Torontonians will finally see some winter weather as January wraps up and February begins.

The cold conditions that arrived this past week are expected to continue at least until Saturday, according to an Environment Canada forecast.

Sunday night will be chilly with a low of -9 C predicted.

Monday’s temperature will dip down to -3 C during the day and -5 C during the night, before rising slightly to -1 C for Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we will also get some flurries, resulting in an accumulation of about 2 to 5 centimetres — “enough to turn the ground white” and possibly affect Wednesday’s morning commute, said Rob Kuhn, a meteorologist at Environment Canada.

“In the Greater Toronto Area it doesn’t take much snow falling to affect the commute,” he said.

The real cold sets in after Thursday, with an overnight low of -12 C and a high of -6 C on Friday. Saturday’s temperature is expected to be -5 C.

It’s not unusual for temperatures to dip near the beginning of February. Because Toronto is so close to a large body of water that holds in heat for the first months of winter, the city usually gets colder weather by the end of January, when Lake Ontario finally starts cooling down, said Kuhn.

“The last week of January and the first week of February are the coldest weeks of the year,” Kuhn said.

Despite the recent cold streak, this January has been unseasonably warm, with temperatures above 5 C in the beginning and middle of the month.

The coming week the weather will match seasonal averages of between -2 C and -10 C, according to Environment Canada.

“Compared to the rest of January it’s going to feel cold,” said Kuhn, “but we’ll get used to it fast because this is the normal temperature.”

Kuhn also predicts that the weather in February will likely be warmer than usual, but below the freezing point except for some possible thaws and periods of rain here and there.