We’re off to a cold start this Monday morning. It’s minus 17.
However, that is a long way from the cold temperature record for the Quinte region.
The coldest December 19th on record, as measured at CFB Trenton, came in 1942 when the mercury
dropped to minus 30.6 degrees celsius.
Meanwhile, the warmest December 19th occurred in 1957, when the temperature climbed to a balmy plus 11.7 degrees.