Sunday night: Becoming cloudy this evening then freezing rain or ice pellets. Wind becoming east 20 km/h gusting to 40 overnight. Temperature rising to minus 3 by morning. Wind chill near minus 13. Monday: Freezing rain changing to drizzle in the morning then to flurries in the afternoon. Risk of freezing drizzle late in the morning and early afternoon. Local blowing snow late in the afternoon. Fog patches late in the morning and early afternoon. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the morning. Wind becoming southwest 30 gusting to 50 late in the morning. High plus 1 with temperature falling to minus 2 in the afternoon. Wind chill minus 15 in the afternoon. Monday night: Flurries. Local blowing snow. Local amount 2 cm. Wind west 50 km/h gusting to 70 diminishing to 30 gusting to 50 late in the evening. Low minus 14. Wind chill minus 15 in the evening and minus 24 overnight. Tuesday: Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. High minus 11. POP 40%. Tuesday night: Cloudy periods. Low minus 13. Wednesday: Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. High minus 10. POP 40%. Wednesday night: Cloudy periods. Low minus 18. Thursday: Sunny. High minus 16. Thursday night: Cloudy periods. Low minus 16. Friday: A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 9. Friday night: Cloudy. Low minus 12. Saturday: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. High minus 8. POP 30%.
New Year's Day - Thu, January 1 @ 00:00
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Happy New Year! The year 2026 begins.
Toronto Snowstorms - Fri, January 2 @ 00:00
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A series of blizzards whallopped Toronto with nearly a metre of snow, starting on this day in 1999. Mayor Mel Lastman famously called out the Army to assist, as people ran out of places to put all of the snow.
Great Ice Storm of 1998 - Sun, January 4 @ 00:00
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On this day, in 1998, a days-long period of freezing rain hit Eastern Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Power lines were torn down, transmission and radio towers toppled. In response, Canada saw its largest military deployment since the Korean War, and a massive reconstruction effort was launched to rebuild the grid. Many grateful Ontarians will remember the convoy of Con Edison vehicles from Michigan, coming to help. In the end, up to 5% of the forest cover was lost in the storm, and there were billions of dollars in damage.
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Recent Events (Reverse Order; Last 7 days: 7):
Winter Solstice - Sun, December 21 @ 00:03
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Autumn ends; Winter begins (N. Hemisphere). Spring ends; Summer begins (S. Hemisphere). Shortest day of the year (N. Hemisphere). Longest day of the year (S. Hemisphere)
First Quarter - Sat, December 27 @ 04:09
(+1d, 19h, 11m)
A waxing half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun sets.
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami - Fri, December 26 @ 00:00
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A megathrust earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, caused a massive tsunami throughout the Indian Ocean, on this day in 2004. In Indonesia, the hardest-hit by the giant ocean waves, up to 225,000 people died.
Launch of the JWST - Thu, December 25 @ 00:00
(+3d, 23h, 20m)
On Xmas Day in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched aboard an ArianeSpace Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Orbiting Earth-Sun Lagrange Point L2, and sporting vastly superior optics and electronics to Hubble's, the JWST has made revolutionary discoveries, including the existence of well-formed galaxies shortly after the Big Bang.
Xmas Day Ice Storm - Thu, December 25 @ 00:00
(+3d, 23h, 20m)
The Ottawa area was hit by a massive ice storm on this day in 1986.
Sir Isaac Newton Born - Thu, December 25 @ 00:00
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On this day in 1642, Sir Isaac Newton was born. He went on to give birth to modern physics and new branches of mathematics.
Happy Festivus! - Tue, December 23 @ 00:00
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Festivus, the Festival for, as the saying goes, the rest of us.
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