Extreme cold warning issued for Ottawa; Valentine’s Day could be record-breaking
Posted Feb 11, 2016 07:33:46 AM.
Last Updated Feb 12, 2016 11:24:50 AM.
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OTTAWA – We are in for a very cold Family Day long weekend.
An Extreme Cold Warning has been issued for Ottawa and the forecast calls for frigid wind chill values right through the final weekend of Winterlude, before things warm up for Family Day Monday.
The coldest point of the weekend will come very early Sunday morning — Valentine’s Day — when we could break a cold temperature record. 1310 NEWS meteorologist Jill Taylor says the temperature could fall as low as minus 29C; the record 28.2C was set back in 1979.
A frostbite advisory from Ottawa Public Health remains in place until further notice.
Click HERE for more information on the dangers of frostbite, and tips on how to stay protected.
The cold weather is good news for The Rideau Canal Skateway, which will be fully open as of noon Friday.
Click HERE for updated skateway conditions.
Ottawa’s long weekend forecast:
Friday: Windy with increasing cloud.
Few flurries
Guaranteed high minus 5.
Wind chill near minus 30 this morning, then near minus 12 for the afternoon
Friday night: Windy with flurries.
Low near minus 26, wind chill near minus 38.
Saturday: Sun and cloud, windy and very cold.
High near minus 22, wind chill near minus 32.
Wind chill overnight near minus 40
Sunday: Valentine’s Day: Mainly sunny and continuing very cold.
(We could be waking to record low temperatures. The record low is minus 28.2 set in 1979, and could be near minus 29 early Sunday)
High near minus 17, wind chill near minus 22.
Family Day Monday: Mainly cloudy.
Bitter cold wind chill values will ease.
Flurries for the evening
High near minus 7.
Tuesday: Snow.
High near 0.
Record high: 8.2 (1999)
Record low: -31.7 (1967)
Greatest rainfall: 21.2mm (2009)
Greatest snowfall: 24.4cm (1988)
average high: -5
average low: -14
