“Should [cold] acquaintance be forgot…”

Welcome to 2025!  Hopefully your NYE festivities didn’t necessitate a walk of shame the morning after the night before, because it’s rather chilly for such tomfoolery.  As of writing, we’ve hit our high of -14, but the temperature will drop throughout the day to -17 and the wind will pick up giving a windchill of -23.  Tonight, expect a low of -21 with a windchill to -28.  Ouch.  For back to work Thursday, it’s an unpleasant ‘high’ of -19 and windchill of -28.  Welcome to 2025, indeed.

Today Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature falling to minus 17 this afternoon. Wind chill near minus 23.

Tonight Partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 21. Wind chill minus 23 this evening and minus 28 overnight. Risk of frostbite.

Thu, 2 Jan A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of flurries early in the morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 19. Wind chill near minus 28. Risk of frostbite.

Night Clear. Low minus 24.

Fri, 3 Jan Sunny. High minus 20.

Night Periods of snow. Low minus 22.

Sat, 4 Jan Snow. High minus 16.

Night Periods of snow. Low minus 17.

Sun, 5 Jan A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 14.

Night Cloudy periods. Low minus 15.

Mon, 6 Jan A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 6.

Night Cloudy periods. Low minus 8.

Tue, 7 Jan A mix of sun and cloud. High plus 2.

The morning after the night before: walk of shame
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