A cup of hot chocolate or an extra coffee first thing Monday morning might be a good idea as temperatures across the Greater Toronto Area and much of southern Ontario are expected to be on the chilly side.

And that’s the way it’s expected to continue for the remainder of the upcoming week, the forecast from Environment and Climate Change Canada reads.

The coldest weather of the week is expected to hit in the late evening and overnight hours of Thursday in areas that include Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, Oshawa, Oakville and Hamilton.

The wind chill could make temperatures feel as cold as minus 16/minus 17 C at that time, according to the Weather Network.

Monday’s forecast calls for mainly cloudy skies with a high around minus 1 C — and a wind chill of minus 10 C in the morning — in the aforementioned regions, according to ECCC.

In Toronto, though, add to that outlook a 30 per cent chance of flurries and in Niagara Falls they could get temperatures closer to zero and with more sun than cloud, Canada’s weather agency says.

“A mix of sun and cloud, becoming cloudy late in the morning,” Environment Canada says of conditions expected Monday in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and several other large cities. “Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 10 in the morning and minus 4 in the afternoon. UV index 1 or low.”

Moving toward nighttime on Monday, snow could begin to fall late in the evening with maybe two centimetres left on the ground. The nighttime low will be around minus 3 C with a wind chill near minus 7 C, the weather agency forecasts.

Things are expected to be drier and a couple of degrees warmer on Tuesday and Wednesday, Environment Canada says, noting there’s a chance of flurries/snow in the latter part of the upcoming week, specifically Thursday through Saturday.

Tuesday and Wednesday will see daytime highs of 1 C, with nighttime lows ranging from minus 2 to minus 5 C (feeling colder with the late-night/overnight wind chills).

Things get a bit more chilly on Thursday and Friday with daytime highs of minus 2 C expected — in addition to 30 per cent chance of flurries both days. Nighttime lows will range from minus 4 to minus 7 C, but the wind chill could dip into the minus teens, including to minus 16 or 17 late Thursday night.

Next Saturday’s daytime high is expected to be zero with a 60 per cent chance of flurries in the forecast.

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