Holy 'ell! It's COLD out there. Extreme cold snap on the Canadian Prairies.

Current official temperature is -43C with windchill at -53C. It's supposed to drop to -46C tonight.

Heavy icefog on the highway too. The car surely wasn't happy, but it got me there and back.

I can't give you an on-the-ground temperature. My thermometers don't have gradations below -40.

Not a night to be stranded, even if you're reasonably well prepared.

Tonight I'm going to curl up by the wood stove and Christmas tree with a brandy and my DW. Tomorrow I'm going out to build shelter and fire.