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Old 01-19-2019, 04:58 PM
 
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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I’m not surprised. Lethbridge had a 15C just a few days ago.

I think last winter (or maybe the two winters ago) Lethbridge had a few days over 20C.

New 1991-2020 climate normals will be coming out in just a couple of years
will probably reflect Lethbridge being warmer than Windsor in january.
The truth of course is that it's warmed up everywhere, including Windsor, but in some places it's warmed more than other places. Lethbridge more than Windsor, for example.

The GISS data do suggest the warming in the prairies relative to Ontario has been greater. (Data are for winter, not just January.)

Source: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/

Looking at just the last few years relative to 1981-2010 though we do see a suggestion of cooling in Manitoba and northern Ontario. Might this reflect the warm-west cold-east pattern we see mentioned so much?

Source: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/
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Old 01-19-2019, 04:58 PM
 
Location: Foreignorland 58 N, 17 E.
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Another day of rather slippery surface outside. Temperatures hovering around freezing, but no snowfall, which has led to the rapid decrease of temperatures after rainfall a few nights ago to still define the outdoors environment.

The only traces of proper cold waves in the Nordics are found on really high elevations in Norway and in the highlands of the Laplands.

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Old 01-19-2019, 05:02 PM
 
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The truth of course is that it's warmed up everywhere, including Windsor, but in some places it's warmed more than other places. Lethbridge more than Windsor, for example.

The GISS data do suggest the warming in the prairies relative to Ontario has been greater. (Data are for winter, not just January.)

Source: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/

Looking at just the last few years relative to 1981-2010 though we do see a suggestion of cooling in Manitoba and northern Ontario. Might this reflect the warm-west cold-east pattern we see mentioned so much?

Source: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/
That seems to jive with the insane ramp up in heating in my area since 2011.
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Old 01-19-2019, 05:12 PM
 
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The 6-10 day period looks viciously cold here with mean temps 20-30F below normal






Lots of snow too!





Run after run of blowtorch for weeks on end, now the CFSv2 is showing the next 45 days to have brutally cold temps pretty much centered right over me. Mean departures of 6-8C below normal for 45 days is extreme.


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Old 01-19-2019, 05:48 PM
 
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Just not digging down to FL. Been cool but nothing close to low 30's or 39f in my area yet this winter.
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Old 01-19-2019, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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The 6-10 day period looks viciously cold here with mean temps 20-30F below normal






Lots of snow too!





Run after run of blowtorch for weeks on end, now the CFSv2 is showing the next 45 days to have brutally cold temps pretty much centered right over me. Mean departures of 6-8C below normal for 45 days is extreme.

At the rate we’re going it will be cold snow and ice all goddamn year, I hope you’re enjoying the fact this cold and snow seems to have no end in sight and that knowing my luck spring and summer just might never arrive this year

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Old 01-19-2019, 08:14 PM
 
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At the rate we’re going it will be cold snow and ice all goddamn year, I hope you’re enjoying the fact this cold and snow seems to have no end in sight and that knowing my luck spring and summer just might never arrive this year

Didn't we just have a blowtorch December?


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Old 01-20-2019, 01:13 AM
 
Location: Vancouver, BC
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I checked old 1941-1970 climate normals for places in Alberta and compared
them to 1981-2010 ...yes, big warm up.

Here are 3 examples...3 largest cities in Alberta ...in fahrenheit (hopefully everyone here is bilingual)
Back before 1975 Canada was a fahrenheit country just like the USA,
the US intended to switch to metric but then decided not to.

Calgary 1941-1970.......Calgary 1981-2010
22.5/2.0........jan.........30.4/8.2
29.1/8.0........feb.........33.3/11.5
34.3/14.3......mar.........39.9/18.5
49.2/26.8......apr..........52.2/28.4
60.6/37.0......may.........61.3/37.6
66.9/44.4......jun..........67.6/45.5
74.3/49.1......jul...........73.8/49.6
72.0/46.8......aug..........73.0/47.8
63.4/39.0......sep..........64.0/39.4
54.0/30.2......oct ..........53.1/29.5
37.7/16.9......nov..........38.1/17.2
28.9/7.9........dec..........30.6/9.0

Mostly a winter “warm up”, which in a colder climate like Calgary is a good thing.

Edmonton 1941-1970.....Edmonton 1981-2010
13.8/-2.9.......jan.........21.2/5.4
22.0/4.1........feb.........27.1/9.5
31.0/13.4......mar.........36.0/19.0
49.3/29.0......apr..........52.2/31.1
62.6/40.5......may.........63.5/41.7
68.8/48.0......jun..........69.8/49.8
74.1/52.7......jul...........73.6/54.1
71.1/50.1......aug.........72.7/52.3
62.1/41.0......sep..........62.8/42.4
52.0/31.6......oct..........50.7/31.6
32.1/16.9......nov..........32.0/17.2
20.5/5.0........dec..........23.9/8.4

Edmonton also benefitting from a little global warming too, mainly winter.

And Alberta’s banana belt city ....Lethbridge....where 20c in january is not unusual.

Lethbridge 1941-1970.....Lethbridge 1981-2010
25.2/4.8..........jan..........32.2/10.2
32.4/11.6........feb..........36.1/12.9
38.0/17.1........mar.........43.5/20.3
52.9/29.9........apr..........55.6/30.0
63.6/39.6........may.........64.9/39.0
70.2/47.5........jun..........71.6/46.9
79.6/52.1........jul...........79.0/50.5
77.3/50.0........aug.........78.8/49.1
67.3/42.2........sep..........68.4/40.8
57.4/33.9........oct...........56.7/30.9
41.7/20.5........nov..........40.6/19.0
32.2/12.0........dec..........33.1/11.5

Again mainly winter getting warmer, spring too, but fall getting a bit cooler, which is strange.
Could you make one of these lists for Vancouver?
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Old 01-20-2019, 04:58 AM
 
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Got .65" sometime during the nite. Odd that i got the same amount just over 2 weeks ago. Blowing to 30knts here and temps will drop all day. I can deal with this pattern, but would like to see some high 30's before winter is over.

Rapid warm up mid week and more cooler weather coming. So i have been happy with the ups and downs so far this month. Still need more rain.
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Old 01-20-2019, 05:25 AM
 
Location: New York
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First thunder of the year just now, over an inch of rain has fallen.
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