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Beckley Va Hospital, West Virginia January 21, 1985. Temp -23F winds 17 mph wind chill -50F. Hot Springs, Virginia January 21, 1985 -20F winds 20 mph wind chill -48F. https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/VA/Hot Springs/1985-01-21

Are mesonets more of a common use thing today then they were like 30+ years ago? It was used to get the -47F wind chill near Medford, Oklahoma on February 10, 2011. That wind chill does not appear anywhere on wunderground from that date. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KBKN/2011/2/10/DailyHistory.html?req_city=&req_state=&req_statename=&reqdb.zip=&reqdb.magic=&reqdb.wmo= The coldest wind chill on that date was -39F in Blackwell, Oklahoma. So I assume they must be used in more rural areas as to why they don't show up on wunderground.

I do however believe the -110F was hyped as well and was more likely -80F which is still extremely frigid. Wind chills on February 13, 2016 in Malone, NY were likely around -50F. http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/columns/safety-on-the-roads-by-dave-werner/2016/12/wind-chill-values-revised-in-2001/

Sorry there was an error. The temperature was -38F with a 45 mph wind creating a wind chill of -84F. Some used the old wind chill scale instead of the new scale. However in this article it states that White Mountain, NY had a wind chill of -110F on February 15, 2015. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/adirondacks/2016/02/wind_chill_top_of_whiteface_mountain_approached_triple_digits_last_night.html

It could be wrong but that is what the article said. It was supposedly on Valentine's 2016 and I can't find anything either anywhere.

Asheville, North Carolina January 21, 1985. Temp -15F winds 27 mph wind chill -45F. Bradford, Pennsylvania January 21, 1985. Temp -23F wind 18 mph wind chill -51F.

Covington, Kentucky January 20, 1985. Temp -20F wind 19.6mph wind chill -48F. Very Impressive for that area.

I thought so too. I am not sure if the winds were blowing or not but even with a 3-5 mph wind that puts the wind chill index at -52F to -57F.

On January 20, 1985 Munice, Indiana likely had a temp of -24F with a wind of 26 mph creating a wind chill value of -57F. Very impressive for Indiana. The low in Muncie was -24F and winds were between 22 and 29 mph. To be more conservative if you go with a temp of -24F with winds of 22 mph you get a wind chill of -55F. That would be a safe bet.

Mount Washington, New Hampshire January 16, 2004. Temperature -44F winds 88 mph wind chill -103F. That would literally frostbite any exposed flesh in a matter of seconds.

Another things that seem strange is Kansas and Missouri all time record low temps are -40F which both occurred on February 13, 1905 in Lebanon, Kansas and Warsaw, Missouri. That actually is colder than the all time record lows of Illinois(-36F), Indiana(-36F)and Ohio(-39F). Iowa is -47F which is colder but those 4 states especially Iowa and Illinois tend to get more brutal winds and colder temperatures more often than Kansas and Missouri.

You probably wouldn't have been able to tell the difference in feel between both outbreaks. Wind Chills of -40F to -55F will frostbite your exposed skin in 5 to 10 minutes at most.

Mansfield, Ohio January 20, 1985. Temperature -22F and winds of 29 mph created a wind chill value of -55F at 8pm. On the old wind chill scale it was -80F. Quite impressive for Ohio.

I was 4 when that happened. I do remember the 1989 cold snap when I was 9. Temperature around -22F with winds at least 10mph making the wind chill near -45F on todays scale. I lived in Kansas and I put my foot out the door to see what it felt like for about 15 seconds. It feels like pins and needles or razor blades going through your skin.

-63 Watertown, SD. January 10, 1982.https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KATY/1982/1/10/DailyHistory.html?req_city=&req_state=&req_statename=&reqdb.zip=&reqdb.magic=&reqdb.wmo=