It’s been a brutally cold, mid-winter-like open to April for south-central Canada. Daily and even monthly all-time record cold highs and lows have been set.

https://twitter.com/robsobs/status/981266393101406212

Winnipeg’s -20.5C recorded back on Wednesday was the city’s coldest April temperature since 1997. However Winnipeg’s April record low is a brutal -27.8C set back in 1932.

Excerpt from the Global News

Easter Monday brought record cold temperatures to much of northern Manitoba.

Berens River, Gillam, Island Lake, Norway House, The Pas, and Thompson all set record lows for April 2 with temperatures between -29° Celsius and -34.0° C.
Berens River: -32.0° (old record -29.9° in 1996)
Gillam: -30.0° (old record 29.9° in 1977)
Island Lake: -29.0° (old record -28.1° in 2003)
Norway House: -33.0° (old record -30.9° in 1996)
The Pas: -30.0° (old record -29.4° in 1967)
Thompson: -34.0° (old record -29.9° in 2003)
Island Lake also set a record on April 1 as well reaching -26.0° C.

https://twitter.com/weatherlogics/status/982263283645218817

https://twitter.com/weatherlogics/status/982674888908574720

https://twitter.com/weatherlogics/status/981247484889575429

https://twitter.com/Pat_wx/status/982607743075971072

https://twitter.com/YYC_Weather/status/982261189840330757

https://twitter.com/robsobs/status/980514814308044800

It’s by no means just the southern Prairies shivering, all coast to coast.

https://twitter.com/AnthonyFarnell/status/981880834968969216

https://twitter.com/rcbstormpost/status/981475011566473217

FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Jason Franson

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