Canadian temperature conversion chart

[Curt Harms]

SWMBO got this from an email penpal. I know there are a lot of this sort of thing around but I thought of our North-of-the-49th contingent here and decided to post it.

CANADIAN TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART

All temperatures in Fahrenheit

70 - Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal underwear.
People in Canada go swimming in the Lakes.

60 - North Carolinians try to turn on the heat.
People in Canada plant gardens.

50 - Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Canada sunbathe.

40 - Italian and English cars won't start.
People in Canada drive with the windows down.

32 - Distilled water freezes.
Lake Superior's water gets thicker.

20 - Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, and woolly hats.
People in Canada throw on a flannel shirt.

15 - Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Canada have the last cookout before it gets cold.

0 DEGREES - People in Miami all stop moving.
Canadians lick the flagpole.

20 BELOW - Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Canada get out their winter coats.

40 BELOW - Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Guides of Canada are selling cookies door to door.

60 BELOW - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic.
Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival"
classes until it gets cold enough.

80 BELOW - Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
People in Canada rent some videos.

100 BELOW - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadians get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg.

297 BELOW - Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products.
Cows in Canada complain about farmers with cold hands.

460 BELOW - ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin
scale). People in Canada start saying,
"Cold 'nuff for ya?"

[Frederick Skelly]

Hear! Hear! Best wishes to our friends in Canada! Enjoy that cookout!

[William Fretwell]

Rather true! Don’t get my winter coat out until -20 C or you look silly. Spent two winters at -40 C but it never went below -52 C not even at night. Had to take a car to the grocery store because it was mostly dark and the polar bears liked shoppers returning on foot. Had to buy a 4’ extension for my ice auger as it was 6’ thick. Drilled the hole one day, fished the next.

The spring was fun at breakup, got to canoe 50 miles down rapids with ice cubes the size of small cars rolling down with you!

[Frank Pratt]

I got a good laugh out of that. The only coat I wear all winter is a zip up sweater. Yesterday morning was -29*C & I wore my sweater. I do keep a heavy parka, gloves, boots & a hat in the trunk of the car if needed, but I don't think I wore them at all last winter.

[Rod Sheridan]

That was humorous.

I was working in Virginia in January one year, +5C and sunny, no wind.

The construction crew were outside pouring a reinforced concrete pad for a fuel tank, and I was watching.

I was wearing a flannel shirt and jeans, mug of tea in hand, while all the workers were wearing jackets, hats and gloves.

The local Civil Engineer, who I had spoken to many times but never met, drove up, got out of the car and said “OK, let’s play spot the Canadian “.

He made me laugh……Regards, Rod

[Rick Potter]

Explain to me what a "winter jacket" is? You actually have to wear long pants?

[William Fretwell]

A winter jacket is a fashion statement that ends at the waist, the leather car seat can better treat your haemorrhoids. Wool dress pants do fine with a winter coat for most daily activities at -40C. Ice fishing required snow pants as you sit with your back to the wind for hours.

[Aaron Rosenthal]

In the last few years I've found I need a little more thermal protection - especially coming from Vancouver where the weather is normally sub-tropical.
I wear a T-shirt most of the year but in winter I add a sweatshirt and heatable under jacket under my leather jacket when I ride the Harley (insured year-round).
My unheated garage is my workshop so over the T-shirt I add a down vest. I always wear a hat (religious garb otherwise why bother?)
When I visit Alaska, I take my down jacket, but it's colder up there.

[John K Jordan]

Something I remember from consulting for a company in Saskatoon I’ve never seen around here: a power outlet at every car parking space to plug in the engine block heater. Maybe Canadian cars can’t take the cold as well as Canadian people.

[Doug Garson]

Something I remember from consulting for a company in Saskatoon I’ve never seen around here: a power outlet at every car parking space to plug in the engine block heater. Maybe Canadian cars can’t take the cold as well as Canadian people.
Yeah, we've had plug in cars for decades, you guys down south are just starting to catch up.:rolleyes:

[Andrew Seemann]

I was on a conference call with people from California one sunny winter's day. They asked how cold it was in MN; I said not bad, around -5F. They asked if school was cancelled. I said that our elementary school guidelines were that if it got below -12F (actual or windchill) then outdoor recess was cancelled. They were speechless:)

[Frank Pratt]

In my running days, -30 was our cutoff for running outside. Anyone else know what it feels like to have a penis thaw out? Pray you never do.

[Rick Potter]

Frank wins

[Jerry Bruette]

In my running days, -30 was our cutoff for running outside. Anyone else know what it feels like to have a penis thaw out? Pray you never do.
Read an article the other day about an Olympic skier that had the same problem. Had the same comment as yours about the thawing process.

[Tom Stenzel]

Proper dress for Celsius temperatures:

"If it's a positive number you wear shorts. If it's a negative number you don't."

-Rod Sheridan

The internet never forgets!:)

[Bruce Wrenn]

For me, ice fishing means looking at the fresh seafood on ice at local fish market.

[Tyler Bancroft]

Rather true! Don’t get my winter coat out until -20 C or you look silly. Spent two winters at -40 C but it never went below -52 C not even at night. Had to take a car to the grocery store because it was mostly dark and the polar bears liked shoppers returning on foot. Had to buy a 4’ extension for my ice auger as it was 6’ thick. Drilled the hole one day, fished the next.

The spring was fun at breakup, got to canoe 50 miles down rapids with ice cubes the size of small cars rolling down with you!

Northern Manitoba?

[Rod Sheridan]

Proper dress for Celsius temperatures:

"If it's a positive number you wear shorts. If it's a negative number you don't."

-Rod Sheridan

The internet never forgets!:)

Haha, that’s still true

[William Fretwell]

James Bay.

[Warren Lake]

got groceries friday night. Cold night not record stuff but still no fun, ill guess at -15 to -20 C with the wind and some blowing snow. Saw a guy in the store shorts on. Ive seen this before other years. I dont get it, its cold its damp cold, its windy and blowing snow and the odd person is wearing shorts.

[Tom Bender]

In grade school my wife and all the girls had to wear skirts all winter. Temps as low as 020F. Tall socks but exposed knees.