Temperatures in Northern British Columbia have finally dropped lower than -5 in February and they have just kept on dropping. The region has been under a moderate La Nina throughout this entire season and the weather conditions expected under a La Nina are typically colder than normal temperatures. But until recently, this part of northern British Columbia has been moderate due to a number of storm systems that kept passing through the are coming off of the Pacific ocean bringing milder weather.

"It's almost as if our winter is happening in reverse", Lisa Evren, meteorologist with Environment Canada, told CICK News. "We typically see a blast [of colder temperatures] in January, and now here we are in February and we've finally got our first Arctic blast of the season."

Northern British Columbia is not the only part of this province (or even Canada) affected though. This arctic blast is reaching all the way from Thunder Bay in Ontario to coastal British Columbia and up to the Yukon.

So what trends should British Columbians prepare for?

"We've had a very active storm cycle bringing very good snowfall in the interior and we do have extreme cold warnings out for central and interior British Columbia which means people are more susceptible to frostbite and even hypothermia," Evren says.

Ski resorts are closing down their chairlifts and even the mountain to guests at Hudson Bay Mountain in Smithers and Shames Mountain in Terrace due to the extreme cold weather.

So stay inside and that goes for your pets too!

Listen to a clip from CICK News' interview with Lisa Evren below: