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5:00am Cold apple juice, hot black coffee, tepid water, and cold 2-percent milk are put outside in 10-degree temperatures. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 10 minutes, the steaming hot cup of black coffee was just warm coffee. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 30 minutes in 10 degree temperatures, the hot coffee is cool, and the cold milk is even colder. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 45 minutes, the 2-percent milk is the first to have small pieces of ice along the surface. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

One hour into test, apple juice and once-hot coffee are just cold. Water and 2-percent milk are beginning to freeze. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After one hour in 10 degrees, the tepid water has ice chips on the surface. The 2-percent milk is slushy on the surface, but just cold milk below. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 90 minutes outside, the apple juice has a thin, but solid layer of ice on top. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

The once-steaming cup of hot black coffee has thin layer of ice, 90 minutes after being left in 10 degree weather. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

The mug of once-tepid water now has a half-inch layer of ice along the top, after being left in 10 degree temperatures for 90 minutes (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 90 minutes, the 2-percent milk has a thick layer of slush on top. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 2 hours in 10 degree temperatures, the apple juice has a thin layer of ice and is slushy, the coffee and tepid water have thicker ice on top, and the milk has both ice and slush. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

Two hours and 30 minutes after being left in 10 degree temperatures, all four drinks have some ice, but none is frozen solid. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 3 hours, the apple juice, water, coffee and milk are all frozen http://t.co/BinGMDekeh pic.twitter.com/HYZSLs1q3E
— Neal Augenstein (@AugensteinWTOP) February 19, 2015

Three hours after mugs of apple juice, hot coffee, tepid water, and milk were put outside in 10 degree weather, this happened…. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 3 hours, 30 minutes the apple juice was almost entirely frozen in the mug, but some liquid remained (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

The milk was entirely frozen in the mug, after 3.5 hours (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

It was impossible to remove the once-tepid water from the mug, after 3.5 hours (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

The once-steaming cup of coffee couldn't be chipped out of the mug after 3.5 hours (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) — The once-steaming cup of coffee couldn’t be chipped out of the mug after 3.5 hours (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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5:00am Cold apple juice, hot black coffee, tepid water, and cold 2-percent milk are put outside in 10-degree temperatures. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 10 minutes, the steaming hot cup of black coffee was just warm coffee. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 30 minutes in 10 degree temperatures, the hot coffee is cool, and the cold milk is even colder. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

One hour into test, apple juice and once-hot coffee are just cold. Water and 2-percent milk are beginning to freeze. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

After 90 minutes outside, the apple juice has a thin, but solid layer of ice on top. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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Neal Augenstein has been a general assignment reporter with WTOP since 1997. He says he looks forward to coming to work every day, even though that means waking up at 3:30 a.m.

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