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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akr71" data-source="post: 8105969" data-attributes="member: 6801213">The day I moved to Goose Bay (July 1981) it was the hot spot in Canada - it had the highest temperature across the nation that day. Things can get pretty warm when the sun beats down from 4am to 11pm. However, there was snow in the forests until at least May and we expected the first snowfall sometime late September. You planned your Halloween costume around winter clothes, because there would definitely be snow that stuck by then.I lived 3 blocks from school and in the winter we were bused. As a kid I thought it was because of the cold - it was to a point, but looking back I realize it was also to keep kids off the streets. There were no sidewalks and the snowbanks along the road were so high that there is no way that cars would be able to see kids on the street as they approached intersections.-30C/-22F air temps were rather common, wind chill of -80C/-112F was not unheard of. Yes, exposed skin can freeze quickly. The key word is exposed. Dress for the weather, in layers.</blockquote>