Spring and Father Time leap ahead
Warmer temps, later sunset
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 11/03/2012 (5135 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Both clocks and thermometers are springing forward this weekend. And the temperatures are predicted to only get better in the next few days.
Winnipeggers moved their clocks ahead one hour before going to bed on Saturday night, signalling the start of daylight savings time.
But on Saturday, all the talk was about the mercury as the temperatures peaked at a well-above-seasonal 6 C at Environment Canada’s station at the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport at 4 p.m.
Normally, temperatures would only rise to -2 with a low of -12.
Clare MacKay, a spokeswoman for The Forks-North Portage Partnership, said the warm temperatures have melted away one of the most popular attractions there: the skating trail.
“It melted substantially (Saturday) and so (Saturday) is the last official day of trail,” MacKay said.
“We will be shutting it down for the season.”
MacKay said work crews were busy removing the warming huts from the Assiniboine River.
She said while the river trail opened two weeks later than usual, the season was still seven weeks long.
Large stretches of brown grass were popping out from freshly melted snow across the city.
Many streets suddenly became mini-lakes as the water had no place to go, with sewers still covered by snow on the sides of roads. Civic crews were working to unclog catch basins, culverts and curb inlets across the city.
While it was warm, no weather records were set in Winnipeg. The highest temperature recorded since 1938 was 7.2 in 1973.
On the flip side, Winnipeg was also nowhere near the record low temperature of -36.1 set in 1948.
There’s more to come with Environment Canada predicting temperatures will stay well above normal in the next few days. Forecasts call for highs of 6 today, 4 on Monday, 11 on Tuesday, 9 on Wednesday, 12 on Thursday and 13 on Friday.
It’s so warm that forecasters are predicting a 30 per cent chance of rain on Monday.
kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca
Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
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