Actually, it looks like we are only the seventh coldest capital annually. Whew. Thank God!
1) Ulaan-Baatar (Mongolia) 29.7°F/-1.3°C
2) Astana (Kazakhstan) unavailable
3) Moscow (Russia) 39.4°F/4.1°C
4) Helsinki (Finland) 40.1°F/4.5°C
5) Reykjavik (Iceland) 40.3°F/4.6°C
6) Tallin (Estonia) 40.6°F/4.8°C
7) Ottawa (Canada) 41.9°F/5.5°C
From Wikipedia:
Ottawa... a record low of -38.9 °C (-38 °F) recorded on December 29, 1933,[18] the fourth coldest temperature recorded in a capital city (after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Astana, Kazakhstan and Moscow, Russia). This extreme range in temperature allows Ottawa to boast a variety of annual activities—more notable events such as the Winterlude Festival on the Rideau Canal in the winter and the National Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in July—and the requirement of a wide range of clothing. Because of its relatively warm summers, Ottawa is the seventh coldest capital in the world[19] by annual average temperature; however, by mean January temperature, Ottawa ranks third behind Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and Astana, Kazakhstan, and has a colder average January temperature than Moscow, which is much farther north than Ottawa.
Snow and ice are dominant during the winter season. Ottawa receives about 235 centimetres (93 inches) of snowfall annually. Its biggest snowfall was recorded on March 3-4, 1947, with 73 cm (2.5 feet) of snow.[20] The average January temperature is -10.8 °C (13 °F), although days well above freezing and nights below -30 °C (-22 °F) both occur in the winter. The snow season is quite variable; in an average winter, a lasting snow cover is on the ground from mid-December until early April, although some years are snow-free until beyond Christmas, particularly in recent years.[citation needed] The 2007–08 winter season snowfall (432.7 cm / 170.3 inches)[21] came within 12 cm (5 inches) of the record snowfall set in 1970-1971 (444.1 cm / 174.8 inches).[22][23] High wind chills are common, with annual averages of 51, 14 and 1 days with wind chills below -20 °C (-4 °F), -30 °C (-22 °F) and -40 °C (-40 °F) respectively. The lowest recorded wind chill was -47.8 °C (-54.0 °F) on January 8, 1968.
Freezing rain is also relatively common, even relative to other parts of the country. One such large storm caused power outages and affected the local economy, and became known as the 1998 Ice Storm.
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So there! Several very good reasons to have many, many tubes producing absolutely stunning music, ten PAR 20's lighting and heating the room and one lone fireplace which can kick-start the room in winter and make it like Miami beach in the summer!