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Weather record leaves us cold
If you’ve been of the opinion that the weather in Winnipeg has never been so bad — you’re right.
Environment Canada says that Winnipeg will set a local record today for nine consecutive months of below-seasonal temperatures.
"You’ve never had nine consecutive months of below-seasonal temperatures before," meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau said this morning.
Charbonneau said the mean average temperature for the month of August has been 17.27 C — more than a full degree cooler than the average of 18.5 C for this month.
Charbonneau said the previous record for consecutive months of below-seasonal weather had been set in 1995-1996 and before that in 1978-1979.
But Charbonneau said the good news is that we’re unlikely to hit 10 months.
The long-term forecast is temperatures in September should be above normal, beginning with this week, she said.
However, Charbonneau cautioned that the accuracy of Environment Canada’s long-term forecasts haven’t been that good.
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Updated on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 11:35 AM CDT:
Fixes typo
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11 Comments
Posted by: Endora Stevens
August 31, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Old eyes can make typing errors MACBOY.
No need to ridicule ENDORA dearie!
Posted by: Chester
August 31, 2009 at 10:04 PM
My friends wonder why I want to move to Arizona.
Posted by: macboy
August 31, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Endora: it's "macboy" - all lower case. Glascow? I think you mean Glasgow, witchy dear. Perhaps you've too much cobalt blue eyeshadow caked on, sweetie.
Sorry, not related to any of them. It's macboy as in iMac.
;-)
(I hope the FP moderators are getting a laugh!)
Posted by: Endora Stevens
August 31, 2009 at 8:53 PM
persifunctant.just to set the weather record str8....snow has come down in July and August Saskatchewan and Alberta on many occasions.
Plus we seldom ever see snow here in June or September.
MacBoy...
Secondly..macBoy.Are you related to the MacBoy clan in Glenrothes or Erskine? or The Macboy clan in Bathgate? Glascow?
My maker and I decided I would take on DustBowl's Surname ( Droll as it may sound) when I died of The Big C in 1973.
Any other mortal questions my dear MacBoy?
Posted by: macboy
August 31, 2009 at 6:35 PM
That's very funny, Endora.
- Uncle Arthur
PS When did you take Dustbin's surname?
Posted by: persifunctant
August 31, 2009 at 5:26 PM
hahahaha!! babyblue01 i love that!!! ahahahahaha
Posted by: babyblue01
August 31, 2009 at 2:38 PM
That's winnipeg... our seasons are Winter, Winter, pothole raining season, and construction with a chance of showers. That's basically Winnipeg in a nutshell. Only place it is likely to snow in May/June.
Posted by: skittles
August 31, 2009 at 12:52 PM
lol I like the caution at the end
Posted by: watchingout
August 31, 2009 at 12:18 PM
No, Local Chilling. We've been left out of the Global Warming party. Is there someone we can sue?
Posted by:
August 31, 2009 at 12:07 PM
"the accuracy of Environment Canada’s long-term forecasts haven’t been that good." Wow, tell us something we didn't know. Every 5-day forcast has called for high 20's and sun, but it never happens, or it just keeps getting pushed back.
Not that I'm complaining about EC ... just frustrated. I'll bet EC is too, though. Their predictive models cannot handle the current conditions because they're so far outside the norm. THAT is a key indicator of global climate change.
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