The Coldest Places On Earth Are All In Canada Right Now & Temperatures Are Lower Than -40 C
Some spots feel like -50 C with the wind chill. 🥶
Huts on a lake in the Northwest Territories. Right: A frozen lake in Alberta.
Canada is currently home to the coldest places in the world, with some areas recording temperatures as low as -48 C and wind chill values as cold as - 55 C.
Parts of the country are dealing with a bout of frigid temperatures thanks to a blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex that is on the move in Western Canada.
While some areas in Canada's territories are known to face a deep freeze come winter, other provinces are now also facing a period of extreme cold.
According to Weather Now, which tracks weather extremes across the globe, all of the coldest places on Earth can currently be found in Canada.
The app gets live weather from public sources every five minutes and compiles them in a list of the coldest and hottest places in the world.
The coldest place on Earth right now is Watson Lake, Yukon, where the current temperature is a frigid -48 C. With the wind chill, however, this feels more like - 55 C, according to Environment Canada.
Behind Watson Lake is Mayo, Yukon, where the current temperature is not much warmer at -47 C.
Some provinces also managed to crack the top 10 coldest places on Earth. In Alberta at Edmonton International Airport, the current temperature is -43.7 C, according to Weather Now, making it the ninth coldest place on Earth.
While it didn't manage to rank in the top 10 coldest spots, Manning, Alberta, is also one of the coldest places in the world right now, with a current temperature of - 43.4 C.
Other Alberta locations on the list of coldest places include Peoria, where the current temperature is -43 C.
While these spots are the coldest in the province, Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for all of Alberta, advising residents to take caution during a long period of extremely cold temperatures and wind chills.
"Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill," says the warning.
Extreme cold and Arctic outflow warnings have also been issued for neighbouring B.C. as a blast of cold air from the polar vortex sends temperatures in the province plummeting.