Ooo it is freezing in these places

Being cold is rarely described as being a pleasurable experience, after all, most people prefer the dogged heat of summer to the biting chill of winter, and yet many people still brave the intense cold all across the country. With how reluctant most people are to brave the frigid air in normal cities, it really makes you wonder how people get by in these, the top 5 coldest cities in the USA.

#5: Caribou, Maine

Seeing as Caribou, Maine is touted as the most Northeastern city in America, it makes perfect sense for it to make this list; after all, anything north is all but guaranteed to be chilly. What really ups the ante for Caribou, however, is that it is both nestled near a natural Reservoir of cold air, and is settled in a river valley, a prime location for cold air to settle. 

#4: Jackson, Wyoming

weighing in with an average annual temperature of around 39.4 degrees, Jackson Wyoming is anything but warm. Cold blasts of air blowing in from Canada are to blame for the frigid landscape, and the fact that that Jackson has a freeze every month of the year, even in the summer. It's  things like that that make it hard to believe that Jackson is actually a very popular tourist location.

#3: Gunnison, Colorado

considering that the city of Gunnison does manage to reach average highs up to the low 80s in the summer months, it may be surprising to hear that it actually freezes there nearly everyday of the year. Seeing as it is set in Colorado it is unsurprising that it is situated in a mountain valley. The higher elevations, plus the pooling affect of the valley leads to constant low temperatures.

#2: International Falls, Minnesota

As someone who has lived in Minnesota for about two years, I can assure you, it's cold, and no city in Minnesota is prouder of their cutting temperatures than International Falls, proudly referring to themselves as the "icebox of the nation." The city is so cold that when used as a location in the cartoon series "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" the city was renamed "Frostbite falls," a much more fitting name. 

#1: Barrow, Alaska

I feel like there couldn't possibly be another place for this thread to end. As we discussed earlier: the further north you are, the colder you're going to be, and Barrow Alaska clocks in as the most northern US city; just 5 degrees north of the arctic circle. Barrow really is in a league of its own in terms of chill. a big contributor to this is the 60 days straight of "night" that Barrow receives.  this is caused by the sun never rising over the horizon due to the axial tilt of the planet.