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5 Day January Weather Report Meath Park, Saskatchewan, Canada

Meath Park School is located about 55 kilometres outside of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

In January, the weather can get very cold and blizzardy.

We look forward to sharing with the world what our weather is like and how our daily lives are affected by it. We can't wait to show you pictures/videos of us ice fishing, snowmobiling, making snow angels, ice skating, eating snow, and more. We'll also let you know how snow and cold can make it hard to get around and the extra things we have to do to stay safe and warm.

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January 12, 2011
This is our first really cold day so far this year. It is -27 C. We have been enjoying warmer than usual temperatures this week, with a lot of gentle snow falling for the past few days. It has been fun playing outside at recess in the snow. It is always dark when we get to school, and after school there isn't much time to play outside because it is dark by 6:00. It will be an indoor recess today, because it is too cold to play outside. We would turn into an icecube, ha! ha! Acutally, we might get frostbite which is when your skin freezes.

This is what it looks like when we arrive at school to play:



The bright white flashes of light that you see in the picture are special reflective material that we have on our snowsuits. They show up in the dark so that we can be seen outside when we ski-doo, sled, or just walk along the road.

January 18, 2011
It is extremely cold this week. Today we are actually the same temperature as the South Pole in Antarctica. It will be inside recess because with the wind chill,is about -36C. However, the weather is supposed to warm up to -12C later in the day. We'll post some pictures of us in our snow gear later this week, as well as skating. We have had 12 inches (30cms) of snow so far this year.

January 19, 2011
We keep having inside recess at school because of the temperature. The teachers think that kids are going crazy with being inside so much. It's like being locked up in jail. Tonight will be the coldest night this week, at -35C, with a windchill of -42C. Our skating trip for Friday was canceled because it is too cold to walk to the arena. Most skating rinks in Canada are indoors, but some of us have small outdoor rinks on our farms. We can skate on ponds when the ice is thick enough, or we can build ice rinks by filling up big plastic bags with water, waiting for them to freeze, and then taking the top layer of plastic off. This is a picture of one of our students on her outdoor rink skating today. She could only skate for about 10 minutes before her cheeks were starting to get frostbitten. After a cold skate, it is always nice to come back inside. Your cold skin tingles and stings a little bit as it warms up. Hot cocoa is a nice treat Canadians like to drink to warm themselves after being outside in the cold.



**January 27, 2011**
The weather has been gorgeous this week (at least by Canadian standards). Our day time temperatures have ranged from -5 to +3. Next week is supposed to get colder. In Canada, we say that we're "going back into the deep freezer" when our daily temperatures gets to be -25C and lower for a long stretch of time. We have gotten about 3-4 inches of snow in the past week, and we pile it into small snow hills that we like to climb on and slide down. We have a chance of freezing rain this afternoon. That can make for very dangerous road conditions-- extremely icy to drive on-- even with our winter tires that are softer, deeper grooved tires for driving in snow and ice. People avoid driving when the roads are icy. When roads get really icy, government trucks go out on to the major highways and put sand and salt on them. The sand helps your tires have grip on icy roads, and the salt will melt the ice. Graters and snow trucks also remove snow when we get a large dump of it.

=**January 30, 2011**= It is really cold this morning at -35C. The perfect chance to do an experiment we saw on YouTube. You take a glass of boiling hot water, throw it in the air, and presto-- instant snow and steam. Here's the video of us trying this out at Mrs.Z's farm:

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= = ||= = January 30 = || =Average= ||
 * [[image:DSCF1420.JPG width="208" height="158"]] ||=  || =Jan 12= ||= =Jan 18= ||= =Jan 19= || =January 27=
 * =Temperature High= ||  ||= =-18 C=
 * =Temperature High= ||  ||= =-18 C=

=-1 F= ||= =-12C=

=F= ||= =-20C=

=-4 F= || =+ 3 C=

= 37 F = ||= =-26 C=

=-17 F= || =C=

=F= ||  ||
 * =Temperature Low= ||  ||= =-27 C=

=- 17 F= ||= =-28C=

=F= ||= =-35 C=

=-31 F= || =-5 C=

= 23 F = || == **-35 C** ==

-31 F
|| =C=

=F= || some clouds in the north. || Cloudy, with a chance of freeezing rain this afternoon || Clear || n/a || Chance of Snow || No snow ||= No Snow ||  ||   ||   ||
 * = =Wind Chill= ||=  ||= ==**-38** C== ||= ===**-36C**=== ||= ==**-42 C**== || ==-8 C== || Calm || n/a ||
 * =Cloud Cover= ||  || Partly cloudy || Partly Cloudy ||= Sunny with
 * = Precipitation(Inches/Millimetres) = ||  || 60%
 * ==Daylight Hours==

(Sunrise-Sunset)
||  || 9:10 am-5:10pm

(8 hrs) ||  || 9:06 am - 5:21 pm || 8:56 am - 5:36 pm || 8:51 5:41 || n/a ||