All Weather Stations In B.C. Dip Below Freezing; Americans Told To "Hunker Down"; Delhi At 3.9C; + Antarctic Summer Continues The Sub -40s

"Hunker down, be careful, check your neighbors..."

All Weather Stations In B.C. Dip Below Freezing

Ski resorts are closed due to extreme cold, teachers are impressing students by instantly freezing boiling water, and it’s even too cold for a zoo penguin walk -- the ravages of 'global boiling' have set in over Western Canada.

Polar air has tanked temperatures to levels approaching -50C (-58F) over a wide area, prompting Environment Canada to issue extreme cold/Arctic outflow warnings for swaths of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, most of B.C., Saskatchewan and all of Alberta.

A biting -49.3C (-56.7F) was posted at Oglivie Camp, Yukon yesterday — the lowest temperature Canada this winter; -48.4C (-55.1F) hit Watson Lake; a low of -47C (-52.6F) was posted in the NWT; -43C (-45.4F) in Alberta; and -42C (-43.6F) in British Columbia.

With regards to metropolises, Prince George dipped to -29C (-20.2F) Thursday, with a forecast -36C (-32.8F) Friday. Thermometers in Calgary and Edmonton read -30C (-22F) and -31C (-23.8F), respectively, with lows nearing -40C (-40F) forecast Friday.

Daily records have been falling, such as the -43.4C (-46.1C) in Yellowknife, NWT which pips the -43.3C set back in 1965.

Most impressively, as far as I'm concerned, by 7 PM Thursday every weather station in British Columbia read below the freezing mark (the highest temperature being the -0.1C at Tofino, see below) — an incredibly rare feat.

UPDATE: The highest temperature in B.C. at midnight was the -3.4C (25.9F) at both Ballenas Islands and Estevan Point.

In other news, the Calgary Zoo was forced to cancel its outdoor penguin walk (disaster), and several resorts have been shut, such as Nakiska Ski Area, in Kananaskis Country, and also the Banff Sunshine Ski Resort after wind chill values there plunged to -40C.

Heavy snow is also proving an issue across Western Canada.

School was cancelled Thursday in Hope, B.C., due to “whiteout conditions beyond the scales” according to the district.

Whiteouts have also been reported elsewhere in the province, including Vancouver:

“Whiteout on the Creek” — S A Smith on X.

The cold isn't expected to lift anytime soon, either.

Even as this mass shifts south into the US, it will be immediately chased by another, even longer-lasting blast, forecast to take us into February.

Americans Told To "Hunker Down"

"Hunker down, be careful, check your neighbors" — is the official advice as Arctic Blast #1 enters the United States.