It's The First Day Of Spring & The Coldest Place In Canada Is -39 C

Oh, Canada!
First Day Of Spring 2021 In Canada Is Here But It's Still Cold
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Even though it's the first day of spring 2021 in Canada, that doesn't mean the weather immediately gets warm.

There's no better example than the coldest spot in the country being -39 degrees.

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At 10:30 a.m. ET on March 20, the honour of being the coldest spot in Canada went to Shepherd Bay Airport in Nunavut with a temperature of -39.

At the same time, the hottest place in the country was Collingwood, Ontario, with a temperature of 8.

A long-range spring forecast for Canada shows the Prairies and territories having above-normal temperatures, but another is calling for a "wet and wild" season. 

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  • Lisa Belmonte

    Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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