Where were you, Yellowknife?  Because it is pretty temperate around here at around 25 or 30 degrees.  Nobody here would call that cold...
I was in various places in Ontario - London, Hamilton, Solinas, Markham, Kingston and Toronto.  London had a lot of snow on the ground.  The temperatures fluctuated around 23 - 30 degrees (f) with lots of wind, making it feel much colder.  Compared that to high 30s with little wind in NYC before I headed north.