You think this is cold? Be glad you weren’t around in 1935

We’re not sure if this little gem will warm you up or make you colder. 

Today is the 91st anniversary of Iroquois Falls recording the coldest temperature ever in Eastern Canada. The record stands to this day. 

On January 23rd, 1935 the mercury bottomed out at -58.3 Celsius.  Back then, it was measured in Fahrenheit degrees at -72.9. 

Bob McIntyre
Bob McIntyre
News Director at the cluster of Vista radio stations that has Country 93.1 Timmins and Moose FM in Iroquois Falls, Cochrane, Kapuskasing and Hearst, as well as MyTimminsNow.com, MyCochraneNow.com and MyKapHearstNow.com . Proud to be born and raised in this area and glad to be home since 2018, after 18 years away.

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