If you complained about the cold in Fort St. John yesterday, send a warm thought to our neighbours in Fort Nelson.
The community was Monday’s cold spot in B.C., with the airport weather station recording a low of -32.1 degrees.
And it hasn’t gotten warmer overnight either.
As of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Environment Canada station was reporting temperatures of -35.4, with windchills making it feel like -44.
Surprisingly, that’s not even close to being cold enough for new low temperature record.
Fort Nelson’s coldest temperature on Dec. 5 was -41.2 set in 1997.
For Dec. 6, the record is -45.3, also set in 1977.
Fort Nelson will see daytime highs this week hovering between -20 to -25 — and might warm up to -19 on Thursday.
Here in Fort St. John, the airport weather station recorded a low of -24.4 on Monday, well short of the -36.5 cold record set on Dec. 5, 1995.
Temperatures will rise to a high of -24 today, and even higher to -2 on Wednesday.
A brief break to the cold snap will follow Thursday and Friday, with highs of -4 and -5 degrees.
7 Day Forecast
Today
-24 °C
Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries late this afternoon. Snow near the mountains this morning. Local amount 2 cm near the Rockies. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 24. Wind chill near minus 34. Risk of frostbite.
Tonight
-22 °C
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries this evening then partly cloudy. Wind becoming southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60 before morning. Temperature rising to minus 9 by morning. Wind chill minus 32 this evening and minus 19 overnight. Risk of frostbite.
Wednesday
-2 °C
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 19 in the morning and minus 10 in the afternoon.
Wednesday night
-13 °C
Clear. Low minus 13.
Thursday
-4 °C
Sunny. High minus 4.
Thursday night
-8 °C
Clear. Low minus 8.
Friday
-5 °C
Sunny. High minus 5.
Friday night
-16 °C
Clear. Low minus 16.
Saturday
-15 °C
Cloudy. High minus 15.
Saturday night
-28 °C
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 28.
Sunday
-27 °C
A mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of flurries. High minus 27.
Sunday night
-30 °C
Cloudy periods. Low minus 30.
Monday
-21 °C
A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 21.
