Ottawa could see coldest temperature in 26 years

Environment Canada is predicting temperatures will drop to between -27 C and -34 C Tuesday night, with wind chill values making it feel as cold as -40.

Environment Canada is predicting temperatures will drop to between -27 C and -34 C Tuesday night, with wind chill values making it feel as cold as -40.

Wednesday morning could reach -31 C. If it does, that would be Ottawa's coldest temperature in 26 years.

"This is about as frigid and as snowy as it possibly can get in the Ottawa area,” Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips told CTV News Ottawa.

“And it’s the duration of the cold that is quite headline-making. You just don’t see that length of freezing that goes on for so long.”