

Lived in Lee Hall at the time -- turner66 Jan 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM ET

turner66 • 01/20/25 12:19 PM ET

-32 (-60 windchill) Eastern Iowa, Jan 2019 -- Vienna_Hokie Jan 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 01/20/25 10:38 AM ET