Tomorrow until January 27 the coldest days in Montreal

Afternoon light is extended by a minute or two every day after about December 20. (just 58 more days until the 7 pm sunset).

But there seems to be no answer to the other - and probably more relevant question - when do the days start, on average, getting warmer?

If we could figure out the coldest day of the year , the days after that would be, presumably, progressively milder.

But nowhere has this exact date been pinpointed. It seems that recorded weather histories show surprising day-to-day variations, the average high temperature for yesterday was minus seven, today minus seven, tomorrow minus six. This rather unconvincing chart from the UK suggests that the week of January 17-23 maintains seven days with the average coldest temperatures of minus 13, making it the coldest week of the year.

Some believe that the coldest week must be this upcoming week based on the logic that it's six months after what one might assume would be the hottest week of the year, mid-July.

Bernard Duguay Meteorological Inquiry Specialist at Environment Canada tells Coolopolis:

Based on long term statistics, the coldest time of the year in Montreal is from January 18 until January 27. During that time, the average maximum temperature is -6.1 and the average minimum is -15.2.

Thankfully it appears that their predictions of a terribly cold winter have not yet taken shape.