With a heat warning in place for the Montreal area, and temperatures expected to break 40°C with humidex, the last thing you're thinking of is the coming winter.
The latest long range weather forecast from the Farmers' Almanac is out, and it's saying you're going to need a thick coat and a good shovel (a strong back wouldn't hurt either).
"What we're saying for this particular winter is that it's just basically going to be very, very cold," Almanac editor Peter Geiger told CTV News Channel on Tuesday.
Using mathematical and astronomical formulas, Geiger and his team predict Atlantic Canada and Quebec will see colder weather, the coldest periods running from "late December into the first half of January and in late January and early and mid-February."
If you were hoping to see less now, this won't be the winter for you. Overall the Almanac is expecting above normal snowfall amounts, with the snowiest periods coming in early December, late February, and mid-March.
"Let's hope for a white Christmas - and then the cold, cold stuff is just going to come and come and come," Geiger said.
April and May will be rainier and slightly cooler than normal.
In the end, a little more snow and colder temperatures won't make for the worst winter ever. If you do happen to have a problem with the forecast, just be thankful you don't live in the Prairies.
"I think the worst is going to be the Prairies. We talk about a lot of cold, a lot of snow there," Geiger said.
While the Almanac predicted colder temperatures in Quebec, biting cold in parts of Ontario, the long-range guide is calling for "teeth-chattering cold" across the Prairies.
Once you hit B.C. everything returns to normal.
Some of the real bad news is that it will be near impossible to escape the coming cold, with the Almanac forecasting unusually cold temperatures for most of the United States.
"You cannot escape to Florida. I think we even talk about a frost in April down in Louisiana," Geiger said.
If you're a little skeptical of such a long range forecast, Geiger said it all depends on where live.
"People tell us we're anywhere from 75 to 85 per cent accurate," he said. But for those living on the east coast, last year the Almanac forecast five big storms to hit the region and projections were never off by more than a couple days.