Weather Appreciation

[Glacier]

The summer of 2016 was quite interesting. In some areas of Canada, namely in the east, it was very hot and dry while most of the west was wet.

Some highlights:
- Windsor, Ontario averaged 24.0C for the summer, which is one of the warmest summers ever recorded anywhere in Canada.
- Zeballos on Vancouver Island recorded the most precipitation in BC for the first time ever with 435.6 mm.
- The normal wet spot, Boat Bluff, didn't even make the top 5 even though it was first 10 of the previous 11 years.
- Two interior locations beat the central coastal lighthouse location of Boat Bluff, including 2nd place Chetwynd with 428.6 mm. This is unbelievably wet of the Peace area.
- Ashcroft recorded BC's warmest summer for the 6th year in a row (the weather station has only been around for that long).
- Oliver was Canada's hottest location with a reading of 39C in July. This is the first time since 1955 that Oliver has been Canada's hot spot.
- Grouse Mountain recorded the most snow in BC, the first time this has ever happened. 5 cm occurred in June.
- Esquimalt was the driest place in Canada with a mere 34.8 mm.
- Yoho National Park was both the coolest summer (12.0C) and the most extreme cold spot (-4C) in BC.

[tsayta]

I wonder what other weather surprises we'll have this year. Perhaps a Hottober? Or a Snowvember?

[Glacier]

brrrr!

This hour's hot and cold spots ...
Hot spot in British Columbia: 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) Sandspit Airport
Cold spot in British Columbia: 0.0 °C (32.0 °F) Sikanni Chief
Hot spot in Canada: 25.3 °C (77.5 °F) Hamilton, ON
Cold spot in Canada: -5.8 °C (21.6 °F) Margaret Lake, YT

3.8C at my house this morning.

[Barney Google]

+1 up in The Rich this morning with a very light frosting in some spots

[Glacier]

1988 is the only September that the temperature in BC rose above 38C! Check out how many places did it too!

[tsayta]

2016 is on record as EC having the worst forecasting record on record. In fact at 5:17pm EC updated the 4:00pm forecast to rain. Reason: EC looked out the window.

*source: tsayta's window + wifi

[Glacier]

The Blob is back! Could be yet another mild winter.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.ca/2016/09/th ... -back.html

[Barney Google]

WOW...someone left the lights on last night and it kept me awake!!!

No wait...hummm...it was pretty much clear skies ...

could that have the Harvest Moon comin on?

[Glacier]

[Lady tehMa]

The Blob is back! Could be yet another mild winter.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.ca/2016/09/th ... -back.html

When are the first frost predictions?

[tsayta]

The blob is back...

[Glacier]

Here's something interesting. In 2 provinces and 2 territories the place with the lowest average January minimum temperature is also the place that most often records the coldest extreme temperature (Jackson, NS; Tyne Valley, PEI; Eureka, NU; Mould Bay, NWT), but in all other cases, the place that most frequently records the low is to the south of the place with the coldest January lows.

For BC, the most frequent low location is in the bottom 1/3 of the province!

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=e ... QTF5CUJF1k

[Poindexter]

Ah, what's a few degrees when we have 360 of them?

[Glacier]

I just ran search of EC's database to see which year recorded the hottest July ever. I knew for sure that the record would be in southern Ontario or perhaps Spences Bridge, BC. But I was wrong! No place anywhere in BC or Ontario has had a July hotter than Morris, Manitoba! 1936 was INSANE! Both AB and SK recorded their hottest month ever that same time at 25.1 and 24.7 respectively! 25.1C is a benchmark that has only ever been met twice in Osooyoos.

[tsayta]

Watch out for tomorrow's bombogenesis