PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- On Friday afternoon, the sun was out and that really made a difference with the coldest temperatures felt in decades.
It is warmer, but that doesn't mean it's warm.
A thermometer check of the ground had a temperature reading of -14 degrees, and that was in the shade.
As commuters waited for trains and buses Friday morning in the dangerously cold temperatures, they all agreed, "it's cold!"
SEPTA crews came in overnight to get the buses and rails heated up and moving.
The Action Cam was there when the first train of employees went out just after 4:00 a.m. from the Fern Rock Maintenance Yard.
When the temperatures drop this extreme, equipment just doesn't work the same.
Ron Hopkins from SEPTA says, "Our wires..just like in the summer when things expand and in this kind of cold, things contract, so we slow our vehicles down to make sure we aren't coming off the wire creating a problem."
Riders say they knew this morning would be bad. It doesn't matter how many layers you put on, nothing could completely block this kind of chill.
It looks much warmer now because of the sun, but it is still dangerously cold outside.
It only takes a short amount of time for frostbite to set in on exposed skin, so you need to continue to bundle up to stay warm.