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Iced cap: Ottawa currently coldest capital city in the world

CBC News | Posted: December 28, 2017 3:24 PM | Last Updated: December 28, 2017

Ottawa's temperature has fallen below those of capital cities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia

Image | Ottawa River frozen ice winter

Caption: Ottawa is currently the coldest capital city in the world, with temperatures reaching a low of –29 C overnight. (Canadian Press)

The extreme cold has pushed Ottawa well below the rest of the world's coldest capital cities.
Mongolia's capital, Ulan Bator, is on average the coldest national capital in the world.
But Ottawa's overnight temperature of –29 C on Wednesday fell below that for Ulan Bator, which experienced an overnight low of about –26 C.

Media Video | (not specified) : Extreme cold weather grips Ottawa

Caption: Ottawa residents brave the bone-chilling weather as the city is under an extreme cold warning from Environment Canada.

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Moscow and Astana, Kazakhstan, two of the other coldest capitals according to the World Atlas(external link), recorded Wednesday overnight lows of around 2 C and –13 C, respectively.
Some other temperatures from world capitals recorded overnight:
  • Helsinki 1 C
  • Reykjavik –4 C
  • Tallinn 0 C
  • Nuuk, Greenland –6 C
The overnight temperature in Novosibirsk, the unofficial capital of the Russian region of Siberia, reached a low of –14.
With wind chills making it feel like –36 in Ottawa, the public health office issued a frostbite warning that remained in effect Thursday.

Image | Ottawa-coldest-capital

Caption: Ottawa is currently experiencing colder temperatures than the rest of the world's coldest capital cities. (The Weather Channel)

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