Bundle up: frigid winter weather expected overnight until Saturday

Temperatures will reach minus double digits until warming trend on weekend

Thermometer on snow showing extreme cold temperature of 20 below zeroExtreme cold

Prepare yourself for another dose of early weather winter in Peterborough and the Kawarthas over the next few days.

This time it’s not a winter storm, but gusty winds and frigid temperatures — possibly record-breaking — beginning later today (November 21) and continuing overnight until Saturday.

Bundle up if you’re heading out today and tonight: the temperature will be dropping precipitously this afternoon to minus 8°C, feeling like minus 18 with the wind chill.

Overnight, the temperature will drop to minus 16, feeling like minus 24 with the wind chill.

On Thursday, daytime temperatures will reach a high of minus 7, but with a wind chill of minus 22 in the morning and minus 10 in the afternoon.

Overnight on Thursday, the temperature will drop to minus 22.

Temperatures will improve somewhat on Friday, with a high of minus 1 during the day and a low of minus 10 overnight.

The good news is that temperatures will turn seasonal for the weekend, with highs above freezing forecast until at least Tuesday.