Ottawa weather: coming cold great for making ice [Video]

After two winters with above-average temperatures and poor-quality ice on skating surfaces around the capital, the city can expect a more traditional Ottawa winter.

Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips told CTV News Ottawa the next two weeks will be consistently cold.

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“From this moment on, for the next two weeks, we see some pretty cold, arctic air – Siberian air, Alaskan air, call it what you may – but it really is coming in and filling all the nooks and crannies in the Ottawa Valley,” he said. “Really, two weeks that you will not see any melting temperatures at all. In fact, this week, I see five days where the temperature in the afternoon will be below -10.”

Last winter, there were only three days where the daytime high was colder than -10 C.

“Already, this week is going to outdo the cold you had last winter,” Phillips said.

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