C-C-C-COLD! At 37 below, Grand Forks airport temperature sinks to new low Herald Staff and Wire Report

I went outside to lunch and on the way back I was walking into the wind. I was carrying things in my hands so I could not cover my face. I only had a wool scarf covering my neck and face with a wool cap on my head. The wind was so cold my eyes began to tear up because they were drying out. I was squinting hard to find some comfort during my short 2-block walk. I felt small tear fall from the corner of my eye. I looked and it partially caught on my lower eye lash. The surface tension was sufficient to hold the tear while it froze solid! It was about half the size of a BB.

Locals say that this is nothing. Wait until February. Well alrighty!