One record goes back to 1922.
Weather summary for British Columbia issued by Environment Canada at 12:43 p.m. MST Thursday 15 December 2016.
A very cold arctic air mass has settled in over areas of coastal
British Columbia.
Here is a summary of new daily record low temperatures in degrees celsius.
Pitt Meadows: -11.8 (10.8F)
Old record of -11.1 (12F) set in 1922. Records began in 1900
Squamish: -12.1 (10.2F)
Old record of -8.3 (17.1F) set in 1964, Records began in 1960
Whistler: -18.0 (-0.4F)
Old record of -17.2 (1.0F) set in 1971, Records began in 1950
Campbell River: -13.3 (8.1F)
Old record of -7.9 (17.8F) set in 2000, Records began in 1958
Bella Bella: -13.3 (8.1F)
Old record of -9.7 (14.5F) set in 2008, Records began in 1977
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html
Thanks to Terry Homeniuk for this link
“Wind Chill 85 Degrees Below Zero On New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Summit” http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/12/16/wind-chill-mount-washington/
“Syracuse just broke a 99-year record for cold” http://www.syracuse.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/12/syracuse_just_broke_a_99-year_record_for_cold.html
” ‘That’s pretty rare’: Helena gets two record-breaking days of snowfall this week” http://helenair.com/that-s-pretty-rare-helena-gets-two-record-breaking-days/article_e9f7df04-4b0a-541f-a183-b2cbe7a76da1.html
Ha, my old home town, Campbell River… grew up there!
You can check out the Highway webcams on the inland island highway here:
http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/121.html
There’s some snow there and its clear… pretty cold when that happens.
It’s cold because it’s warm. That’s what they are saying.