Some of the coldest places on Earth are in Ontario as the polar vortex brings extreme cold
Extreme cold warnings have been issued in seven provinces. 🥶
Ice-covered lake in Ontario during the winter.
Bundle up because some of the coldest places on Earth are in Ontario right now.
Ontario's weather has turned frigid as the polar vortex drops temperatures, with some spots feeling below -50 C!
On Monday, January 20, Weather Now revealed that 18 of the 20 coldest places on Earth are in Canada, including 14 locations in Ontario.
The coldest place in the world right now is Nagagami Lake, Ontario with a temperature of -41 C.
These are the other places in Ontario that are the coldest in the world:
- Chapleau (-40 C)
- Kapuskasing (-40 C feeling like -49 C)
- Sandy Lake (-38 C feeling like -48 C)
- Dryden (-38 C feeling like -50 C)
- Pukaskwa (-38 C feeling like -39 C)
- Muskrat (-38 C feeling like -50 C)
- Sioux Lookout (-38 C)
- Upsala (-38 C)
- Pickle Lake (-38 C feeling like -52 C)
- Red Lake (-38 C feeling like -48 C)
- Marathon (-37 C)
- Kirkland Lake (-37 C)
- Big Trout Lake (-37 C feeling like -51 C)
Other parts of Canada are dealing with the polar vortex and bitterly cold temperatures as well.
These are the coldest places on Earth that are in Canada:
- Stoney Rapids, Saskatchewan (-40 C)
- Eureka, Nunavut (-39 C feeling like -52 C)
- Cold Lake, Alberta (-39 C)
- Uranium City, Saskatchewan (-39 C)
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings in Ontario as a "prolonged period of extreme cold" is expected to continue from Monday into Tuesday, January 21.
The wind chill will make temperatures feel between -30 C and -45 C for northern and central parts of the province.
"Unrelenting extreme cold conditions are expected," the weather service said. "Relief from extreme cold is expected to be limited even during the daytime hours."
You should watch for cold-related symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, muscle pain and weakness, and numbness and colour changes in fingers and toes.
Environment Canada extreme cold warnings are also in place for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick.