Hope nobody taken to the boats/sitting on their roof.
-21 … “a bit nippy” 
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People here always say there’s no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing choices - but the real Canadians all seem to have about 20 different coats for all the variations.
@Professor_Chaos: is that an East Coast thing or does it apply across the country?
PS - one of my work colleagues has a son who’s just gone to his first posting in the RCMP - in a town called Arviat on the Hudson Bay coast: -31 overnight and -22 during the day 
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Metropolitan Toronto you see all sorts of people ridiculously underdressed for the conditions. But otherwise yes.
I own many layers of fleece, wool, and merino wool that can be combined with a rain/wind shell. For when it really gets cold a down puffy that can also be combined with the layers. And various light rain/UV jackets for summer.
Love me a bit of “technical outerwear” I do, mostly Outdoor Research brand, but also some Helly Hansen and Mountain Equipment Company house branded stuf
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That’s mostly my approach too, I use a Patagonia shell ski jacket with variable layers underneath for much of the year, just switching to a heavier winter coat with down for the coldest days 
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Just the weather for a bike ride
The Kaamos Road, 25 Days and 1,500 km Cycling in the Heart of the Polar Night - YouTube
or, in writing,
Darkest North – Bikepacking 1,400km through the Arctic Night
Sidetracked has some good articles and links to films, if you like outdoory things. You can sign up for a regular, but not frequent, email with links
Sidetracked Magazine – devoted to adventure, expeditions and exploration
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Proper 80s weather
Not really weather but this felt like the right place to note that today (or maybe tomorrow by a few seconds) will be the year’s earliest sunset, at 15:55 here. After that ‘the evenings start getting lighter’. The days continue to get shorter until the 21st though because sunrise is still getting later.
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I thought sunrises still got shorter after the 21st.
They do (well, strictly, they get later rather than shorter, but I know what you mean). The latest sunrise is on Dec 30th, 08:11 here. However after the 21st the sunsets are getting later at a faster rate than the sunrises. So the daylight lasts longer with each successive each day. The 21st is the shortest day.
No idea why I wrote shorter. Blaming lack of coffee.
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Summery, then - apart from the light
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Who ever said people are only 6 degrees of separation away? We’re 16 degrees of lat apart hence the daytime thing…
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Still slightly surprised your settings are times and not dates.
Slight blessings for those of us with FoLs at the “need to go to the park or carnage” stage, as the light goes before your appendages freeze off.
