Hamilton breaks 134-year-old cold record

It's the kind of cold that seeps into your bones, makes you loathe winter – and breaks century-old records.

Hamilton broke a 134-year-old cold temperature record on Tuesday morning, set way back in 1881.

Tuesday's low was –24.8 C, set around 1 a.m. at the Hamilton airport.

Hamilton broke a cold record set in 1881 when Canada's Prime Minister was Sir John A. Macdonald. It's also the same year Picasso was born and Billy the Kid was shot. (Library and Archives Canada)

The previous record was –23.3 C, which was set at a lower city weather station, said Peter Kimbell, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

Kimbell says it's difficult to say why Hamilton has been dealing with such frigid weather over the last couple of winters. These things tend to go in cycles, he says.

"For example, 1934 was another cold, cold year," he said. "Some years are just cold."

The cold alert that has been hanging over Hamilton in the last few days has been lifted, but it's still frigid. As of 9 a.m. it was –17 C with a wind chill of –29 C. Tuesday's high is –9 C, but expect some snow.

Kimbell says temperatures will start "climbing back towards normal" by Sunday and Monday, meaning temperatures around the freezing mark.

But don't rejoice too much – more cold temperatures will likely be back in early March, he says.

"I'd expect continuing cold."   

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