In Poland we call hard winters (well, for the most of the world, our normal winter is hard enough) 'winter of the century'[1]. We had 5 such 'winters of the cen

In Poland we call hard winters (well, for the most of the world, our normal winter is hard enough) 'winter of the century'[1]. We had 5 such 'winters of the century' in 20th, last year we had the first one in 21st where the unofficial records of cold closely matched the official records of 1928 and 1939. [1] you'll need google translate http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zima_stulecia http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zima_stulecia and unless you're Russian you better grab a warm coat before reading.