Spokane: Record-shattering cold

Mar. 10--One of the coldest March weather systems on record sent temperatures plummeting this morning at daybreak, setting a new record low temperature of 5 degrees a few minutes after sunrise.

The new record was recorded at Spokane International Airport about 7:20 a.m., breaking the previous record of 12 degrees on March 10, 1950, in a year that Spokane had its snowiest winter season on record.

REALLY Cold In Saskatchewan

Much of Saskatchewan set new records for temperatures in the negatives today. Environment Canada says more than a dozen daily air records were broken in places such as Meadow Lake, Regina, Rosetown, Weyburn and Melfort. Saskatoon tied it's March 11th record set in 1951 at minus 36.1.

McCall sets a record for cold weather | Idaho Statesman

...McCall's Monday low of minus 8 was the coldest recorded for that day, beating minus 6 degrees in 1933

Vancouver sets record for coldest March 11 on record

The mercury dipped to -5.0 C at the Vancouver International Airport, according to Environment Canada.

The previous record for March 11 was -4.4 C set in 1951.

Chilly here, downright frigid out east | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Weather Blog

So, Seattle drops to 26 degrees Wednesday morning, or as Spokane calls it, a heat wave.

According to UW research meteorologist Mark Albright, our neighbor to the east had temperatures drop to 2 degrees Wednesday morning -- the only other time it's been that cold this late in 118 years of records was a 2 degree reading on March 6, 1891.

And just 30 minutes to the east in Couer d'Alene, Idaho, it dropped to -11 degrees -- a full 10 degrees cooler than anything ever recorded in March, with records there going back to 1895.

Another rarity was observed in Deer Park, Washington, where it was -12, including 10 hours below zero. And in Mazama, it dropped to -1 -- the first time that area had seen below zero temperatures this late in March, with records going back to 1950.