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Freezing conditions continue in Guelph this week

Montrealers can expect freezing rain as the new year kicks off.
Forecasted highs in Guelph this week are only expected to be between -11 C and -17 C, according Environment Canada. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

It doesn’t look like Jack Frost will be letting up any time soon in Guelph and Waterloo region as frigid conditions are expected to last through the week.

Environment Canada has issued an Extreme Cold Warning for southwestern Ontario, including the Royal City, as the wind chill will make it feel close to -30 Tuesday night.

For the rest of the week, the weather office is forecasting highs ranging from -11 C to -17 C before wind chill.

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“This Arctic air mass is not just affecting southern Ontario. In fact, much of Canada is seeing temperatures some 10 to 20 degrees below average,” said Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell.

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He does say we can still expect a “January thaw” to happen later this month.

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Environment Canada has also identified record-breaking temperatures in four Canadian provinces on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Alberta and Saskatchewan saw an all-time low on Dec. 31, while Ontario and Quebec broke their respective records for lowest temperature on New Year’s Day.

The coldest new record low-temperature was in La Grande Rivière, Que., where the mercury dropped to -48.2 C early Monday.

– With files from Jaclyn Carbone 

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