What winter is actually like in Markham
Markham sits further from Lake Ontario than anywhere else we cover, and it shows in winter. Without the lake moderating overnight temperatures, cold snaps here are colder than the Durham lakeshore on the same night, which is exactly the condition that finishes off a marginal battery. The commercial corridors along Highway 7 and Woodbine also mean large exposed parking lots, where a vehicle sitting all day in a January wind gets no shelter at all.
