Today must be you coldest day ever that you(and probably your parents) have spent. Because today morning we had very low temperature, specially in Colombo.
The temperature in Colombo has dropped to 18.8⁰C, the lowest recorded temperature in 61 years, the Meteorological Department reported today. Nuwara-Eliya recorded a temperature of 7.9⁰C while Batticaloa recorded 16.9⁰C. The cold climate will continue throughout today and tomorrow, the Met Department reported. Back in 1950 Colombo recorded a temperature of 15.2⁰C in the month of January.
Reference : adaderana.lk
Think Like Malinga 
Romesh Malinga Perera
January 13, 2011 at 4:40 pm
The Meteorological Department stated that the cold climate in Colombo and other parts of the island will remain until the end of February. Furthermore it was reported that the Batticaloa District saw its usual annual rainfall surpassed in just 42 days of rain.
Pasindu
January 13, 2011 at 4:52 pm
yeah seems like we dont need to wait till 2012