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I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 o

I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 or -30 quite frequently in the winters!

Dewie 12y ago
The article specifically said that the company was redirecting him to Vancouver, not just Canada. For that matter, one can look at pretty much any coastal location below the Arctic Circle and say with a pretty good confidence - "I probably won't experience 20 degrees below zero there" (well, one exception comes to my mind: Vladivostok). I wouldn't be packing my swim trunks and sunglasses if I were being redirected to Southern Patagonia, on the basis of hearing that Buenos Aires has nice beaches.
dmix 12y ago
Toronto rarely even gets to -20c in winter, the average low is -6c in the coldest month (January). Ottawa/Montreal is slightly colder and much snowier though.
- refurb 12y ago
  When i lived in Toronto -20c was relatively common in the winter. It might only be a 3-5 days each winter, but it happened pretty regularly. -30C was really rare. Apparently Toronto has 22 days per year where the temperature drops to less than -10c. http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Canada/Ontario/Places/toronto-temperatures-by-month-average.php http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Canada/Ontario/Places/...
- sanswork 12y ago
  Toronto does get to -20c in the winter it just isn't that common unless you include the windchill factor then it isn't that unusual to be in the -15 to -25 range (and very occasionally into the -30 to -35 range).
- increment_i 12y ago
  Toronto absolutely gets that cold in the winter and in the dead of winter it often gets colder than that (Jan, Feb). The spring and summer are quite sunny and pleasant though. Source: Torontonian.

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I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 o

by middleclick 12y ago

I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 or -30 quite frequently in the winters!

Dewie 12y ago
The article specifically said that the company was redirecting him to Vancouver, not just Canada. For that matter, one can look at pretty much any coastal location below the Arctic Circle and say with a pretty good confidence - "I probably won't experience 20 degrees below zero there" (well, one exception comes to my mind: Vladivostok). I wouldn't be packing my swim trunks and sunglasses if I were being redirected to Southern Patagonia, on the basis of hearing that Buenos Aires has nice beaches.
dmix 12y ago
Toronto rarely even gets to -20c in winter, the average low is -6c in the coldest month (January). Ottawa/Montreal is slightly colder and much snowier though.
- refurb 12y ago
  When i lived in Toronto -20c was relatively common in the winter. It might only be a 3-5 days each winter, but it happened pretty regularly. -30C was really rare. Apparently Toronto has 22 days per year where the temperature drops to less than -10c. http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Canada/Ontario/Places/toronto-temperatures-by-month-average.php http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Canada/Ontario/Places/...
- sanswork 12y ago
  Toronto does get to -20c in the winter it just isn't that common unless you include the windchill factor then it isn't that unusual to be in the -15 to -25 range (and very occasionally into the -30 to -35 range).
- increment_i 12y ago
  Toronto absolutely gets that cold in the winter and in the dead of winter it often gets colder than that (Jan, Feb). The spring and summer are quite sunny and pleasant though. Source: Torontonian.