Winnipeg awakes to coldest Christmas in 2 decades

Hey, at least it's sunny.

Winnipeg awoke to its coldest Christmas morning in two decades, as the overnight temperature plummeted to 30.1 C as of 5 a.m., according to Environment Canada.

The high for Christmas Day is forecast to be 23 C. That's about 11 degrees colder than the average high for Dec. 25 and the coldest Christmas morning since 1996, when the morning low was 34.6 C.

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The Manitoba capital is not the most frigid place in Canada today, let alone on the Prairies.

Both Regina and Saskatoon awoke to temperatures close to 30 C, while Fort Vermilion in Alberta's Peace River district dipped below 40 C on Monday morning, according to Environment Canada.