A bitterly cold Arctic ridge of high pressure produced record low temperatures this morning, January 2nd, at the following places (all temperatures in Celsius):
ONTARIO
Thunder Bay Airport -38.8 (previous record -38.5 in 1979)
Red Lake Airport -39,9 (previous record -38.3 in 1968)
Wawa Airport -37.5 (previous record -35.6 in 1994)
Chapleau -41.2 (previous record -40.6 in 1942)
Timmins Airport -42.2 (previous record -40.0 in 1974)
Earlton Airport -43.7 (previous record -39.0 in 1981)
Sudbury Airport -35.5 (previous record -33.8 in 1981)
Upsala -42.4 (previous record -38.3 in 1951)
QUEBEC… New record lows for January 2 at the following stations:
New record (celcius) previous record (celcius)
Val d’Or -41,6 -41,0 in 1980
Témiscaming -34,2 -30,6 in 1922
Parent -44,0 -38,3 in 1974
Chibougamau -43,4 -34,4 in 2013
Roberval -39,0 -36,1 in 1974
Bagotville -38,9 -33,3 in 1954
Quebec -33,9 -29,4 in 1968
Mont-Joli -29,2 -28,3 in 1947
Gaspé -27,2 -25,7 in 1984
Baie-Comeau -37,0 -34,4 in 1974
Sept-Îles -34,7 -33,3 in 1989
Some very cold lows have also been recorded this morning in other stations for which there are no weather data records.
Matagami -42
Rouyn -43
Angliers -41
Dozois reservoir (La Vérendrye Park) -43
Mont-saint-michel -37
Papineau-Labelle Park -40
Saint-jovite -36
Saint-Michel-des-Saints -41
Deschambault -36
La Tuque -42
Montmorency forest (Laurentians Park) -41
L’Étape -43
Normandin -46
Jonquiere -37
La terriere -40
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html
Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link