The last house in Massachusetts to have running water got it in the 1970s.

It was routinely -17 plus wind in the pioneer Valley in like 2015.

I would agree, but with heat pumps, people would need to choose between lifetime efficiency and the super cold weather single day comfort. Heat pumps are probably the most "sized to only 5°" type heating system we have, and a larger system would mean higher cost and system cycling all other days of use, maybe even shortening the life of the unit. It may be better to have a supplemental system on standby such as portable electric or indoor propane heaters, a fireplace/pellet stove or something of that nature, rather than an HVAC system larger than you need 729/730 days every 2 years.

At 41 this takes the cake

Yup I was probably in my freshman or sophomore year of HS at this time. We couldn’t believe it because my school district hardly ever closed. Like there could be a foot a snow and if you were lucky you got a two-hour delay.

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yes it's insane i cant do anything or i get immediately cold and have a heating pad and heater going in my room so my cat doesn't like keel over

Do you have an electric backup?

The temperature inside your apartment is seriously 20 F? That’s insane

One of the coldest I've seen, but it was the wind I was more concerned with.

It’s called minding your own business, kehd

-18 in SoCo this morning. We are up pretty high however. Never seen it this cold, but only lived here for the past 10 yrs.

One of my kids is at school in Northfield MN, they regularly get -25 to 30. But this winter they haven't hit -20 yet. They're at a balmy 32 today out the there.

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My downstairs neighbor's furnace broke too

This is the coldest I've experienced for sure. I'm 38 and as others have said, the next lowest temperature was before my time. It's definitely the first time the cold has caused my furnace to toss an error code and stop working lol

So I cant keep telling people I am 483 months old?

Wow

It was reported on TV that Boston hit double-digits below zero for the first time since 1957 - that’s 66 years ago!

So for me (age 36) this is the coldest I’ve seen it. Valentine’s Day 2016 was almost as cold (-9).

Reddit users are so bad at recognizing sarcasm that they require a symbol at the end of each post, the “/s”

Bro says it’s January on February 4

LMAO it’s so bad

For with the wind chill

I remember a -40 wind chill day in the late 90s.

Xmas day 1980 -7

Yeah that was awful. My drains froze and i had to wait for them to thaw. I was in grad school at the time and just showered at the university which was miserable