February Coldest Month in History for Some in U.S.

February 28, 2015 8:31 AM EST

You weren’t imagining things. It really was the coldest month ever.

At least if you live in a handful of cities in the shivering Northeast. They just weathered the coldest month since reliable records were first kept, which for most places means a century or more of weather data.

Topping the misery index: Bangor, Maine — that’s pronounced “bang-or,” not “banger,” if you can stop your teeth from chattering long enough to say it.

The average temperature there should come in at 6.2 degrees for this month, said Corey Bogel, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. That’s about 15 degrees …

Six Feet Under: Photos of Endless Winter in Boston

A pedestrian makes their way past a Victoria's Secret store along a snow covered street during a winter snowstorm in Boston — A pedestrian makes her way past a Victoria's Secret store along a snow covered street during a winter snowstorm in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015. Brian Snyder—Reuters

Fenway Park Buried By Heavy Snowfall — A piece of heavy equipment is used to clear snow from the warning track at Fenway Park in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.Jessica Rinaldi—Boston Globe/Getty Images

Record snowfall period in Boston — A cross-country skier goes up a path near the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Dominick Reuter—EPA

A cyclist rides across the Mass Ave bridge during a winter snow storm in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015. Brian Snyder—Reuters

Boston Hit With Third Snowstorm In Three Weeks — Workers clear snow around the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) South Station in Boston on Feb. 9, 2015.Kayana Szymczak—Getty Images

Ann Laborte shovels a path through the large mound of snow outside her Commonwealth Avenue home in Boston, Mass., Feb. 10, 2015.Nicolaus Czarnecki—Zumapress

Greg Burkett clears the snow from the front of his house during a winter snowstorm in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Brian Snyder—Reuters

Ben Carton snowboards off snow plowed into a pile in a parking lot during a winter snowstorm in Somerville, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015.Brian Snyder—Reuters

Roofing Companies Busy Amid String Of Snow Storms — Jay Bullens Jr. of Able Roofing climbs with a sledgehammer to the third floor of a house to knock snow and ice from a roof on Beals Street in Brookline, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Lane Turner—Boston Globe/Getty Images

Winter Storm Once Again Brings Region To A Crawl — A house is covered in snow and ice on Jane Road in Methuen, Mass. on Feb. 9, 2015. Jim Davis—Boston Globe/Getty Images

Six Feet Under: Photos of Endless Winter in Boston

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