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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No, heat always moves from the hottest thing to the coldest one until they reach equilibrium. Even if the car was left in the cold for a very long time if the environment was -20F once every part of it reaches that temperature it stops losing energy, what could happen is that once the ambient temperature starts to rise the car could take a while to catch up

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