1. The sporting fields crunch under your feet.

2. The ground turns white until 11am.

3. You have to wear seven layers.

4. You are wearing so many thick socks your feet don't fit in your shoes.

5. Your car won't start in the morning.

6. You have to scrape ice off your car windshield in the morning.

7. Water freezes in the pipes and taps.

8. You can no longer feel your face, or your toes, or your hands.

9. You can not see a metre ahead of you.

10. It snows.

11. Spiderwebs hang with dew (although they are very pretty!)

12. The temperature doesn't reach double digits.

13. The wind chill factor makes it feel like minus five all day.

14. Bins freeze shut.

15. Even cats have to wear beanies.