Nearly record-setting cold for the North Bay area

The near record cold continues in the North Bay area with an extreme cold warning in effect.

Environment Canada says a wind chill in the low minus 40’s is expected tonight.

Meantime, the mercury bottomed out at minus 32.3 degrees at 7 o’clock this morning.

That’s just 1.3 degrees shy of the 1993 record low for December 27th.

But, we could break a record overnight tonight.

The forecast is calling for a low around minus 32.

The record for December 28th is minus 31.7, set in 1951.