In Winnipeg in 1949-50, we had a tough winter. It was very cold, with extend periods below 30 degrees below zero, and both early and late heavy snowfalls from October to April. Then in late April and May, we had terrible flooding.
We had lots of winters back then with extended periods of Polar weather, others of lots of heavy snowfalls. Real winter was a normal occurrence back in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. We had more than 60 below zero several times and lots of cold wind, where unprotected skin would freeze. Sometimes we were colder than large parts of Mars!
I used to ski to school [[like they do in Norway.
There were a handful of really cold winters I remember in Europe. I think 1989 [[or was it '87?) we had well below zero temperatures in places that it hadn't gotten so cold in a long time, like The islands in Denmark, Coastal Norway, The coast of Holland and Friesland, and they had a three foot snow dumping in Southern England. Also, we had another cold year in the early 1990s.
I also remember a couple really cold winters and other snowy winters in Chicago in the '50s, '60s and '70s.
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