Environment Canada Meteorologist Claude Cote tells CHSJ we're currently under a dome of cold, arctic air and brisk worth west winds. The weather will slowly start to get warmer on Friday, but there will still be a strong wind chill. We're experiencing weather that's 10-15 degrees below normal, and it's not until Tuesday that normal weather winter conditions will be back.
Cote says the second half of January is called the "Dead of Winter," a time where we typically experience the coldest temperatures of the year. The ice cold arctic air mass is coming down from the North West Territories, making Edmunston the coldest area with a temp of -35. The hot spot in the province is Point Lepreau, with a beachy high of -18.
No cold records have been broken.
