as cold as i've heard it is...?

PS: Whats the Winterlude festival like....?

Throw us a bone then... what have you heard?

If you heard it was ridiculously cold sometimes, then you probably were not mislead


Winterlude is fun though, more so if you can skate as hitting the rideau canal is part of the charm. Its been said that there really is no such thing as bad weather in Canada, only poor clothing choices. The jury is still out on that one though. A month in (from the official start of winter) , and I'm getting sick of the winter weather already.

Well, I had heard that it could get to as cold as -40 - which scared me slightly.

Don't get me wrong, i love the whole cold, cold, snowy winters, snuggling up in my fleecy pj's, after a days skating on the Rideau Canal etc, it was one of the things that mainly drew us to Canada, however, i'm slightly worried that my fingers, toes, nose will fall off in such a cold temp....?

Am i viewing this in a slightly romantic way and do i need a slap...?

PS: I'm really looking forward to Winterlude!

Tell who ever it was that told you this it's bullsh*t, it has never been as cold as -40C in Ottawa.

Ottawa's record minimum temp is -36.1C set way back in 1943.

On average the temp in Ottawa gets colder than -30C only half a day per year and colder than -20C only 18.4 days per year on average.

Ottawa average temps and precipitation info here: http://climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.c...s=&StnId=4337&

Daily actuals for Ottawa this month here: http://climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.c...Month=1&Day=18 this includes high and low as well as the amounts of rain or snow.

Other months and years available by changing the boxes at the top of the table.

2 words Steve;


Wind


Chill

Yes but we all know that's only a "feels like" it's not a real temp.

But what about block heaters in Ottawa ?

Bollocks, I was just typing that.....

So is that block heaters or bollocks heaters then?

They're called in car seat heaters

For rounding and 'apocryphal tale' purposes, -36C is -40C wind chill or no bloody wind chill.

They say too warm can render you less fertile.

The opposite is also true...my wife credits the conception of our first born on a weekend trip to winterlude

Im pretty sure it hit -37 in Gatineau a few days ago. Gatineau is a couple of degrees colder than Ottawa.

Not that I give a toss at this moment in time.

<cranks AC up a notch>