I can relate, I have spent winters in Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. Seen -30 to -40F with out wind chill and -60 to -90F with wind chills. If your not dressed properly it is life threatening quickly. After 25 years of it and the ice and snow, I moved back home to Florida.
Most snowfall I ever experienced at one time was 24-30 inches without the drifts and had drifts that totally buried all cars and windows of 2nd story buildings. Worst was the ice storms though, I haven't even had to scrape frost in years now.