"Stephen M. Henning" wrote in message
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"B & J" bjskeff@removecox-internetcom wrote:
The third time was a day of extreme cold in 1994 or
1995 when the governor closed all the school in the state. The high
temperature in the state for the day was a -40 F. A small town not
far
from where we lived set a state record of -60 F. Where we lived
hit a mere -55 F.

"Stephen M. wrote:
The record low temperature for New Mexico was -50 F on February 1,
1951,
in Gavilan which is at an elevation of 7,350 feet.

Frogleg wrote:
John/B&J wrote of MN, not NM. :-)

My apologies. He is talking about the winter of 1995-6 when the
temperture set a Minnesota record of -60 F on Feb. 2, 1996 in Tower at
an elevation of 1,460 feet.

When he compared it to Arizona, I thought he was comparing a neighboring
state. My mistake.

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That's AR (Arkansas) not AZ (Arizona), Stephen. ;-) The only fish story I
know from MN (Minnesota) is the following: Ole and Sven went ice fishing
one cold Minnesota winter day. They came home with 300 pounds of ice and
both drowned when they tried to fry it.

I didn't say it was a good fish story, but it's the only fish story I know.
GRIN

You're right about the time and date of that record cold. I received a recap
today from a MN friend via a news article that appeared in the "Minneapolis
Star Tribune" on January 6. Usually the cold spot in MN is a small town
called Embarrass about fifteen miles from where I used to live. It
frequently makes national news as the cold spot in the continental U.S.
Tower was thirty miles away from my former home.

John