A Cold Day In Northern Ontario

thornmz71 · January 23, 2011

just a few pics of the coldest day this year hit -40C lastnight

AvalancheZ71 · January 23, 2011

Well, at least the sun was out! Think spring.

pwall · January 23, 2011

It's just a little chilly here in Toronto too....down here for the weekend.

The truck started just fine after sitting in the hotel parking lot all night.

thornmz71 · January 23, 2011

same here i didnt plug it in either and it was -40 all night it made a few noises when i started it this morning and the steering was a bit stiff when i went to pick up a timmies and some timbits for the little one

rob1231 · January 24, 2011

It's just a little chilly here in Toronto too....down here for the weekend.
The truck started just fine after sitting in the hotel parking lot all night.

just wait till you get back home. You will have wished you stayed down there!

pwall · January 24, 2011

Yeah...woke up this morning to -29c.

But I got a ride to the bus instead of waiting outside in the code.

It's supposed to warm up this week, around -10c. That's not too bad this time of year.

snarkee · January 24, 2011

our coldest this year was -24 last night ....i went for a sled ride and when i came home, my jacket was covered in frost lol

rob1231 · January 24, 2011

our coldest this year was -24 last night ....i went for a sled ride and when i came home, my jacket was covered in frost lol

Your lucky! This year I've gone out once. None of the trails are open near my house.

snarkee · January 24, 2011

our coldest this year was -24 last night ....i went for a sled ride and when i came home, my jacket was covered in frost lol

Your lucky! This year I've gone out once. None of the trails are open near my house.

where u from?

Iowa Rick · January 24, 2011

same here i didnt plug it in either and it was -40 all night it made a few noises when i started it this morning and the steering was a bit stiff when i went to pick up a timmies and some timbits for the little one

-40C is the crossover point isn't it? For us who think in Farenheit it would be -40F as well. That is COLD by any measurement. It hit +31F here today, thats much more tolerable as far as I'm concerned. Keep warm guys!

rodram · January 24, 2011

I was in Marathon Ontario last week for work and on Wednesday the dash thermometer on our new GMC Yukon XL SLT rental said outside temperature -32c ... and on top of that the wind was blowing ... it was COLD !!!

... but in Auto 4wd on the Yukon we were able to stay on the slippery snowy road very nicely ...., while many other vehicles and transport trucks were taking nose dives into the ditch ....

Iowa Rick · January 24, 2011

same here i didnt plug it in either and it was -40 all night it made a few noises when i started it this morning and the steering was a bit stiff when i went to pick up a timmies and some timbits for the little one

Curious, what are timmies and timbits? Canadian slang?

My youngest daughter is in the UK. Some of their expressions are hard to keep a straight face. We had Spotted Dick for dessert one meal.

My dad was from Winnipeg, he told stories about the cold like peeing and it freezing before it hit the ground.

The coldest I've experienced was -24F and that was cold enough especially when the blower motor on the gas furnace decided it was overworked and quit. Thank goodness for gas stoves or all the pipes would have froze. Rick

rodram · January 24, 2011

Timmies is coffee from Tim Horton's coffee/donut shop ... the original TimHorton's is in North Bay Ontario. Tim Horton's sofar is pretty much a Canadian thing ... very popular coffee/donut chain all across the country. Soon to be in a US city near you!

TimBits is what they call their donut holes ... a small piece of donut dough deepfried

Tim Horton (..for those of us old enough to remember..) was a rough & tough NHL hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs ...

Iowa Rick · January 24, 2011

Timmies is coffee from Tim Horton's coffee/donut shop ... the original TimHorton's is in North Bay Ontario. Tim Horton's sofar is pretty much a Canadian thing ... very popular coffee/donut chain all across the country. Soon to be in a US city near you!

TimBits is what they call their donut holes ... a small piece of donut dough deepfried

Thanks for the enlightenment. Kinda DunkinDonut/Starbucks thing.

GasHog369 · January 24, 2011

MMMMMM'MMM Timmys FTW!

lol..

Hot chocolate supreme - or - cafe mocha !!! I spend too much there during the week for breakfast!

It was -9F here this morn, with a windchill around -15-20F was cold! Truck ran great tho, and actually felt like i had more power than ever before! Started like it was a summer day with that new odyssey battery!