Mid-December, it started snowing.
The temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and at night it even dipped below minus 40 degrees.
At minus 30 degrees, the snow is absolutely crystalline and absolutely cruel; every breath taken outdoors tastes of winter.
The piercing cold winds and the freezing of droplets signify the peak of frigidity.
Typically, Southerners have never experienced such intense cold, the kind that chills to the bone.
You see, in environments below normal body temperature, wild winds at minus 40 degrees or damp clothing can quickly strip away body heat. Usually, even a freezer isn't lower than minus twenty degrees!
The wind outside slices like a knife. If you spit outside, it starts to freeze midway and hits the ground as a chunk of ice.
At minus 30 degrees, you can throw water and it turns to ice. Attempting to lick metal at minus 30 degrees could cost you your tongue.
