What a difference a week makes. Greater Sudbury is expected to see temperatures as high as 6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, Jan. 11.
That's an increase of nearly 50 degrees Celsius compared to last Thursday when temperatures were -43 with the wind chill.
Sudbury finally broke out of its deep freeze over the weekend, after a string of extreme cold weather alerts and its coldest week on record since 2014.
Temperatures have been on a steady climb since Sunday and are expected to break the freezing mark this evening and continue to increase overnight and up to plus 5 by the morning.
After record-level cold weather for a week straight, Sudbury could flirt with a record high on Thursday. According to Environment Canada, the warmest day on record in Sudbury for Jan. 11 is 6.1 degrees Celsius, which was recorded in 1975.
Conversely, back in 1984, Sudbury hit its record low for Jan. 11, with the mercury dropping all the way down to -33.8.
In 2018, the forecast calls for temperatures nearly 15 degrees warmer than the average high of -8.6 degrees Celsius, and almost 25 degrees above the average low of -18.7 degrees Celsius.
It might not be summer weather, but it's sure going to feel like it for those of us who are just a week removed from an onslaught of -40 degree weather.
Not to rain on any parades, but the winter warm up will be very short-lived, as temperatures are expected to plummet again on Friday, with the high expected to only hit -14 and the low will be -24.
