From High 50 and 60s in December.. to Winters Vengence in January!

Oh man... that is so cold. I remember when I was applying for grad school at Yale as a music major. I was one of the first to audition for the day so I wanted to get there early. I left my hotel trudged to the school in -9 weather and it was closed! I had to wander around New Haven for a long time with my hands freezing off and my instrument getting obscenely cold. I was SO cold. And of course, being from So. CA I never, ever dressed appropriately for the cold. Hey, it's sunny out, must not be cold!

How cold is it typically at the artic?

From a simple google search in 2001 it hit -80 in the month of January, "North Pole".

But..

CAMPAIGNS CARRY ON IN FRIGID NEW HAMPSHIRE

The eye-watering freeze kept the streets of Manchester, New Hampshire, largely pedestrian-free on Thursday, but politicians still campaigned for the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary election on Jan. 27.

It only reached 10 below with a windchill of 24 below in PA :)

Our local weather guy was talking about the cold weather on the east coast. Apparently the Mars rover sent back weather data...yesterday it was a balmy +5 degrees F on Mars. Pretty bad when it's warmer on planets further from the sun than you are.

/comfort and layers of polypro to all you east coasters.