It seems Potsdam is only a short distance from Old Forge, NY, so it wouldn't surprise me if the -73 was actually the wild chill. I've never been to New York, but my experience here (NW MN) is that when temps get that cold, there is very little wind. Of course, it doesn't take much wind at those temps to make a horrendously low wind chill!!
Coldest I've experienced was here about 15 or 16 years ago. There was a freak weather event that allowed super-cooled air to drop down over a small area. It lasted a couple hours total and got down to -50.6F. I remember getting bundled up to go outside and experience that kind of cold. My result? Never again! That was too cold even for me.
The normal temps that night were in the mid -20's in most areas. We were closer to -30, except for that short time when the mercury just kept falling.
I stayed up that night, as I was having to run every heater we had, including the lp-gas oven and burners, just to keep the house from freezing. The lp got so cold that after a while, could only run either the oven or 3 burners. The regulator just wouldn't allow more flow. Guess we're lucky it didn't freeze up altogether!
Was during those years that we had periods where we would go a month or more without temps ever getting above -20F, and would regularly fall below -40F. I'm glad those winters are behind us.
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