Just how cold was it today?
I had no idea before I checked the papers. What I did know is this... removing the cap from a plastic bottle of water caused the water to freeze while trying to pour it out.
Going outside without proper layered clothing was an invitation to almost instant frostbite.
According to our local newspaper, our temperature today was COLDER than the temperature at the freaking SOUTH POLE!!! Our low temperature of the day was -25.2 degrees Celcius (that's -13.6 Fahrenheit in the US). That's not the coldest day on record here (that was -32.8 degrees Celsius in 1973), but it's still damned cold!
You know, if I lived in Calgary, Edmonton, North Bay, Winnipeg, or any of the other Canadian cities that are known for their unbelievably cold winters, this wouldn't be such a big deal.
But my home is in Southern Ontario, where the latitude is the same as Northern California.
It's not supposed to be that cold here! In fact, our record HIGH temperature came in 1988, when the temperature reached 40.2 C (that's 104.36 Fahrenheit), not counting the effects of humidity.
Not exactly your "typical" Canadian weather, eh?
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