Ottawa freezes its way to coldest capital city in the world

If you were out early Saturday morning and felt like you were in the coldest place on earth, you were right at least when it comes to capital cities around the globe.

The temperature in Ottawa fell below every other national capital in the world on Saturday morningand that doesn't include the wind chill.

Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, is on average the coldest capital city in the world, according toWorld Atlas.

But the temperature in Ottawaranked the seventh coldest capital based on annual average temperature dipped to 24 C, compared to 23 C in Ulan Bator.

With the wind chill it felt likeminus 36.

By comparison here are thetemperatures in other capital cities that are colder than Ottawa on average:

• Astana 3 C
• Moscow4 C
• Helsinki2 C
• Reykjavik 1 C
• Tallinn2 C

To top it all off, Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning and a winter storm warning for Ottawa.

Ottawa and some surrounding areas could see up to 25 centimetres of snow over the next 24 hours.