There’s no getting around it: It’s cold, KC.

Windchills are expected to dip as low as -15° this week, so we’re staying inside and looking back at some of the headlines on the coldest days we’ve had here in Kansas City.

The day the cold set records

The metro’s coldest day on record took place on December 23, 1989, when temperatures hit a record-breaking -23°.

That sure puts this weather in perspective, huh? The closest we’ve come to that temperature in the past few weeks was when temps dropped to 9° on Monday, Jan. 6.

*Ah, the days before online shopping*... | Photo via Newspapers.com

What the headlines said

So, what else was going on in Kansas City on the coldest day on record? Looking back, the city’s newspapers shared the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's fall days earlier and reported on the start of KU Med's liver transplant program in its "Metropolitan" section. Another sign of the times: the metro's largest paper was still split into two editions, the morning Times and the afternoon Star.

The papers also covered the intense weather we were having at the time, saying "sub-freezing weather was not enough to keep people from crowding area stores for traditional last minute [holiday] shopping."

How to weather the weather today

Ok, so we’re not breaking records (yet), but that doesn’t mean braving this weather is easy. Thankfully, we have 15+ museums to explore and plenty of indoor activities to cozy up with.

Don’t forget to check in on our city’s inclement weather resources and take a peek at what the rest of the season has in store for us. Who knows, maybe this will be a record-breaking year after all.