Dreaming of a white Easter....

[bylo]

Originally Posted by PhotoJim

Even in my part of southern Canada it can get down to -40 (which is the same in either scale )

You forgot to mention that it's a "dry cold" [That's an inside joke that only Canadians will "get."]

[DRNewcomb]

Originally Posted by bylo

You forgot to mention that it's a "dry cold" [That's an inside joke that only Canadians will "get."]

Actually, I get it very well. -10 C in dry conditions is way better than +3 C and rain.

[bylo]

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

Actually, I get it very well. -10 C in dry conditions is way better than +3 C and rain.

Well that makes you an honourary(!) Canadian, eh?

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by bylo

Well that makes you an honourary(!) Canadian, eh?

What makes? The knowledge about relationship between the humidity and the subjective perception of air temperature? Do you mean that non-Canadians don't usually know this fact ?

[bylo]

Originally Posted by Przemolog

What makes? The knowledge about relationship between the humidity and the subjective perception of air temperature? Do you mean that non-Canadians don't usually know this fact ?

Canadians generally know this but we like to joke about it. In Western Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) winter temperatures are often -40C while in southern Ontario they are usually much warmer, often close to 0C with wet snow and sometimes even rain. Westerners like to explain that their colder temperatures are more tolerable because "it's a dry cold" and that phrase has become something of a bit of a joke among Canadians.

As with many other countries there are regional rivalries. In Canada political and economic power has historically been concentrated in southern Ontario, especially in Toronto, so the rest of Canada often refers to that part of the country sarcastically as "the center of the universe."

BTW it snowed here again overnight and more is expected this afternoon. However the forecast says it will get to +14C and rain by Tuesday.

[DRNewcomb]

Originally Posted by bylo

Well that makes you an honourary(!) Canadian, eh?

Actually, I've shoveled snow once or twice. I don't ever need to do it again.

Of course, "dry cold" is not a Canadian thing; it's a western thing. They don't know about "dry cold" in Newfoundland.

[PhotoJim]

Originally Posted by bylo

You forgot to mention that it's a "dry cold" [That's an inside joke that only Canadians will "get."]

That was the most popular write-in vote when we had a survey for our license plate slogan.