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Despite what you might have felt, Ottawa’s weekend deep freeze set no temperature records. Throw in the wind-chill factor, however, and you might have a different story.

Indeed, subject to contrary evidence, Ottawa can likely claim to have been the coldest national capital on the planet Sunday.

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Sunday saw overnight temperatures plummet to -25 C. Definitely no record, but when you take into account the winds gusting 30 to 50 km/h, the wind chill made it -38, prompting Environment Canada to maintain its “extreme cold warning.”

Compare that to Ulan Bator, which is often thought to be the coldest national capital on Earth. The Mongolian capital saw a low of -24 (with no wind) Monday morning, but with a high of -2 forecast.

Other northern capitals were positively balmy compared to Ottawa. Moscow’s low was -16 Monday morning, with a high of -7. Finland’s capital, Helsinki, sank only to -5 overnight and residents could look forward to a near-melt high of -2. Warsaw residents, on the other hand, were probably able to take off their coats at -4 for the low and +1 for the high on Monday.