Ottawa area in grips of record cold snap
CBC News | Posted: November 13, 2019 11:02 AM | Last Updated: November 13, 2019
Many communities have broken low temperature records for Nov. 12, 13
It's very cold outside.
Ottawa, Kingston, Cornwall and Maniwaki were all at either -14 or -15 C as of 5 a.m., breaking low temperature records on Environment Canada's books for Nov. 13.
All four had record lows yesterday as well.
Pembroke fell just short yesterday and though it was also -15 C this morning, its record low is even lower.
The high is getting up to -8 C around noon, without much wind chill or cloud.
That's still 13 degrees cooler than the usual daytime high in mid-November.
A few cm of snow overnight
Expect light snow overnight and a low of -10, with more light snow tomorrow and a high of -2 C, with a -10 wind chill.
The region should see four to six centimetres of snow, except Kingston, where its high of 3 C may bring about some rain.
Maniwaki should get just a dusting of snow overnight into tomorrow.
Thursday night's low is a relatively pleasant -1 C, with a high of 2 C Friday — then a dive back into record low territory that night.
It's looking like a sunny weekend that's much colder Saturday than Sunday, and Monday is still where this string of below-average daytime highs in Ottawa looks set to end.
It's currently at eight days and if it ends Monday, would peter out at 12.