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Wind chills in parts of North Dakota reached minus 70 degrees (minus 56 degrees Celsius), while the heat index in Miami was more than 160 degrees warmer at 92 (33 degrees Celsius). (apnews.com)

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[-] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 63 points 8 months ago

The fun part of North dakota is the extremes. The record low (without wind chill) is -60 F, the record high is 122 F. That is a 182 degree spread, or 100 C spread for the rest of the world.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

I often wonder how much money Northern states would save on roads if it weren't for the extreme temperature swings.

Regularly hit highs over 100 in the summer, lows below -30 in the winter. That's an awful lot of compression and expansion. Not to mention the abuse of heavy plows and their blades catching upheaved concrete.