Break out the parka: Canada is the world's coldest country, with a frosty average temperature of -5.6°C. Ottawa is the second-chilliest national capital after Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.- LONELY PLANET'S Best in Travel 2009: 850 Trends, Destinations, Journeys & Experiences for the Year Ahead (Canada, USA, Europe)
Interestingly enough, Lonely Planet selected Canada has one of its top 10 countries to visit in 2009. Which reminds me that I need to start writing those posts on Montréal to encourage SFF fans to come here in droves for the Worldcon next summer. . .
By the way, -5.6°C is nothing. That's a beautiful winter day up here. Unlike today, with -30°C with the windchill, now that's cold! The average for late December is about -10°C to -12°C. . .
That's cold.
ReplyDeleteThis winter -7 was the coldest we had in Warsaw (at night). I think coldest temperature in my life was -27 at night and around -15 during day.
It's strange to think you live so much further South then me.
Ah, just one more reason for me to consider moving to Poland!!!:P
ReplyDeleteI live near Frankfurt on the Main. This week we had in the night between -5 and -7. During the day it was mostly zero degrees.
ReplyDeleteI know that is nothing compared to Canada.
Your winters are scary. One forgets how much warmer Europe is. It hits me only sometimes when I realise that you live on about the same latitude as Venetians but have winter befitting Moscow (or maybe even colder).
ReplyDeleteWe have been rocking about -30 for two weeks here in Edmonton (and it was even worse when I went home to Saskatoon). It's a dry cold though...
ReplyDeleteI was reading about Norway and realized that even some of their cities that are above the arctic circle do not get as cold as Mid-Alberta/Saskatchewan.
Also I think the the temperature difference is notable as well - it's common to hit -35 in the winter and +30 in the summer. One day last April, in Saskatoon, we had a 40°C swing in 48 hours.