weather is ALL OVER THE MAP

by rockandroller
(Atlantic Canada (for now))

"The maritimes" - We got 2 or 3 feet of snow, and minus 20 at times.

When I was growing up on the west coast, snowy winters were common. That all stopped in the 1980s it seems :-)

Interior of BC can get TEN FEET OF SNOW (Blue Biver!) and Kamloops is routinely frigid in February. But its usually also +30 or +35 Celsius in summer! Penticton sometimes gets to +40, the wind feels like a hairdryer on days like that.

In Moncton, NB today (Aug 5) we had +32°C and windy and HUMID too - frankly it felt hotter than Seychelles, and just as warm as typical Maldives.

Swimming at a beach a half hour from town last week.. the WATER was hotter than Seychelles, and just as warm as typical Maldives. That doesn't happen too often here, usually the water is still pretty chilly ( but probably 5 degrees warmer than Vancouver or the Jersey shore - where swimming is "brisk" in summer...)

Barry's Response - The Stampede didn't get snow in Calgary this year. That's awesome! It actually happened in 1999.

What's happening to this world? Several prognosticators think the prairies will go from Dfb (cold winters, warm summers) to Dfa (cold winters, hot summers) over the next few decades if global warming persists. People in these areas might think "that can't be so bad..."

Do we actually have a meaningful trend? It's all about perspective, I guess.

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