Thread: Second coldest place in the world on Saturday Night

it's been -18 through -37 F here for over a week.

And I thought it was very cold this morning when I left the house...+12 Celsius...+22 by the time I got to the kid's school....

Originally Posted by dnjrboy

I would have posted this yesterday, but needed a chance to thaw out a little.

Here in beautiful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Saturday December 12th it was -46.2 degrees Celcius. That makes us the second coldest on the planet. The coldest place was in northern Siberia and it registered -48 degrees Celcius.

Why do I live here?

Kinda makes me glad I live in South Florida...let me see Dec 12th here was 85 F. I have kept the A/C going mainly because of the humidity. The coldest I have experienced was -10 F I thought I was going to die. I don't do too well in the cold. I was born in the island of Cuba where winters are a toasty 65F.

Originally Posted by dnjrboy

Here in beautiful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Saturday December 12th it was -46.2 degrees Celcius. That makes us the second coldest on the planet. The coldest place was in northern Siberia and it registered -48 degrees Celcius.

Why do I live here?

Because you are a polar bear?

Western cold snaps can really be brutal - my in-laws live in Winnipeg, and it's cold...but at least it's a dry cold

Over here in Ottawa (the 7th (?)coldest national capital in the world, thank you very much), it will be -16c (3f) for a high on Thursday, and -23c (-9F) overnight. Apparently your western cold snap is moving east...the only difference is that we have humidity to deal with as well, so the cold really socks into your bones.

But it makes you hardy, right?

Mark

ps. enough snow to have used my snowblower 4 times already, with tonight looking to be #5...