New Year's Day weather: Record cold

Happy first day of 2018.
You’ll be glad to know Ottawa has set a new cold record for Jan. 1 of -28.6 C. The previous record was -27.2 C in 1947.
If you were hoping Mother Nature’s New Year’s resolution for 2018 was to raise the temperatures a bit, you’ll be disappointed.
The extreme cold warning for Ottawa continues. 
In the words of Environment Canada, “A multi-day episode of very cold wind chills is expected.” 
They’re predicting a high of -2