Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

[Bill Mc]

50 Fahrenheit (10 C)
New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
Canadians plant gardens.


40 Fahrenheit (4.4 C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably
Canadians Sunbathe.


35 Fahrenheit (1.6 C)
Italian Cars won't start
Canadians drive with the windows down


32 Fahrenheit (0 C)
Distilled water freezes
Canadian water gets thicker.


0 Fahrenheit (-17.9 C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.


-40 Fahrenheit (-40 C)
Hollywood disintegrates.
Canadians rent some videos.


-60 Fahrenheit (-51 C)
Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.


-100 Fahrenheit (-73 C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole
Canadians pull down their earflaps.


-173 Fahrenheit (-114 C)
Ethyl alcohol freezes.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.


-459.4 Fahrenheit (-273 C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying "cold, eh? "


-500 Fahrenheit (-295 C)
Heck freezes over
The Leafs win the Cup

[Bill Gunn]

I've been ice fishing in Canada when it was -25*F.
There were a lot of people out on the ice that day. When we came in off the ice we were 7 miles from our cars.
We had to stop once in a while and rub our hands on our 4 wheeler mufflers so we could get back on and ride.
That's when a Mad Bomber Hat, and a good pair of choppers pay for themselves within 2 miles .

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[Twanger]

Man, those look cozy.

Coldest I ever was - Canadian Rockies ice climbing in January.
It was about -40F. Had all the clothes on that I could put on, and still started to freeze the second I stopped moving.

Come to think of it, there was a lot of action at the video store... :D

[Silvertip]

A wise Canadian once said "there is no such thing as cold just an absence of heat. ":)

[Bayrat]

Coldest here was -28 in town, -34 just outside. That cold there's no wind and all the oil burner, wood stove, and car/truck exhaust just sits in the bottom of the valleys like gray fog.

If you can get them started, cars and trucks have a very differant 'sound' to them when the metal gets that cold.

But the coldest I've ever been was taking the 12 - 4 am steering watch, sailing at night south of Nova Scotia in August..... and the air temp was only 40F.

I had on thermal undies, jeans and heavy work shirt, Bean boots with wool boot socks, Navy wool watch cap, rubber insulated gloves, a Sterns 'flak jacket' life vest, foul weather jacket and pants, and an Airforce artic parka over all that.

Sitting for a few hours on an open deck, in fog, with damp windchill can really do a number on ya.

Bayrat.