Can objects get colder than the ambient temperature around them?

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Say you store a vehicle outside all winter, if there was an usually cold week, say -20 degrees Fahrenheit for example, is it possible for the car to be colder than the -20 since it sat weeks prior to the -20 temps?

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Plenty of scientific answers below which I’m sure are correct but for a simpler answer, I believe temperature is transferred more through solids than the air. This is why objects can feel colder to the touch than the air around them, for example someone’s hands can few colder than the air they are in but they probably aren’t

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