It was surprisingly mild up here in Saskatchewan for a while. We were averaging daily highs of about -5C. But a storm came through earlier this week, and dropped about 20 cm of dry snow. We don't get the wet stuff here. We get dry snow, and then the temperature drops. It's -17C right now. But they say it's going to be a rather mild winter this year. Which is great. I remember two years ago when the temperature, with th ewind chill, dropped to a blistering -52C