How cold is it? So cold that warmist William M. Connolley "only survived by sticking my outer hand down my trousers"

Cold again : Stoat

We went rowing tonight. Oddly enough we were the only crew out. We had to stop past the Elizabeth way bridge due to ice on the river - not solid sheets at that point, but enough floating bits to warn us that worse was coming. Very cold, I rowed with a glove on my inner hand and only survived by sticking my outer hand down my trousers when we span.