Coldest Weather I've been in

[bn1966]

Some cold weather would be nice, it’s rained for days in the UK and ‘soggy’ would describe the going underfoot alongside ‘muddy’.

 

[SilverKast]

hopefully our members who live in Calgary are keeping warm...

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Yep it's cold here - definitely parka weather. Biggest problem is car batteries being dead in the morning, along with pipes freezing and all that sort of fun stuff. It's manageable if you dress for it, we're all going out tonight to an outdoor light show at the zoo

 

[SilverKast]

Wow - wasn't Calgary just breaking heatwave records six months ago with temps hitting 96°F/36°C?

We've gone from +35c to -35c, although we could get a chinook at any time during the winter and it will go to +10 literally the next day (and then back again).

 

[Doctor Damage]

The good thing about western and north-central Canada getting this extended period of extreme cold is it will kill all those beetles and whatnot which have been slowly devastating pine forests.

 

[belfastboy]

Yep it's cold here - definitely parka weather. Biggest problem is car batteries being dead in the morning, along with pipes freezing and all that sort of fun stuff. It's manageable if you dress for it, we're all going out tonight to an outdoor light show at the zoo

I forgot the year 2011 or 2012? I was in Calgary for work the week that Calgary was the coldest spot on earth at minus35 with the wind chill it dropped well below 40. I thought the hood on my parka would snap in two as it was frozen stiff.

 

[ES335]

There is no bad weather, only bad clothes.

 

[Canuck Panda]

It was cold for Vancouver standard earlier this week, -10s. It has warmed up a lot today.

I don't know how it works given the lower latitudes and longitudes, but parts of southern Alberta and northern BC always have more extreme weather than in the any other parts of Canada. I try to avoid travelling to Calgary in the winter months. When it gets cold, it gets really cold, fast.

 

[Doctor Damage]

I hope all of our members in the US are getting ready for Friday's big whatever-the-fkk weather system/storm. I saw something about -70F wind chill in Montana... oy vey. And someplace else a drop of 40 degrees F over the course of the day. Oddly enough, predictions for us here in SoOnt are a drop of a few degrees and a bunch of rain then snow. Potentially nasty, but nothing like what's being predicted for large swathes of the US.

 

[Schambach]

High of 47F, low of 2F this Friday in upstate NY.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Last night and this morning was the first serious cold of this season: it was around +1C on wakeup. I waited until this afternoon to go for my daily walk. Not bad once the sun came out and warmed things up. But of course the true horror of winter is on the way...

 

[Doctor Damage]

^ Further to that post of mine... We got a blast of snow in November which melted in 24 hours and nothing since, with freakishly warm temperatures for this area for this time of the year. However, that appears to be changing this week...

 

[Canuck Panda]

Arctic outflow they say. Vancouver felt like a meat freezer last night. Things are warming up just as fast as it cooled down. Not as much snow this time though, just cold. Back to rain next week I think.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Arctic outflow they say. Vancouver felt like a meat freezer last night. Things are warming up just as fast as it cooled down. Not as much snow this time though, just cold. Back to rain next week I think.

That's gotta be unpleasant for Van residents who aren't used to serious cold. Prairie people, and norther Quebecers, on the other hand...

 

[Doctor Damage]

Environment Canada website, today: Flurries or local snow squalls. Local blowing snow. Local amount 5 to 10 cm.
Me, looking out window, today: "Oh look, it's sunny and clear."

 

[bn1966]

We are at last getting some cold weather in the UK with artic winds. Minus 5 coming up which is chilly for us. Have actually got to wear the N-3B I purchased in the summer.

 

[theeprimitivesound]

It's been brisk in the great white north!!

 

[Doctor Damage]

^ Those are insane numbers. I haven't experienced anything colder than -30C wind chill, and around -23C actual temperature. On the positive side, a couple weeks of those temperatures should kill the pine beetles which have been devastating forests in the Canadian west. Invasive species don't like serious cold!!

 

[Canuck Panda]

I am always hesitant to go to Alberta in the winter months. It’s not the snow or ice, but how fast the temperature drops there. Going out to dinner feeling good, and after coming out of the restaurant it’s like day after tomorrow, and the wind would peel a layer off my face. The interior has some very harsh winters for sure. I’m staying on the coast.

 

[Nacho]

I am always hesitant to go to Alberta in the winter months. It’s not the snow or ice, but how fast the temperature drops there. Going out to dinner feeling good, and after coming out of the restaurant it’s like day after tomorrow, and the wind would peel a layer off my face. The interior has some very harsh winters for sure. I’m staying on the coast.

Last Friday was brutal. I can’t deal with -14C. My hands froze. My balls shrank. And I don’t like that lol.

The temp picked up today, eh? But they said it’s gonna snow next week. I hope they start salting the streets now. Feel like the COV didn’t learn from what happened last year.

One bit of snow and the whole city goes haywire.

 

[Nacho]

It's been brisk in the great white north!!
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Yikes! -42C, eh?

We’re very spoiled here compared to the rest of Canada.