How cold is it?

[JMatthews]

It is so cold that if you throw a cup of boiling water into the outside air, it will form a big cloud! This works best with temps of -25 and colder. Try it out but be careful.
The difference between the air temp and my hot tub water is 80 degrees, Celsius!

[FishingMonkey]

It's so cold, that when I peed, ice cubes hit the ground.

[Plog]

Had to take the 2 dogs out this morning at about 610am to do their business and when you opened the door there was a "fog" forming with the rush of warm air hitting the cold. The thermometer said -34c and the Weather Network said -42c with wind chill….The dogs were real quick….

[Hunter John]

[outback]

While cleaning the car windshield this morning a coupla birds flew overhead. I'm think'in that one took a dump because a coupla solid chunks of what looked to be bird crap hit the hood. Frozen bird turd, man I'm happy it didn't hit me.

outback

[jaycee]

At our place this morning at 8:30 a.m. it was minus 28 , have no idea what it was when the wind chill is factored in .

[TurkeyRookie]

When I worked for Toyota Test and Development at the cold test facility, we use to do this with the Engineers that would come from Japan, LA, Arizona, etc, they got a big kick out of it. They'd make a fresh pot of coffee, run outside and toss it up in the -40+ weather and record it and send it to everyone back home.

[Fox]

A friend was bugged by guys in Texas about the winter. They asked what it was like to live in Canada in the winter time.

He told them to get a parka and boots and climb into their deep freezer at home.

Just about sums it up.

I hate the wind chill crap though, it has not yet been colder than -30C in Ottawa this year but the media makes it seem like it is -40C every night.

Wind pulls moisture from the skin and cools/drys the surface. If you cover up then there is not affect of the wind on your skin, just increased transfer of heat from your body through your clothes to the air that is moving past you.

They should just say it is -25C with winds of 15km/h, or "Windy" rather than tell people it is -50C outside when it is not.

As -50C most cars are not equipped for it and their washed fluid/coolant would freezer, I have never experienced that cold in Ontario, even Kapuskasing where my mom grew up does not go below -50C (-47.2C is the record).

[TurkeyRookie]

A friend was bugged by guys in Texas about the winter. They asked what it was like to live in Canada in the winter time.

He told them to get a parka and boots and climb into their deep freezer at home.

Just about sums it up.

I hate the wind chill crap though, it has not yet been colder than -30C in Ottawa this year but the media makes it seem like it is -40C every night.

Wind pulls moisture from the skin and cools/drys the surface. If you cover up then there is not affect of the wind on your skin, just increased transfer of heat from your body through your clothes to the air that is moving past you.

They should just say it is -25C with winds of 15km/h, or "Windy" rather than tell people it is -50C outside when it is not.

As -50C most cars are not equipped for it and their washed fluid/coolant would freezer, I have never experienced that cold in Ontario, even Kapuskasing where my mom grew up does not go below -50C (-47.2C is the record).

We've gone colder then -50c twice so far this year. And once while up in Moosonee at -52 when we landed.

I've never had windshield washer fluid freeze in the jug / bottle, but that little extra in the hoses, absolutely freezes and plugs. Never had an issue with coolant though.

[oaknut]

Coolant is nothing to worry about. For the first 10 degrees or so below it's freezing point it more or less thickens and gets a few crystals, within scones of fire up the heat thaws it. Heading out and driving through some brutal cold nights the washer fluid always got a dose of methyl hydrate to further it's freezing point and keep the lines thawed.

Was out working most of the night last night and when I stepped out of my machine into the wind for a leak I wasn't long getting back into the cab.