The warmest Ottawa of all the Ottawas
Think it's cold in this Ottawa? Check out the one in Minnesota
January has been snowy in Ottawa.
It’s official. With 8cm of snow already, this is the snowiest January at the Ottawa airport on record. We’ve seen 97.4cm, beating 93cm back in 1999. Snow tapers to flurries this am. -18° now (w/c -30). Wind E to 40+ turns SW 20-40. High -4. ⛅️Wed & -14°. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottnews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ONStorm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ONStorm</a> <a href="https://t.co/79xfUaVn8M">pic.twitter.com/79xfUaVn8M</a>
—@BlacksWeatherIt has been cold in Ottawa.
Ottawa freezes its way to coldest capital city in the world <a href="https://t.co/YGVMYhDBKM">https://t.co/YGVMYhDBKM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottnews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottawa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottawa</a> <a href="https://t.co/qe9ooeyb4V">pic.twitter.com/qe9ooeyb4V</a>
—@CBCOttawaBut maybe, just maybe, we're looking at this the wrong way.
Maybe instead of comparing ourselves to far-flung capitals with similarly chilly climates, we should see how Ottawa stacks up against Ottawa. The one in Kansas. Or the one in Ohio. The list goes on.
Here's a snapshot of the weather here in Ottawa, Ont., on Wednesday at 10:25 a.m. EST.
It just so happens that a large swath of the United States is currently in the grips of an arctic air mass that's making our weather look positively balmy to the folks down in Ottawa, Minn., where it was –32 C at 9:25 CST.
Things weren't much warmer over in Ottawa, Ill., population 18,180.
It was a few degrees warmer in the village of Ottawa, Ohio.
And down in Ottawa, Kan., it was only –17 C, still colder than Canada's capital, 2,000 kilometres to the northeast.
