Yup, pretty much. 

"user314" (user314) 01/31/2019 at 10:31 • Filed to: Pittsburgh, yinzer, Yinzers, Weather, Weatherlopnik, Car washing

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WilliamsSW > user314 01/31/2019 at 10:43

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Lol Chicago is the same temps Fri- Sunday but it was - 23 this morning. 

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 01/31/2019 at 10:59

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I lived in Oak Park back in the mid 70s, and my mom lived there for some years after I moved in with my dad. I remember one winter my brother and I visited when O’Hare was closed for three days due to snow. And I remember wind chill factors of -60F or worse . But never air temps that low. It’s crazy.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 01/31/2019 at 11:05

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The all time record in Chicago is - 27, set in 1985, which I do remember. So this is pretty close.

We got a lot of snow in the late 70s - but it wasn’t bitterly cold that much.

And they changed the way they measure wind chill some years ago - that - 60 would probably be - 30 or something today.  

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 01/31/2019 at 12:16

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That three-day closure would have been 77 or 78. My mom lived way the hell out in Sa ndwich. We spent the night at ORD, then drove back to Sandwich the next day. Slowly. 

412GTI > user314 01/31/2019 at 13:38

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Yup, me in a nutshell.

My car is so filthy, I’d be happy just to power wash it off this Sunday. 

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > user314 01/31/2019 at 15:53

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Where I am in Missouri, it was 15 yesterday and it’ll be 65 by Sunday. The Midwest is truly amazing 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 01/31/2019 at 16:02

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Yeah- we got blasted from 77-79, though the worst blizzard in that time frame was January of ‘79.  That’s the one that vaulted Jane Byrne into the Mayor’s office.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 01/31/2019 at 16:05

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That may have been the one. My brother and I usually flew to visit from 12/26 to about 1/2. 

user314 > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 01/31/2019 at 16:52

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It was -6 this morning; Monday it’s fore cast to be 60. lo l wut?