Southern Ontario: Extreme Cold Outlook for Saturday, January 29, 2022

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Forecast Discussion

Another cold night is expected across Southern Ontario with extremely cold temperatures to start off the day on Saturday. The coldest air will be found throughout Central and Eastern Ontario where the minimum temperature will come close to or slightly below -30°C. Factoring in the wind chill, it will feel well into the -30s and perhaps even close to -40°C in some areas.

This cold air won’t spare much of our region with the temperature below -20°C all the way through Southwestern Ontario and around the GTA and the wind chill making it feel near -30°C. Those around the Lake Huron shoreline and the Bruce Penisula will be slightly milder between -16 and-22 °C. The only exception to this will be extreme Southwestern Ontario such as Windsor along with the Niagara region which will range from -12 to -18°C and feel into the low to mid -20s.

Temperatures will improve late in the day reaching a high between -8 to -15°C, but the cold air will return for one more night into Sunday morning.

Please be sure to dress accordingly if you plan on being outside for an extended period of time. Frostbite and other cold-related dangers can become life-threatening in a matter of minutes with temperatures this cold! And please don’t forget about your furry friends. If it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for them! Bring them inside or find a way to keep them warm. Stay safe and warm!

Southern Ontario: Extreme Cold Forecast for Wednesday, January 26, 2022

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Forecast Discussion

Southern Ontario is set to experience yet another blast of cold air on Wednesday morning which will result in extremely cold temperatures ranging from -20°C to below -30°C. This will likely be close to if not the coldest night/morning of the year so far with the wind chill making it feel near -40°C in the more northern part of the region and near -30°C around the Golden Horseshoe and into Southwestern Ontario.

As we usually see, the temperature will start to drop later tonight and bottom-out early Wednesday morning with the coldest temperatures expected just before sunrise. Around 6-8 am is when the coldest temperatures will occur which ranges from around -25°C to -32°C in Central/Eastern Ontario. Once we factor in the wind chill, it will feel like -30°C to -40°C in Central/Eastern Ontario. The temperature will be slightly milder around the Lake Ontario, Huron and Erie shoreline expected to reach around -16°C to -24°C. And the wind chill will make it feel close to -22°C to 32°C. Later in the day, we will see temperatures climb to -15°C to -20°C in Central/Eastern Ontario and -8°C to -15°C further south around the GTA and Southwestern Ontario.

Please be sure to dress accordingly if you plan on being outside for an extended period of time. Frostbite and other cold-related dangers can become life-threatening in a matter of minutes with temperatures this cold! And please don’t forget about your furry friends. If it’s too cold for you, it’s too cold for them! Bring them inside or find a way to keep them warm. Stay safe and warm!