Beating records set as far back as 1922
Weather summary for Western Quebec issued by Environment Canada 4 January 2014.
A few stations set new record lows on January 2.
New record (Celsius) old record (Celsius)
Val d’Or -41,6 (-42.9F) -41,0 (-41.8F) in 1980
Témiscaming -34,2 (-29.6F) -30,6 (-23.1F) in 1922
Parent -44,0 (-47.2F) -38,3 (-36.9F) in 1974
Chibougamau -43,4 (-46.1F) -34,4 (-29.9F) in 2013
Roberval -39,4 (-38.9F) -36,1 (-33.0F) in 1974
Bagotville -38,9 (-38.0F) -33,3 (-27.9F) in 1954
Quebec -33,9 (-29.0F) -29,4 (-20.9F) in 1968
Mont-Joli -34,0 (-29.2F) -28,3 (-18.9F) in 1947
Gaspé -31,0 (-23.8F) -25,7 (-14.3F) in 1984
Baie-Comeau -37,0 (-34.6F) -34,4 (-29.9F) in 1974
Sept-Îles -39,9 (-39.8F) -33,3 (-27.9F) in 1989
A few stations also set new record lows the morning of January 3.
New record (Celsius) old record (Celsius)
Parent -43,0 (-45.4F) -37,8 (-36.8F) in 1958
Chibougamau -43,7 (-46.7F) -38,4 (-37.1F) in 1986
Roberval -36,7 (-34.1F) -36,2 (-33.2F) in 1981
Bagotville -40,4 (-40.7F) -35,6 (-32.1F) in 1974
Mont-Joli -34,0 (-29.2F) -28,4 (-19.1F) in 1981
Gaspé -32,0 (-25.6F) -27,3 (-17.1F) in 1994
Sept-Îles -39,8 (-39.6F) -32,8 (-27.8F) in 1954
Additionally, a few stations set new records for the lowest high for
January 3.
New record (Celsius) old record (Celsius)
Bagotville -27.8 (-18.0F) -26.0 (-14.8F) in 1981
Mont-Joli -22.2 (-8.0F) -21.4 (-6.5F) in 1994
Gaspé -22.9 (-9.2F) -22.0 (-7.6F) in 1996
And a few stations set new record lows for January 4:
New record (Celsius) old record (Celsius)
Bagotville -37,2 (-35.0F) -34,5 (-30.1F) in 1981
Roberval -36,7 (-34.1F) -33,7 (-28.7F) in 1996
Record low temps in Ontario
Weather summary for Southern Ontario and the National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada
At 6:30 P.M. EST Friday 3 January 2014.
Record cold morning at some locales across Southern Ontario.
A bitterly cold Arctic airmass, that was ushered across Southern Ontario with the new year, has become entrenched across the region. Under mainly clear skies, temperatures plummeted to well below minus 20C (-4F) across many areas, with quite a few locales near and east of Georgian Bay to the Pembroke area reporting frigid minimum temperatures colder than minus 30C (-22F).
Locales below have reported new record minimums for today (Jan 03)
London -22.2C (-8.0F) (previous record -19.5C (-3.1F) in 1981)
Kitchener -23.0C (-9.4F) (previous record -22.3C (-8.1F) in 1981)
Hamilton -21.8C (-7.2F) (previous record -21.6C (-6.9F) in 1981)
Oshawa -26.3C (-15.3F) (previous record -26.0C (-14.8F) in 1981)
North Bay Airport -39.3C (-38.7F) (previous record -37.7C (-35.9F) in 1981)
Earlton Airport -43.7C (-46.7F) (previous record -41.2C (-42.2F) in 1981)
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html
Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link