One of my pups has got a bionic leg following a bad break last year, and she howls in pain when we put her out in below zero temperature as the metal in her leg gets very cold

What! No doggy booties for her!

Do not use chains on ice

Ice-skating down the highway sounds like fun though

That's incorrect.

Quite often up in the mountains, there's thick black ice on roads going through forests and no way of getting up them without chains.

Correct, but back to weather on the plains, why were our cars not frosted up this morning?

Low humidity I would guess.

Really low air humidity. Same reasons why the roads are bone dry.

I see and just checked: relative humidity is just 33%.

But that's indoors I assume. It's higher outside. My outside gauge is reading 46%.

I guess she would need a sock. Or tights

And good luck to make anything fit on a 2.5kg of a pinscher

Outside temperature or inside

Outside. If you see me run around inside you'd think it's South-American summer (gonna cost me a fortune with the next utilities statement, no doubt )

But hey, when I had to go outside today, it was the males whining, no me! Just for the record.

What a lovely weather! Crisp air, no frost on the car, no salt on the streets!

I know how you got all these red pebbles
(just kidding)

How (serious)?

Stop moaning, parts of Kent had up to 10 whole cm of snow today!

Yeah, but at least it was warm enough to snow! Too cold for that here.

Even Winterpeg and Moose Jaw are warmer than here today.

They did? Wow, not seen Kent in serious snow yet.

I keep telling myself "it's good for my skin and it's circulation. LOL. Anything to help me bear it.

I'm enjoying this map (sorry, don't know how to resize here)