Hamilton smashes cold weather record

Its not even officially winter yet, but Hamilton has already broken a cold record.

Its -10.9 C in Hamilton this morning, with a bitter wind chill of -22 C. That makes it the coldest day on record since data started being collected at the airport in 1959.

The previous record was -9.4 C set on that date.

Thats well below the average minimum temperature of -0.7 C. For those wondering, the average maximum temperature on Nov. 18 is a balmy 6.4 C.

At least Hamiltonians can take heart that we arent dealing with too much snow just yet the record for the most snow on the ground on this date was 15 cm set back in 1989.

Todays forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries late this morning and this afternoon. The frigid winds are coming out of the west at 50 km/h gusting to 70 km/h.

The high is -5 C.

Tonights forecast is calling for a low of -9 C with a 30 per cent chance of flurries.

Expect 5 cm of snow tomorrow and a high of -1 C.