[IPSM] Yes, it's been the warmest Canadian winter on record

[Macdonald Stainsby]

Yes, it's been the warmest Canadian winter on record

CBC News - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:34:53 EST

It isn't final proof that the world is heating up, but federal
climatologists say this has been the warmest Canadian winter since
nationwide record-keeping began in 1948.

"Statistically, in an unchanging climate, Canada could expect a winter
anomaly like this winter's about every 100 years," Environment Canada
reported on Monday in its Climate Change and Variations bulletin.

And, with the exception of the springs of 2002 and 2004, temperatures 
have been stuck above normal for eight years, it said.

Other findings:

This winter's preliminary figures show temperatures averaging 3.9 C 
above normal.

That makes it not just the warmest winter but the most overheated season 
-  winter, spring, summer or fall - on record. The weather has been even 
more unseasonable in some places than in others.

Winter temperatures have been above normal across Canada, the report 
says, with most of the country at least 2 C above normal and with 
Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories all experiencing 
temperatures greater than 6 C above normal.

The winter figures in the report are for December, January and February
rather than the customary Dec. 21-March 20 span.


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