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.