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No, this is cold. From Keg River, Alberta:

Time (MST)	Temperature	Wind (km/h)	Wind chill
14:00	-40 (-40.0)	SSE 3	-44
13:00	-42 (-41.5)	W 5	-49
12:00	-44 (-44.3)	SW 3	-49
11:00	-48 (-47.6)	calm	*
10:00	-50 (-49.6)	calm	*
09:00	-50 (-50.2)	calm	*
08:00	-51 (-50.6)	W 2	-54

I have heard of a "One horse town" before, but not a one house town.
No wonder not many live there.

Jan to Dec Record lows °C (°F)
−50.0,(−58.0)
−47.0 (−52.6)
−39.0 (−38.2)
−31.9 (−25.4)
−14.0 (6.8)
−5.0 (23.0)
−2.4 (27.7)
−4.5 (23.9)
−17.2 (1.0)
−33.5 (−28.3)
−45.0 (−49.0)
−46.0 (−50.8)
−50.0 (-58.0)

I see a school and at least three houses.

Mind you, it has nothing on Snag, Yukon.

On February 3, 1947, the record-low temperature for continental North America was recorded in Snag: −63.0 °C (−81.4 °F). That same winter, two previous records had already been surpassed: one in December noted various phenomena, particularly sound such as voices being heard clearly miles from their source. There was a clear sky (except for some ice fog), and little to no wind. There were 38.1 centimetres (15.0 in) of snow on the ground, but it was decreasing. Another town 180 km (112 mi) northeast of Snag, Fort Selkirk, claimed an even lower temperature of −65.0 °C (−85.0 °F), but the claim could not be confirmed.

Mayo, Yukon, also claimed a lower temperature, but it could not be confirmed either. The observer scratched the thermometer with a nail file at the level of the alcohol. The thermometer was taken to a lab in Ottawa where it was cooled until the alcohol contracted to the line scratched on the thermometer. The observers at Fort Selkirk and Mayo did not think of marking the point. The alcohol in all three thermometers was below the graduations. Apparently just saying, "Well, it was down to here," wasn't good enough for a continental record.

Christmas Eve in 1917 had some of the coldest weather in the Yukon. None of the readings were "official." They were taken at various stations along the Whitepass and Yukon rail and ferry routes, as well as by various Northwest Mounted Police stations. I was transcribing weather from the old Whitepass and Yukon log books. For these few days, I also took the readings from the Weather By Wire daily summaries from the Dawson City news. Some of the stories in the Dawson City News from this period were quite harrowing, as you can imagine.

Year	Month	Day	Station	Temp F	Temp C	Weather
1917	12	23	Whitehorse	-33	-36.1	North
1917	12	23	Carcross	-28.9	-41.7
1917	12	24	Whitehorse	-60	-51.1	Calm Foggy
1917	12	24	Carcross	-40.6	-51.2
1917	12	24	Lower Laberge	-65	-53.9	North Foggy
1917	12	24	Hootalinqua	-70	-56.7	Clear Calm
1917	12	24	Yukon Crossing	-72	-57.8	Calm Foggy
1917	12	24	Selkirk	-80	-62.2	Calm Foggy Report -86F at Pelly (-65.6 C.)
1917	12	24	Isaac Creek	-65	-53.9	Calm Foggy
1917	12	24	Stewart	-62	-52.2	Calm Foggy
1917	12	24	Dawson	-64	-53.3
1917	12	25	Whitehorse	-70	-56.7	Calm Foggy Thermometer at the barracks showed -79F last night
1917	12	25	Carcross	-41.1	-55
1917	12	26	Whitehorse	-66	-54.4	Calm Foggy
1917	12	26	Carcross	-51.2	-55
1917	12	27	Whitehorse	-58	-50	Calm Foggy Police thermometer showed -69F last night
1917	12	27	Carcross	-50.6	-55
1917	12	28	Whitehorse	-54	-47.8	Calm Foggy
1917	12	28	Carcross	-46.1	-52.2
1917	12	29	Whitehorse	-29	-33.9	Cloudy North Snowed 1 in. last night
1917	12	29	Carcross	-30	-49.4
1917	12	30	Whitehorse	-17	-27.2	Cloudy North Snowing Snowed about 4" last night and this a.m.
1917	12	30	Carcross	-28.9	-28.9
1917	12	31	Whitehorse	-13	-25	North Snowing
1917	12	31	Carcross	-20.6	-26.1
1917	12	31	Dawson	-50	-45.6

The North American low temperature was -62.8 C set in Snag Yukon on 3 Feb. 1947
The temperature at the barracks in Whitehorse of -79F is equivalent to -61.7 C
The official record low for Whitehorse is -52.2 C set on 31 January 1947

The lowest temperature I saw was -48.0C.

This was the view out my front door when it was -46C. Ice fog.

Brrrrr! And I thought it was a bit chilly here this morning at (a rather pathetic) -2C

Was in the 30s F yesterday with some snow that didn't stick. But then I got up at 5am today to get my brother up for his early shift and sure enough everything was covered in snow. Luckily the stuff on the driveway was still fluffy and therefore easily moved as opposed to the crunchy ice stuff. Right now it's 26F with an expected high of 30F and snow likely all day today and tomorrow. And thus "real" winter begins in Northern Virginia.

The cardinals in the bird feeder seem real happy, though. They were using their wings to brush the snow off the seed!

16F here at 10:15 this morning.
We had about half an inch of dry snow over the weekend. A fair bit of it is still on the ground.

Michael, I am guessing that is not your view in B.C. ?

No, that was Whitehorse in December 1996.

The coldest we had in the recent spell was -11. The record low for this area was set in Esquimalt Harbor on 1893-01-31 with a temperature of -18.9 deg C.

Michael wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:13 am I see a school and at least three houses.

This is all I can see
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keg+R ... &entry=ttu

Woken up to at least 1" of snow. The forecast is for a max of 4C and sleet/rain all day, but then it's going to freeze overnight so tomorrow morning should be fun!

At least 1" of snow here to although it is supposed to stop snowing shortly.
However, the forecast is for a max of -7C.

Today is icy snow day. Not gonna go out and measure but definitely a few inches. Looks like our high today will be 32F. We had a dangerous tree limb looming over the road and JUST had guys out over the weekend to get rid of it and I'm so glad because I'd be really worried today about it snapping off and falling on a car.

-8C here at 11:25am
We have about 3 inches of fairly dry snow, and there are still a few flakes coming down.

A bit windy in the UK. Overnight Sunday to Monday we had storm Isha which brought gusts up to a max of 99mph. The whole country seems to have been affected so that some flights couldn't land anywhere in the UK or Ireland and ended up being diverted to different parts of Europe including as far afield as Budapest!

It wasn't too bad where I am, gusting up to 56/58 mph. It's still pretty windy, gusts to 42 mph, and then overnight Tues/Wed we're getting storm Jocelyn. This doesn't look so severe or so widespread.

As Janet mentioned above:

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We had a bit over a week of consistently below-freezing temperatures.
Today, shortly after noon, the temperature is 33F.
The next few days are supposed to get a bit warmer.

Yesterday (25th) the high was 59F.
Quite a change from 19F on the 20th!

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As the fog still lingers after lunch time, a towboat pushing barges passes underneath the Fort Pitt Bridge
on the Monongahela River and heads into the unknown on the Ohio River on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
(Randy Stoernell/Pittsburgh Union Progress)


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+ ... ?entry=ttu