{"id":460180,"date":"2026-02-07T18:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460180\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T18:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:12:14","slug":"snow-and-frigid-temperatures-returning-to-nations-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460180\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow and frigid temperatures returning to nation&#8217;s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The groundhogs in Canada might have been mistaken: <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=45.403,-75.687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">freezing temperatures and snow are expected in Ottawa<\/a> this weekend, according to the forecast. <\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada is calling for a possible 5 to 10 centimetres of snow in the city overnight. Mixed with 50 km\/h gusts, blowing snow across roadways is expected. With the wind, temperatures are going to plummet overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The low is -18 C, the weather agency notes on Friday evening, but it\u2019ll feel closer to -27.<\/p>\n<p>The arctic air will stick around for Saturday morning, with the wind chill making it feel like -28. It warns that there will be a risk of frostbite.<\/p>\n<p>As the snow disappears on Saturday, clouds should retreat, and the sun will come out.<\/p>\n<p>By Sunday the high could be around -16 C, a bit of relief before temperatures drop overnight. <\/p>\n<p>The public health agency says people should wear multiple layers of clothing, covering all exposed skin.<\/p>\n<p>For those experiencing homelessness, there are several drop-in centres, emergency shelters and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapublichealth.ca\/en\/public-health-topics\/cold-weather-everyone.aspx?\/#van\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Salvation Army\u2019s 24\/7 Outreach Van<\/a>\u00a0in the city.<\/p>\n<p>People can call 311 to get help finding the best shelter or can call for others who need transportation out of the cold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapublichealth.ca\/en\/public-health-topics\/cold-weather-everyone.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapublichealth.ca\/en\/public-health-topics\/cold-weather-everyone.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ttawa also has a map of resources across the city of spaces<\/a>\u00a0where people are welcome to warm up.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Less guessing. More gliding. \u26f8\ufe0f\u2744\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know before you hit the Rideau Canal Skateway. <\/p>\n<p>???? The Skateway is equipped with over 30 access points and 5 universal access ramps along the canal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5HKIORAtqC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5HKIORAtqC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rideau Canal Skateway (@NCC_Skateway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCC_Skateway\/status\/2014743625926619356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The groundhogs in Canada might have been mistaken: freezing temperatures and snow are expected in Ottawa this weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-460180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}