Region’s coldest week of the season could be ‘coming to an end’
Posted Jan 22, 2025 07:36:19 AM.
Last Updated Jan 22, 2025 07:40:05 AM.
It’s no surprise that Waterloo Region has been enduring what is likely to be the coldest week of the season, with an extreme cold warning still in effect through Environment Canada.
There is some good news though as the region could be in store for a bit of a reprieve heading into the weekend. The forecast shows temperatures will hit a high of -6 C by Sunday, reaching up to -4 C by the beginning of next week.
570 Meteorologist Jill Taylor said the slow temperature increase will begin as early as the afternoon.
“That real bitter cold is coming to an end as we work through the day,” said Taylor. “We’ll have the wind chill near -31 C in many areas this morning, with a chance of some flurries and a high of -12 C.”
She said the region will really start to see those larger changes beginning on Thursday, making incremental changes from there into the weekend.
“Temperatures are going to moderate Thursday and Friday, and then it’s back to near seasonal temperatures for the weekend,” said Taylor. “It’s staying below the freezing mark though for the rest of January, so really no January thaw.”
Environment Canada shows temperatures will go up one degree at a time through the remainder of the week. It shows the region will hit highs of -8 C on Thursday, -7 C on Friday, -6 C on Saturday, and -5 C on Sunday, all the way up to -4 C on Monday to kick off the work week.
She said that, even though it’ll be a step-by-step warmth pushing into next week, Waterloo Region is still in store for below-zero temperatures through the rest of January.
