Coldest December Night in 40 Years

     With a low of -37.3°C at Winnipeg airport this morning, it was the coldest temperature recorded in December in Winnipeg since 1973 when we reached -37.8°C on Dec 31.

     We also broke the old record low of -37.2°C for today, previously set in 1879, 134 years ago!

     It was also the coldest temperature for so early in the season since 1893 when we reached -39.4°C on Dec 10.

     The coldest temperatures this morning were actually in the Interlake, and then also in northern Manitoba. Thompson dropped to -42.7°C while many localities in the Interlake, including Gimli and Fisher Branch, dropped to between -38 and -40°C.

     Here's a summary of lows and records broken this morning (areas that broke records are in bold):

Community	Low Dec 15, 2013	Old record	Records since
Thompson	-42.7°C	-42.6°C (1983)	1967
Fisher Branch	-39.9°C	-33.5°C (1979)	1977
Pinawa	-37.2°C	-34.4°C (1919)	1915-1950 & 1964-present
Sprague	-36.2°C	-37.8°C (1917)	1916
Emerson	-35.1°C	-32.5°C (1991)	1877

     Gimli dropped to -39.2°C.

      A big warmup is to come tomorrow after rising temperatures tonight. Highs in the mid to high minus single digits are expected.