# Canada experiences -40 temperatures. (Photos) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727 "2024-01-27T06:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/21 "2024-01-27T18:58:15Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > And all of Ireland is even further north. Cork, the southernmost city in Ireland, is the same latitude as Saskatoon. And Ireland has palm trees. > > Gulf Stream. > > If it slows down, as some are predicting, Ireland and the UK will experience extreme changes in climate. Oh, yeh. I’m currently reading [a murder thriller set in 2051 Scotland,](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BC85GKSH/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title) after the seas have risen and the Gulf Stream has shut down. Brutal conditions of snow, freezing rain, flooded cities, etc. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/22 "2024-01-27T19:06:47Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > We didn’t get -40, but it was around -33 here. I walked home from work a few times. It’s doable. Well, you know the story of when I was visiting Saskatoon on business one winter day, and without further thought left my hotel to walk a block to my destination wearing only a light overcoat. The good news is that I survived, and it wasn’t even necessary to call paramedics, although it was close! 🥶 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/23 "2024-01-27T19:54:43Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > We think of Montana, N Dakota. Wisconsin, Maine etc. as very, very cold. Canada is North of that. A LOT of states have parts that are further north than the southern (and most populated) bits of Canada, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, N. and S. Dakota, Maine, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Utah. The brown asterisk above Ohio represents Canada’s southernmost land. The grey states all have land north of that. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/rspXL7wV/states-north-of-canada.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/rspXL7wV/states-north-of-canada.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/24 "2024-01-27T20:04:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Belated Robbie Burns day by the way. I had a nice tumbler of Oban 14 year old scotch. So did I. Great choice! And perfect for Robbie Burns Day. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/25 "2024-01-27T20:08:40Z")
I had always associated going North with cold weather. My life experiences are limited to Massachusetts and Arkansas. It was quite a shock for me when my parents returned to Ark. I learned something about weather today. I appreciate getting set straight. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/26 "2024-01-27T21:39:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > We didn’t get -40, but it was around -33 here. I walked home from work a few times. It’s doable. A tip of my cap to you, too. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/27 "2024-01-27T21:51:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Meh, with all due respect to our American friends, they really don’t know how big we are (five time zones). Five and a half time zones. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727/28 "2024-01-27T23:53:23Z")
We stop walking our dogs when it hits -20, mostly for the dog’s sake. I stop doing nighttime astronomy at -15 or so, because colder than that starts to affect the equipment. It’s funny - after the cold snap it warmed up all the way to -12, and it felt so warm that we took the dogs for a 2km walk then came back and sat outside for a while. But if it gets to -12 in the fall after summer, it feels much colder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-experiences-40-temperatures-photos/996727.md?page=1)