Weather record leaves us cold

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This article was published 31/08/2009 (6161 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

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 11:35 AM CDT: Fixes typo

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