Here in glorious downtown Edmonton, only minutes from the municipal airport, we are Zone 3a. Our winter low has been -24.6*C/-13*F which is Zone 5b.

Out in the burbs at the International airport the low has been -29*C.

Allen

I'm on the border of Zone 7 a/b. 14F has been my lowest temperature however that should change in the next few days.

Zone 8b here in Lantzville, British Columbia. To this point (Jan 18 ~ 2008) I've had one night where the mercury has dropped to -2.5c (27.5f) which has us at a zone 9b (key words ~ "so far"). Forecasters are calling for a cooling trend here this coming week and we are expected to drop into the zone 9a temperature range.

Cheers, Barrie.

Hey Paul...

Get ready for the flash freeze up...-10C looks like the daytime high for this wkend...yikes...just when we were heading toward a Z7 or better winter..

There are some nice looking old tulip tree's in the older part of town (village)..

I would say I'm at or near the Z6 area--I'm right near Lake Ontario-

Palmettoman Z6-Ajax, On

6a here, so far 9F is our low. Subject to change this weekend.

I would be a zone 8b,

The last 8 years have been 1/2 9a and half 8b.
So far this year we are a zone 9b

Zone 6. So far 9.8*f -12.3*c has been my low.

Regards,
Jay

Well, the city of Toronto has issued a cold weather advisory for the weekend... We're supposed to get down to -13C tonight (not quite as cold as the last cold snap) and hey are calling for -15C by the end of the week... Hopefully (fingers crossed) we'll only have one more cold snap this winter!
I imagine that my place near Kingston will be closer to -20C overnight (and probably below)...
Cheers,
Paul

I did see where cold weather was dumping snow in Georgia and northern sections of the Gulf states today. Our coldest is coming according to forecasters this week with temps in the mid 20's at night and mid 30's daytime. The only upside is sunny days and clear nights.

Cheers, Barrie.

Pretty crappy out right now. Neither of my locations were colder last night then earlier in the month. It's a bad time in Toronto, with no snow and cold, clear nights. Last night we hit -13C (Pearson) and -12c (City Centre). Meanwhile my location near kingston hit 0f (-17.3C) for the third time this winter (but there is a snow cover)!
How did you fare?

We are at 9*F right now, with the wind chill we are at -7*F. The are calling for 0-3*F tonight. brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

It has warmed up to -31*C and I have been out trying to plug my vehicle in. The frigging wind cut right through my clothes. I couldn't get the plug cover off of the block heater cord. It started but then self flooded. After I am warmed up, I am going to go out with my wife's hair dryer and try to warm the cover enough to get it off.

Allen

PS That worked and the vehicle is plugged in.

I am in Trenton just west of Kingston and so far its been a zone 6b winter and not bad since we are in a 5b. Somehow the
zone maps placed our place in Trenton 5a and the rest of Trenton is 5b. We are in a small vallely and north of my house is
the rolling murray hills and get as cold as -30C 5 miles north of here and we could be sitting at -25C. The bad thing about
this winter was the amount of low pressure systems pounding us.

Yuccaman,
Are you talking Canadian zone map or the real map?
Th entire north shore of lake Ontario is zone 5a according to the USDA... But, I felt they did not include enough data so I made a USDA style map for Ontario based on 30-year low temps... This is a longer time period then the USDA zones, and therfore, more accurate (bigger sample size)!
Most of the north shore of lake Ontario is in zone 5a, there is some 5b along the shore... Kingston downtown might be borderline 5b (the ialsnds around Kingston are 5b), but the rest of the area is 5a... There is a thin strip of zone 7a hugging the south shore of Lake Ontario around St. Catherines... For Prince Edward county, the shoreline is 5b with the majorty of the county being 5a. Ottawa downtown is 5a (not nearly as large an area as I have shown), same with Montreal, the 5a is limited to good micro climates downtown... For the GTA the zone 6a might extend as far out as Oshawa, but only along the shorline. Away from the shore it quickly becomes 5b (Pearson has only recently become 5b due to a spree of warmer winters)... Zone 6b is found in parts of Hamilton (borderline), Toronto Island, and Niagara; along PARTS of the Eire shore to Windsor. Pelee island is close to zone 7a as well!
Here is the map:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2272654430072511707aBNRXd?vhost=home-and-garden

Feel free to comment. I'd say it is by far the most accurate zone map available for Ontario (not that I am at all biased). As I said it's based on long term recorded lows so some locations are listed in zones colder then you might think... As time passes the lows from the 70's will be excluded and the zone ratings will increase, though, not as much as you might think! I'm still hopeful that the 6a will spread outward from Toronto along the shore, and the 5b will migrate north...

Okay, Cheers,
Paul