Manitoba Museum reports Winnipeg's temperature as cold as surface of Mars

[onehandle]

In terms of astonishing weather facts, it doesn't get much more impressive than being as cold as a distant planet for a day.

The Manitoba Museum is reporting Winnipeg's temperatures on Tuesday were actually as cold as the surface of Mars.

According to the Curiosity Rover, Mars reached a maximum temperature of -29 C on Tuesday, a temperature Winnipeg only reached shortly before 3 p.m.

The deep freeze over much of Southern Manitoba prompted extreme wind chill warnings in the area and most of the north.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-deep-freeze-as-cold-as-uninhabited-planet-1.2479967

[MineralMan]

1. Embarrass, MN reached -40 overnight.

And there's no need to ask whether it's F or C. In both measurement systems -40 degrees is the same.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Hardly worth writing home about.

That's only about -20ºF. Our forecast is for -25ºF tonight.