The night before last the thermometer nearly reached that magic point where celsius and farenheit are the same number; to wit, -40°. It actually hit -38°C, which is about -36°F.

That's a fairly cold January or February night in Montréal, but for Kingston it's positively arctic. The temperature went from 2°C on Sunday morning to -38°C Sunday night, and then last night it started to warm up again with a projected high later today of 2°C (app. 36°F). At one point on Sunday evening, the temperature was dropping about 10°C (18°F) an hour.