cold and colder

Today was a record breaker here in Bismarck. It was the coldest January 15th on record. This is from the NWS website. I'm going to quote it because I am not sure if the site has a permalink.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
737 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009

...RECORD DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT BISMARCK ND...

AT 734 AM CST THIS THURSDAY MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE BISMARCK
AIRPORT DROPPED TO -44 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD LOW FOR JAN
15TH OF -36 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1971.

At work we were discussing whether it was cold enough to spit and the saliva to freeze before it hit the ground. Unfortunately none of us thought to do it at that time. However, one of my colleagues did show me this.

Throwing hot coffee looks like more fun than spitting.