The Alaskan city of Nome has seen the fifth coldest April on record, with temperatures on April 8 hitting an all-time daily record. Nome registered an average temperature of 8.4 degrees Fahrenheit in April. “That is 14 degrees below the normal,” Rick Thoman, from the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University…

Cold weather alerts that blanketed eastern Canada for the past two days have largely lifted, but some Nova Scotians and New Brunswickers remain without power due to outages caused by the frigid temperatures and high winds. The cold snap that triggered Environment Canada alerts for eight provinces and territories is forecast to come to an…

When the mercury drops, it’s natural to spend more time inside, which raises the question of what to do to stay entertained. It turns out that there are many activities that are ideal antidotes for cabin fever. Building a ship in a bottle is a challenging task that helps pass the time when it’s too…

If you’re working from home all or part of the time, the chances are that your home working space is getting chillier as winter sets in. But with heating so expensive right now, having it on all day isn’t really an affordable option. So what can we do to stay warm? In evolutionary terms, we…

You feel cold most in your fingers, ears and toes. During World War II, gunners on the bombers complained bitterly about frozen hands, ears and toes. The Army Air Force added special insulation to their gloves, hats and boots, and they stopped complaining even though they still suffered frostbite on the skin of their necks…

An Antarctic blast across New Zealand (NZ) has brought snow flurries across large areas of the country in spring, including in Christchurch and Wellington. The south of the country woke up to temperatures at near zero degrees Celsius, the coldest place being Te Anau at negative six degrees celsius. Christchurch experienced its first snowfall in…

Australia has received a snowy and chilly start to the southern hemisphere’s springtime after a polar blast from the Antarctic brought snow and icy conditions to the east coast of Australia, closing major highways around Sydney. According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), snow fell across four eastern Australian states—including in Australia’s southernmost city of Hobart…

After several provinces underwent chilly overnight temperatures on Jan. 10, extreme cold warnings affecting parts of Ontario and Quebec continued to be in effect on Jan. 11. The extreme cold alerts, issued by Environment Canada, affect parts of northern Ontario, northern and southern Quebec, as well as New Brunswick and Labrador. On the morning of…

It’s wintertime, which means unless you live in the South, it’s cold! With cold temperatures comes cold hands and feet. Your hands and feet feel colder during the winter months because low temperatures cause veins and arteries to constrict, which limits blood flow to these extremities. Blood flow is necessary to feel warm, so reduced…

January marks the dead of winter for some. Common side effects include a constant runny nose, cold hands and feet and a nagging internal chill. Aside from barricading yourself inside a cozy cabin for five months what can you do to warm up? Certain foods are considered thermogenic (also known as diet-induced thermogenesis): meaning as the…