Holy cow it's cold

Rob McKinley Dec 28, 2021 5:15 PM
Cows were huddled for heat in a farm field near the Beaver Lake Cree Nation on Tuesday morning as the region endured the fourth-straight day of the polar weather conditions.  ▲
A caution sign at the Lac La Biche County Protective Services building reminds residents about the arctic temperatures.▲
It's been a bit too cold for lake hockey over the holidays, but this net is set on Beaver Lake near the Holowachuk Estates subdivision to catch skaters when the mercury climbs.▲
Vehicles on a road near the Lac La Biche Bold Center disappear into a freezing ice fog that blanketed most of the Lakeland area on Tuesday morning. Temperatures are expected to dip even colder for Wednesday.▲
This week's Environment Canada forecast — including the Extreme Cold Weather warning.▲

An Extreme Cold Warning remains in effect from Environment Canada and includes the Lac La Biche, St. Paul and Bonnyville region.

"Extremely cold wind chill values between -40 and -45 will continue overnight throughout Alberta. A few areas may see wind chill values near -50," states the latest weather warning.

The arctic blast is expected to stay over the area and the province through the week, with some slightly warmer daytime temperatures forecast for the first day of the new year on Friday.

On the way to a record

Forecast lows of -37 Celsius overnight on Wednesday will pass the previous cold temperature record any December 29 on record since 2001 n the Lac La Biche area. The previous cold weather milestone for that date was in 2013 at -36C.

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