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If so, nowhere close (coldest so far has been 16°F). But below 0 temps are common, just not yet. I wouldn't expect them till January, late December at the earliest.
Vancouver has never recorded a below 0F temperature. Coldest temp ever recorded at the airport was exactly 0F back in January 1950 and probably several degrees warmer in the city itself.
We've had 5-6 days of below freezing temps so far this winter season with the coldest day about 15-20F depending on location within the city.
It's 350 miles from where I live, but Redesdale in Northumberland, north of England got to -19.5C last night which I believe is -3F or -4F. Coldest anywhere in England since 1987, so not normal. Some Scottish valleys have been at 0F or below a lot these last few nights, which again doesn't happen very often.
I've definitely seen negative temperatures in February before (I found one day with a high of 41°F (5°C) and a low of -1°F (-18.3°C)!). March 2009 had a 0°F but no below zero.
Last winter we only had one day that went below zero (-1°F).
And the January before had two days in a row that went down to -15°F (-26.1°C). Luckily, I was in Europe at the time. I showed someone from England my forecast and he had trouble believing it was true, "Nowhere in Europe gets that cold. How could it be that cold!"
That January Western Mass had a colder average than Moscow. Sunnier, though, and warmer days and colder nights.
And the January before had two days in a row that went down to -15°F (-26.1°C). Luckily, I was in Europe at the time. I showed someone from England my forecast and he had trouble believing it was true, "Nowhere in Europe gets that cold. How could it be that cold!"
That January Western Mass had a colder average than Moscow. Sunnier, though, and warmer days and colder nights.
Actually even as a lifelong weather nut who's seen the statistics and understands the reasons I have trouble really believing how cold it gets in winter in the US/Canada at latitudes that in western Europe never get such cold weather. For example, I've been sunburnt (a little) after spending the day on the beach in February at 42N in more than 20C, so to think that across the Atlantic at the same time it can be well below freezing yet with the same sun in the sky at presumably the same strength, takes some understanding. Most British people would take some serious explaining that Florida has a lower lowest temperature than Northern Ireland and that Dallas (32N) has a record low significantly lower than anything Aberdeen (57N) has ever seen.
Not yet. Below zero temperatures usually don't occur in December here. I've only seen them in January, personally.
The above was an incorrect statement. There have been a few times over the last decade where temperatures have dropped below zero in February. Most February's drop down to near zero. Looking at past weather data, it dropped down to -9 F in December of 2005. Don't think it has dropped below zero any other time in December during the past decade though.
Guess I didn't really pay attention to the weather as much back then.
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