What winter is actually like in Newcastle
Newcastle sits where the 401 meets Highway 35/115, and that junction is the reason winter here is different. The 35/115 carries traffic north toward Peterborough and the Kawarthas through progressively higher and more open country, and it is a road where conditions deteriorate markedly within a few kilometres of the 401. Drivers who set off from Newcastle in clear weather and turn north regularly find something quite different by the time they reach the first real climb.
