1. -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Yes, it was extremely cold. I won't say I was completely warm, but I also wasn't any colder than anyone else who was outside.

2. Crisp and cold. Clear skies. Of course I've also been in rain and whatnot, but at that temperature it's always dry, even when it snows.

3. Wool hose, and about four layers up top, including an undershirt, a button-down Oxford shirt, a sweater, and a light windbreaker. At the time I didn't have a down jacket. I'd wear that now.

4. I've been in that weather in kilts as light as a Utilikilt Original (which has pretty light cotton fabric) and a Sports Kilt. A tank would have been warmer.

5. I was standing still, waiting for a train for about 20 minutes, every day for the week of that cold snap. Sure I was cold. So was everyone else waiting for the train. If I'd been walking or doing any physical activity I would have been far warmer (I've snowshoed in a 4-yard PV kilt in 0 degrees F before, and been just fine).

Andrew.