[PoscStudent]

Not even 9:00 and we have a temperature of 22 and a humidex of 30.

[SignalHillHiker]

Not even 9:00 and we have a temperature of 22 and a humidex of 30.

Kill me...

[north 42]

Another hot weekend in Windsor, currently 32c with 40c humidex, hot but not as oppressive as it has been this summer. This is what summer should be like in extreme southern Canada!

[Calgarian]

That Tornado documentary was intense! too bad the music was beyond terrible, stupid 80's.

Yeah there seem to be more intense thunderstorms this year, I wonder if it's related to the record snowpack that is still melting in the Rockies.

[feepa]

^ I would have to say it has more to do with the hot humid air pushing from the south mixing with the cold dry air pushing in from the pacific and choosing the prairies as its social mixing grounds.

[Nicko999]

High heat and humidity warning for
Metro Montréal - Laval continued

Warm weather continues over Southern Quebec. Saturday, humidity level will be on the rise and will thus make conditions uncomfortable.

The humidex value should reach 40 in the afternoon over strongly urbanized areas of Montréal and the surrounding areas.

Preliminary data indicate that in very dense urban portions of the Montréal area, highs have been reaching or exceeding 30 degrees since July 27th and lows have remained above 20 degrees since July 30th.

High humidex values could be reached again Sunday but it is still too early to confirm this. Please refer to subsequent weather statements.

[Nicko999]

22C (humidex of 28C) for a low this morning.:)

29C with a humidex of 34C and sunny today!:cool: It's perfection out there.:cheers:

The Canadian warmspot was Pemberton, BC at 34.1C.

[codyLawrenceDylan14]

Great day! on the hot side! :)
High today of 33C with a Humidex of 40
Dewpoint: 21C
Evening 24C Humidex 30
Non-severe thunderstoms are expected for this evening

Yesterday the high was 30C with a Humidex of 35

[PoscStudent]

28 with a 36 humidex!!!

[Postmaster]

43 with humidex in Ottawa... ugh.

[Denscity]

32C humidex 33C. Supposed to be 36C tomorrow!! :yes:

[PrairieGirl]

19C was the high today :banana:

Loved the 39.2 mm :tup: of rain we rec'd (though the majority fell in 20 min).

Gentle all day rains seem to be a thing of the past. :(

Saskatchewan is up to 33 probable tornadoes now. Looking at the youtube videos reminds me of how lucky we are re lots of uninhabited space in this province.

[Metro-One]

lots of high 30s in the BC interior today, good and hot, was even 32 today in Abbotsford, tomorrow is suppose to be 33 in the eastern parts of Vancouver!

[PrairieGirl]

43 with humidex in Ottawa... ugh.

:previous: most honest post here I think!

I saw this posted under a news article (I'm sure it was an Easterner that put it in the comment section):

This Mayan apocalypse is certainly proving to be sticky and muggy. I didn't think it would end this way for our species. We're being hazed to extinction by the humidity. I would totally prefer quick death by celestial fireball

[Nicko999]

I think it's the first time I can remember seeing 43C or more humidexes in 3 provinces on the same day.

BC:
Lytton: 43

Ontario:
Ottawa: 43
St. Catharines: 43
Toronto Downtown: 43
Trenton: 43

Quebec:
Huntingdon: 43

[Xelebes]

28C for a high in Edmonton today. Now storming.

[Metro-One]

Forecasted high of 39 in Lytton and Lillooet tomorrow, along with 38 in Kamloops, would be nice to see a new national high for the year tomorrow.

I was in Kamloops yesterday, a nice 30 degree day when I was there, these photos are from Lac du Bois Grassland Provincial Park on the north side of Kamloops. It is a spectacular place in person.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7714872464_e3104086d9_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7714863370_b7c3667f96_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7714866008_16b91ee77f_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7714858846_58272a5398_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7714877030_9f45f8564c_b.jpg

All pics my own

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/?saved=1

[Nicko999]

Low of 20C this morning...:tup:

33C with a humidex of 40C and sunny this afternoon!:cool: What a spectacular start to August.:tup:

The Canadian warmspot was Lytton, BC at 38.2C.

Like I said earlier, we had several cities with a humidex of 43C.

Huntingdon recorded today its 25th 30C+ day of the year.

[zoomer]

Interested to see/hear of the temperature variations in your city. As with most coastal cities, Victoria has an extreme temperature range within a small geographical area, depending on distance from the ocean and topography. Below is the weather map for Victoria, the total distance across is only 8 miles; downtown is centered around the inner harbour at the bottom. At 9:50 a.m. today, the temperature ranges from 18 to 29 C. The official Victoria temperature is taken at the Airport some 16 miles from downtown (not shown on the map), and the temp there at the same time was 25 C. The measurements are quite accurate and are from a UVic project run by famed weather scientist Andrew Weaver. As you can see, when it gets hot...go to the ocean!!

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg707/scaled.php?server=707&filename=aug5.png&res=landing

[Metro-One]

Awesome map! Love it.

Good thing Nikko does not live in Victoria, he would be sounding the alarm that there has not been rain for 13 days now, with another 7 sunny days to come in the current forecast.

On that note, Victoria was likely the driest metro are in Canada this July (as usual) with only 20.6 mm of rain.

The grass is all brown and crunchy here in Van now, love it, I need my annual dead lawn season in August on the South Coast.

[freeweed]

The grass is all brown and crunchy here in Van now, love it, I need my annual dead lawn season in August on the South Coast.

Holy crap, you would love - LOVE - Calgary in most years. We ain't known as "browntown" for nothing.

Although perhaps that's an ethnic slur lobbied at the NE and I've just always misunderstood it. :shrug:

[zoomer]

Seems the prairie cities can be brown/white much of the year, but when I flew into Edmonton earlier this spring it was a spectacular green, like the kind you get in Ireland. Guess it was a wet spring.

One of the other active threads is about what surprises you about Canadian cities, as Metro-One pointed out, most people would be surprised to know that Victoria is a very dry city, especially in the summer, when precipitation is rare. Using the Uvic Weather data (http://www.victoriaweather.ca/) I used the location closest to where I live (about 1.5 miles from downtown) for precipitation thus far in 2012:

http://www.victoriaweather.ca//tmp/monthlyrain_4_2012.png

April: 4.6 mm May 6.1 mm June 31.2 mm July 6.8 mm. Less than 1 cm of rain in 3 different months thus far.

[feepa]

Edmonton is usually green. We don't get brown like a lot of the rest of the prairies

[digitboy]

We got a peak of 38C (without humidex) here in Rimouski, which is incredibly high for our region. In fact, this is an all-time record. Previous record was 36C and it wasin july 1993. It's 25C right now as I write this, 34C with humidex factor, crazy ! :slob:

[FrAnKs]

Are you fucking kidding me? You said 38 without the feels like in Rimouski ? O_O ... thats incredible. Everytimes I'm checking out the temperatures in Rimouski its always between 20 and 25 in summer!
It was 31 today in Quebec city and it was so damn hot !

[Nicko999]

Awesome map! Love it.

Good thing Nikko does not live in Victoria, he would be sounding the alarm that there has not been rain for 13 days now, with another 7 sunny days to come in the current forecast.


Yes, of course you're going to have weeks without rain when you don't get t-storms.

NB0FAPKOHoE

I wouldn't trade our t-storms for continuous dry weather.

[Nicko999]

We got a peak of 38C (without humidex) here in Rimouski, which is incredibly high for our region. In fact, this is an all-time record. Previous record was 36C and it wasin july 1993. It's 25C right now as I write this, 34C with humidex factor, crazy ! :slob:

I thought this was joke so I checked... at 2PM the Rimouski area was 34C (40C humidex) before the station stopped reporting... so it could have very well been 38C(or at least close to)...:sly:

Speaking of crazy... Huntingdon, Quebec had 26C (humidex of 36C) for a low this morning...:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Nicko999]

24C (humidex of 31C) this morning for a low in Montreal.

31C with a humidex of 41C and a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. And that was after 2 rainshowers that "cooled" that air. Even after the thunderstorm this evening (third time it rains today), it's still 24C with a humidex of 32C at 11PM.

The whole Southern Quebec region reported dewpoints of 24C...very humid. If this wasn't a dry summer maybe some regions were going to push for 27C...

The Canadian warmspot was Ashcroft, BC at 39.5C.

Lytton, BC had a humidex of 45C.

[Airboy]

Scorching day in Jasper today. Got up to 30, at least that's what my bike computer said.

[Metro-One]

24C (humidex of 31C) this morning for a low in Montreal.

31C with a humidex of 41C and a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. And that was after 2 rainshowers that "cooled" that air. Even after the thunderstorm this evening (third time it rains today), it's still 24C with a humidex of 32C at 11PM.

The whole Southern Quebec region reported dewpoints of 24C...very humid. If this wasn't a dry summer maybe some regions were going to push for 27C...

The Canadian warmspot was Ashcroft, BC at 39.5C.

Lytton, BC had a humidex of 45C.

Environment Canada says it was 39.8 today, which would make it the warmest this year in Canada!

Also for the record, I love Victoria's consistent summer sunshine and lack of rain, helps give it that Mediterranean feel.

Of that note, Ashcroft, Lytton, and Lillooet were all above 39 degrees today, smoking hot in the BC interior.

Was nice on the coast as well, 33 in Pitt Meadows today.

[Metro-One]

The daily hot spot list also says Aschcroft at 39.8 degrees!

So that is Canada's new high for the year

Also, Ashcroft was the 6th warmest station in North America today!

Lytton and Lillooet were just out of the top 10.

[Denscity]

36C humidex 39C! Gorgeous cruising on a houseboat on Arrow Lake today.

[Airboy]

After being able to sit in my yard bug free all of July, the mosquitoe count last night was 30/hr. I had regular off on and I reduce the bite count by 1/2, but using Deep woods off or Musk oil you can sit for about 2 hrs with out a bite.

[feepa]

Worried about our prairiegirl - did she succumb to the tornadoes that have plague the small towns and farming areas of saskatchewan? Missing her knowledge and insight - I always appreciated her contributions to this thread.

[Metro-One]

:previous:haha, I was thinking the same thing!

[subtropicalbc]

Nikko parlez-vous en français??

[PrairieGirl]

Here you go Feepa......the recent rainfalls are now showing in Alberta (who'd a thunk your province and mine would be this WET :koko:)

Must admit I find it so strange to see Winnipeg (and area so dry). Even the last rainfall there barely changed the precip colouring.

THE PRAIRIES
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4947/precipcompredtonormal.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/precipcompredtonormal.png/)

One Easterner pointed out to me (at another site) about a video he had seen on TWN about our past rain. He got a kick out of it and so I went looking:
I missed seeing it but family told me about it and now I'm glad I went looking for it. :haha:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/786/7351578/30/upload/2?ref=ugc_yourweather_search

re the dryness down East I really was shocked when I looked at this (Nick's area is doing much better now though). How often does the East have drought btw (other than the most recent stretch)? The pics I see from there look sooooo familiar to me but by the comments I see under pics very shocking to those that live there.

from TWN
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2223/droughteast.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/droughteast.png/)


ONTARIO
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3654/ontprecip.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/ontprecip.png/)

QUEBEC
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9306/precipnormal.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/precipnormal.png/)



On a personal note:

Up by Whitecourt (where my son works if he ever gets called back ...his headhunter says they will but it looks like September now) really nasty winds occured...still waiting for the updates from that. I am very happy however he wasn't up there in his *shack/trailer* when those winds came.

Medicine Hat, where my daughter lives, has caught up to here (they are as sick of the wind and black clouds as we are).

:uarrow: I know below Moose Jaw where our farm is there is one or two tiny pin prick dots that are :P Maroon and other fields nearby just have small islands of wheat surrounded by deep water.

[Metro-One]

Would like to see BC's map as well :)

[PrairieGirl]

Not to leave anyone out (at the other site I post at there are only people from Ontario, Quebec and myself posting).

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1274/28444613.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/28444613.png/)

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/961/atlanticb.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/atlanticb.png/)

[PrairieGirl]

I had to go looking for those Metro (the other three I just had to cut and paste).

[someone123]

The absolute scale on that map doesn't fit parts of Atlantic Canada and BC very well. The biggest category is < -120 mm but in Halifax for example almost every month is over 100 mm of precipitation. When you're talking about a four month period (April, May, June, July), 120 mm below normal is only about a quarter of the total precipitation, so that one colour represents anything from about 0-75% of normal precipitation. Kelowna on the other hand is guaranteed to very extremely dry if it receives 120 mm less than normal during that period.

[Metro-One]

Thanks, quite a wide variation throughout BC. Shows how hit and miss it has been here.

[PrairieGirl]

YVW Metro :)

The very fast moving cell that gave Moose Jaw an inch and 1/2 rain in 20 minutes on August 2nd (and the weird muffled thunder)

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3674/mjs.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/mjs.png/)

It tried (shot was taken at CFB Moose Jaw...home base of the Snowbirds).
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2541/tried.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/tried.png/)

We often have tornadoes touch down there...historically there are favourite places around here the beasts like to touch down (which is the only reason I don't worry too much.....maybe I should but I've noted they always pick the same areas). I truly believe the Couteau Hill range below us, as well as our valley (maybe) seem to work in our favour when violent storms come around.

[digitboy]

I thought this was joke so I checked... at 2PM the Rimouski area was 34C (40C humidex) before the station stopped reporting... so it could have very well been 38C(or at least close to)...:sly:

Speaking of crazy... Huntingdon, Quebec had 26C (humidex of 36C) for a low this morning...:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

See...I was not joking man and I don't know what happened... honestly, never seen that in the 10 years I have lived here. I don't want you to be anxious about our health and safety, so please know that today we were back to normal, with a good old 19-20C :banana:

[Metro-One]

Hot spot in Canada today was once again Ashcroft, with a high of 38.1 C (100.6F)

This is Ashcroft's 5 day this year above 38, and its 12th day above 35.

[SignalHillHiker]

When I woke up this morning at 6:50 a.m. and checked the weather, it was already 19C in St. John's with a Humidex of 26C.

Today the actual temperature is supposed to hit 27C. I don't even want to know what the Humidex is.

Our record high for August is 31C (31.5C for July). I'm curious to see if we'll beat it!

Keep in mind our average yearly highs range from 0.9C in January to 20.3C in July. This summer has been (AWESOMELY) unusual for us.

From Ryan Snoddon's weather blog:

ST. JOHN'S- Less than half the total rainfall. Double the number of rain free days & plenty of 20°+ days!

Last June/July 2011
Number of 20° days: 19 (all 19 in July)
Number of Rain Free Days: 10
Total Rainfall: 250 mm

This June/July 2012
Number of 20° days: 31 (5 in June + 26 in July)
Number of Rain Free Days: 21
Total Rainfall: 119 mm

[SignalHillHiker]

Another significant reason for the better weather this year:

http://i49.tinypic.com/1zpmn2p.png

[Xelebes]

Right now it is thundering pretty hard. There is an isolated purple-cell popcorn storm just east of us and it is just throwing the bolts and causing a racket. A larger system of red-celled storms that can climb to purple-cell is heading our way from the north.

Edit: 4:24 PM - The power went out at 4:10 PM.

[SpongeG]

another hot day, +28 but feels hotter, gonna be hot all week apparently

[Denscity]

Not to leave anyone out (at the other site I post at there are only people from Ontario, Quebec and myself posting).

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1274/28444613.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/28444613.png/)

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/961/atlanticb.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/atlanticb.png/)

I live in that big purple circle on the BC map! June was wettest month ever and last week had the wettest day ever!

[Xelebes]

When I left work, there were about 16 individual red-cell storms in the Edmonton metro. Haven't checked the radar yet, but it looks like many of them have bundled into a fewer larger storms.

A large archer's bow is heading our way.

[bulliver]

When I left work, there were about 16 individual red-cell storms in the Edmonton metro. Haven't checked the radar yet, but it looks like many of them have bundled into a fewer larger storms.

A large archer's bow is heading our way.

I didn't get caught in it, but saw the aftermath....crazy torrential rain in the south east. 17 st had a swiftly moving river on each side and it was starting to overflow onto the road...it was crazy.

[Marty_Mcfly]

St. John's high today was a solid 27C with a humidex of 36C, and at 11:37pm it's currently 22C with a humidex of 30C...the lack of air conditioners on this side of the country is making me pretty sad. Another sleepless night is ahead.

Just cracked open a beer to keep cold. It was unfortunately a coors light, and the rocky mountains disappeared in about a minute. If I need to keep drinking to keep cold I'll have to move on to the mystery smirnoff orange twist in the back of my fridge :yuck:

[SignalHillHiker]

St. John's high today was a solid 27C with a humidex of 36C, and at 11:37pm it's currently 22C with a humidex of 30C...the lack of air conditioners on this side of the country is making me pretty sad. Another sleepless night is ahead.

Just cracked open a beer to keep cold. It was unfortunately a coors light, and the rocky mountains disappeared in about a minute. If I need to keep drinking to keep cold I'll have to move on to the mystery smirnoff orange twist in the back of my fridge :yuck:

I'm on my eighth Keith's, buddy. With Smirnoff Ice in the fridge after this... the nearest gas station was out of Blackhorse so I have to buy a Nova Scotian beer.

I am sitting at the ****ing computer, sweating. This is deadly.

[Marty_Mcfly]

I'm on my eighth Keith's, buddy. With Smirnoff Ice in the fridge after this... the nearest gas station was out of Blackhorse so I have to buy a Nova Scotian beer.

I am sitting at the ****ing computer, sweating. This is deadly.

I know the feeling. Working in the lab all afternoon (in jeans because I'm an idiot). At 4 I had to quit and gather the troops and make a little trip down to the Breezeway, which had both the best AC on campus AND womens olympic beach volleyball. The blackhorse keg wasn't tasting the best though, had to settle for a little Rickards. Tomorrow won't be much better apparently, I'll have to at least wear shorts this time.

[SignalHillHiker]

^ Hahaha, awesome. Breezeway. God, I haven't been there in a decade at least. More of a men's swimming fan myself (shh!). ;-) But I can appreciate a good women's beach volleyball game.

[Metro-One]

A very eastern Canada feeling day here, was kind of sunny most of the day, through thick high clouds / haze with humid air. Was only 24 but humidex was 29/30.

Now, thunderstorms have popped up everywhere and we are actually getting two separate lighting shows from my vantage point. One is right over the airport now.

[SignalHillHiker]

Complaints about the Townie/Bayman (St. John's/RON) aside...

...this is my favourite use of the divide in a contemporary sense.

Metro's comment about typical eastern Canada weather made me LOL because he's right... and also reminded me of the bayman's quip in this one:

fS6PsNinyzI

[Metro-One]

Nice, a big jolt of thunder just set off my neighbor's car alarm!

[logan5]

Massive lightning strike just now!

[Nicko999]

29C with a humidex of 32C and a mix of sun and clouds! Just gorgeous.:cool: We even had a quick shower a few minutes ago.

The Canadian warmspot was Warfield, BC at 34.9C.

[Metro-One]

Massive lightning strike just now!

There are lightning strikes all around my place, 1 about every 5 to 10 seconds.

There was a gigantic one that seemed to originate over in Richmond and stretch way across south vancouver, right overhead of me.

[SpongeG]

man we get nothing up here - nothing but sun and heat

i was promised thunder storms and dramatic weather - boooo

[SpongeG]

some cool pics

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/7055657.bin?size=620x400s
Lightning storm from downtown Port Coquitlam.
Photograph by: Grant Erb, submitted

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/7055243.bin?size=620x400s
Lightning storm from Beach Avenue balcony in Vancouver.
Photograph by: Greg Hoekstra, submitted

more pics/source here (http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/photogs+want+your+lightning+storm+photos/7055227/story.html?tab=PHOT)

[Marty_Mcfly]

at 9:57 am it's 23C with a humidex of 32C. Supposed to be a high of 25C this afternoon.

[Xelebes]

At 6:00 am, Environment Canada put out a thunderstorm alert for the Edmonton region in the afternoon and to expect similar weather like yesterday. Currently 21 C out there with a humidex of 28 (humidity at 77%.) High expected to go to 30 C.

[rrskylar]

Having a nice reprieve from the summer heat this week, with temps only in the high 20's.

[SignalHillHiker]

I have never felt this uncomfortably hot inside my home before.

It's built into an average St. John's hill (the second floor when viewing from the front is at ground level at the back of the house) so it's always stayed relatively cool. There have been plenty of spring and fall mornings I've had to turn the heat on a little.

Now it is just... roasting... and, of course, there's no air conditioning or anything like that. I have the bay windows open but they don't catch much wind. It's just awful...

And we had this the other day:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/08/06/nl-signal-hill-heat-806.html

[Copes]

I have never felt this uncomfortably hot inside my home before.

It's built into an average St. John's hill (the second floor when viewing from the front is at ground level at the back of the house) so it's always stayed relatively cool. There have been plenty of spring and fall mornings I've had to turn the heat on a little.

Now it is just... roasting... and, of course, there's no air conditioning or anything like that. I have the bay windows open but they don't catch much wind. It's just awful...

And we had this the other day:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/08/06/nl-signal-hill-heat-806.html

I'm sweating like mad here in the office today. It's not the first day that's been this hot, but I think its the first day it's been this muggy.

Or maybe its just the shirt I'm wearing. Either way, I'm uncomfortable. Not complaining though. The pain of last summer is still too fresh.

[SignalHillHiker]

RAIN, DRIZZLE AND FOG IS BACK!

OMG, it's blowing into my room right now... I could cry! Who am I kidding, I am crying, hahaha...

I've never been this happy for cold!

[PoscStudent]

^Wimps.

[Nicko999]

28C with a humidex of 33C and a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon.:cool: We had some drizzle this evening (most of the cell was to the north). Another perfect summer day.:banana:

The Canadian warmspot was Masinasin, Alberta at 37.2C.

[Nicko999]

The 10C list

Coolest temperature since July 1st

Windsor: 15.4C on July 25th
Toronto: 14.9C on July 21st
Sudbury: 11.1C on August 6th
Montreal: 10.9C on July 19th
North Bay: 10.9C on July 19th
Yellowknife: 10.9C on July 3rd;)
Halifax: 10.6C on July 20th
Edmonton (downtown airport): 10.0C on July 6th
Ottawa CDA (because the airport station doesn't give historic data right now): 9.8C on July 21st
Vancouver: 9.4C on July 4th
Regina: 8.5C on August 2nd
Kamloops: 8.3C on July 4th
Thunder Bay: 8.1C on July 27th
Winnipeg: 7.9C on July 27th
Quebec City: 7.5C on July 21st
Saskatoon: 5.4C on August 4th
Calgary: incomplete data but multiple lows were below 10C

BTW-
July 2012 marked the hottest month on record ever for the lower 48 states, according to a report released by NOAA Wednesday.

With an average temperature of 77.6 degrees F in the contiguous U.S., the month of July surpassed the 20th century average by 3.3 degrees F.

The previous warmest July was in 1936 when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4 degrees F.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/july-2012-marks-hottest-month/69385

[Doug_Cgy]

The 10C list

Coolest temperature since July 1st

Windsor: 15.4C on July 25th
Toronto: 14.9C on July 21st
Sudbury: 11.1C on August 6th
Montreal: 10.9C on July 19th
North Bay: 10.9C on July 19th
Yellowknife: 10.9C on July 3rd;)
Halifax: 10.6C on July 20th
Edmonton (downtown airport): 10.0C on July 6th
Ottawa CDA (because the airport station doesn't give historic data right now): 9.8C on July 21st
Vancouver: 9.4C on July 4th
Regina: 8.5C on August 2nd
Kamloops: 8.3C on July 4th
Thunder Bay: 8.1C on July 27th
Winnipeg: 7.9C on July 27th
Quebec City: 7.5C on July 21st
Saskatoon: 5.4C on August 4th
Calgary: incomplete data but multiple lows were below 10C

BTW-

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/july-2012-marks-hottest-month/69385

I can only think of 1 or 2 occasions where it has dipped below 10 this summer in Calgary. Hasn't been that bad

[PoscStudent]

After 50+ hours we've now dipped below 20 degrees to 18 this morning. Going up to 27 again though!

[SignalHillHiker]

It is a beautiful, sunny day in St. John's again. It doesn't feel as muggy as yesterday. I had flashbacks of Winnipeg while running a few errands late last night - it was raining, but the air and the water was warm. One doesn't feel that often in N.L.

(BTW... which should I use? I notice the CBC uses N.L., which I like, because it's not the postal code NL, which is what I usually type. I HATE Nfld. and N.F. and NF. So it has to be some form of N.L. for me. I think I'll go with the one CBC uses. I answered my own question. I should really just delete this now but I'll leave it... insight into how my brain works. Or doesn't. And, either way, someone else might have a different opinion that actually makes more sense to me...)

[feepa]

nl to me is netherlands... but what ever.

[PrairieGirl]

I really wish Environment Canada would have articles up specifying exactly what type of El Nino a certain year had with it's effects on Canada.

Right now Mets are trying to figure out if the ever so close El Nino will be classified as a *cold tongue* or a *warm pool*.

All I can find is this http://www.ec.gc.ca/adsc-cmda/default.asp?lang=En&n=931AB89B-1#c2 and per usual it is worded with as little detail as possible. No wonder Canadians are confused when an El Nino or La Nina (there is more than one type of that as well) don't behave as we expect they might.

[PrairieGirl]

:previous: However from what I can gather a *warm pool* El Nino will be kinder to the West (I didn't look at it's effects on Eastern Canada).

From my scanning of what I could identify as strong *Cold Tongue* El Nino's is that they have given us very dry winters and some of the worst droughts. :sly: :yuck: :hell:

Texans are praying for a CT El Nino so I'm pretty sure it would be in our (West anyways) best interest to pray for that WP El Nino. :tup:

I personally would like the prairies to hold on to *some* of the moisture we've been blessed with this year.

[Nicko999]

21C (humidex of 26C) this morning for a low.:)

24C with a humidex of 30C and mainly cloudy this afternoon. It started raining this evening.

The Canadian warmspot was Val Marie, Saskatchewan at 34.1C.

[subtropicalbc]

Could someone give me a list of mildest weather stations by province?????? Nonofficial or official....

[SignalHillHiker]

The fog rolled across downtown St. John's early this morning:

(Pictures from the live webcam on The Rooms)

http://i.imgur.com/kFsSC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jvPes.jpg

But it's still partly cloudy and quite nice in most areas of the city.

Today is supposed to be mostly sunny with a high of 24C.

[PrairieGirl]

Could someone give me a list of mildest weather stations by province?????? Nonofficial or official....

All official
Courtesy of Environment Canada...google works well

Mildest winter
City Rank Value
Victoria BC 1 7.4
Nanaimo BC 2 6.85
Duncan BC 3 6.81
Vancouver BC 4 6.77
Abbotsford BC 5 6.73
Chilliwack BC 6 6.45
Courtenay BC 7 6.27
Port Alberni BC 8 5.44
Campbell River BC 9 5.43
Prince Rupert BC 10 5.2
Penticton BC 11 2.23
Kelowna BC 12 1.23
Kamloops BC 13 .98
Halifax NS 14 .76
St. Catharines-Niagara ON 15 .71
Windsor ON 16 .52
Lethbridge AB 17 -.15
Oshawa ON 18 -.17
Kentville NS 19 -.19
St. John's NL 20 -.38
Sarnia ON 21 -.39
Truro NS 22 -.45
Brantford ON 23 -.49
Sydney NS 24 -.52
Vernon BC 25 -.54
Toronto ON 26 -.76
Hamilton ON 27 -.82
Woodstock ON 28 -.97
Owen Sound ON 29 -1.06
London ON 30 -1.07
Belleville ON 31 -1.2
Calgary AB 32 -1.41
Saint John NB 33 -1.42
Cranbrook BC 34 -1.6
Kitchener-Waterloo ON 35 -1.77
Corner Brook NL 36 -1.82
Kingston ON 37 -1.82
Stratford ON 38 -1.94
Peterborough ON 39 -2.05
Summerside PE 40 -2.22
Charlottetown PE 41 -2.23
Guelph ON 42 -2.25
Brockville ON 43 -2.25
Midland ON 44 -2.27
Moncton NB 45 -2.34
Medicine Hat AB 46 -2.38
Gander NL 47 -2.46
Fredericton NB 48 -2.46
Barrie ON 49 -2.47
Williams Lake BC 50 -2.52
Cornwall ON 51 -3
Prince George BC 52 -3.43
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC 53 -3.47
Sault Ste. Marie ON 54 -3.94
Saint-Hyacinthe QC 55 -4.02
Sherbrooke QC 56 -4.12
Drummondville QC 57 -4.17
Montréal QC 58 -4.19
Sorel-Tracy QC 59 -4.33
Ottawa-Gatineau ON-QC 60 -4.42
Bathurst NB 61 -4.58
Joliette QC 62 -4.63
Pembroke ON 63 -4.99
Trois-Rivières QC 64 -5.22
Red Deer AB 65 -5.35
Edmonton AB 66 -5.42
Swift Current SK 67 -5.68
Shawinigan QC 68 -5.82
Campbellton NB 69 -5.86
Rimouski QC 70 -5.87
North Bay ON 71 -6.15
Québec QC 72 -6.24
Moose Jaw SK 73 -6.45
Sudbury ON 74 -6.51
Edmundston NB 75 -6.51
Thunder Bay ON 76 -6.77
Rivière-du-Loup QC 77 -6.79
Estevan SK 78 -7.03
Baie-Comeau QC 79 -7.07
Grande Prairie AB 80 -7.5
Fort St. John BC 81 -7.95
Sept-Iles QC 82 -8.02
Chicoutimi-Jonquière QC 83 -8.35
Regina SK 84 -8.43
Timmins ON 85 -8.76
Alma QC 86 -8.93
Val-d'Or QC 87 -9.03
Portage la Prairie MB 88 -9.27
Cold Lake AB 89 -9.35
Rouyn-Noranda QC 90 -9.41
Saskatoon SK 91 -9.59
Kenora ON 92 -10.11
Brandon MB 93 -10.15
Yorkton SK 94 -10.28
Winnipeg MB 95 -10.31
Prince Albert SK 96 -10.7
Whitehorse YT 97 -10.83
Fort McMurray AB 98 -10.93
Thompson MB 99 -16.61
Yellowknife NT 100 -20.32

(their weather stations you'd have to search for)

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:cheers: (Alberta/Saskatchewan)
Environnement Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

National Climate Data and Information Archive
Province-Territory With Most Comfortable Weather :P

Based on a selection of 24 weather categories describing comfort, including the mildest winter, spring and fall; the most sunshine; the fewest hours of fog; less smoke and haze; the lightest winds; the lowest humidity, etc. points were assigned to the jurisdictions placing in the top seven of each "comfort" weather category. The province/territory with the greatest number of aggregate points is deemed to have the most agreeable climate.

Province-wide, Alberta has the most comfortable climate in Canada.

Rank Province/Territory Points
1 Alberta 22 (can hear them already :rolleyes:)
2 Saskatchewan 20 :tup: :cool:
3 British Columbia 18
4 Ontario 15
5 New Brunswick 15
6 Prince Edward Island 12
7 Yukon Territory 12
8 Nova Scotia 11
9 Manitoba 11
10 Northwest Territories 10
11 Nunavut 9
12 Newfoundland and Labrador 7
13 Quebec 3
:previous: I'm a thinking some don't agree with Nick. :rolleyes:

[Acajack]

All official
Courtesy of Environment Canada...google works well

Mildest winter
City Rank Value
Victoria BC 1 7.4
Nanaimo BC 2 6.85
Duncan BC 3 6.81
Vancouver BC 4 6.77
Abbotsford BC 5 6.73
Chilliwack BC 6 6.45
Courtenay BC 7 6.27
Port Alberni BC 8 5.44
Campbell River BC 9 5.43
Prince Rupert BC 10 5.2
Penticton BC 11 2.23
Kelowna BC 12 1.23
Kamloops BC 13 .98
Halifax NS 14 .76
St. Catharines-Niagara ON 15 .71
Windsor ON 16 .52
Lethbridge AB 17 -.15
Oshawa ON 18 -.17
Kentville NS 19 -.19
St. John's NL 20 -.38
Sarnia ON 21 -.39
Truro NS 22 -.45
Brantford ON 23 -.49
Sydney NS 24 -.52
Vernon BC 25 -.54
Toronto ON 26 -.76
Hamilton ON 27 -.82
Woodstock ON 28 -.97
Owen Sound ON 29 -1.06
London ON 30 -1.07
Belleville ON 31 -1.2
Calgary AB 32 -1.41
Saint John NB 33 -1.42
Cranbrook BC 34 -1.6
Kitchener-Waterloo ON 35 -1.77
Corner Brook NL 36 -1.82
Kingston ON 37 -1.82
Stratford ON 38 -1.94
Peterborough ON 39 -2.05
Summerside PE 40 -2.22
Charlottetown PE 41 -2.23
Guelph ON 42 -2.25
Brockville ON 43 -2.25
Midland ON 44 -2.27
Moncton NB 45 -2.34
Medicine Hat AB 46 -2.38
Gander NL 47 -2.46
Fredericton NB 48 -2.46
Barrie ON 49 -2.47
Williams Lake BC 50 -2.52
Cornwall ON 51 -3
Prince George BC 52 -3.43
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC 53 -3.47
Sault Ste. Marie ON 54 -3.94
Saint-Hyacinthe QC 55 -4.02
Sherbrooke QC 56 -4.12
Drummondville QC 57 -4.17
Montréal QC 58 -4.19
Sorel-Tracy QC 59 -4.33
Ottawa-Gatineau ON-QC 60 -4.42
Bathurst NB 61 -4.58
Joliette QC 62 -4.63
Pembroke ON 63 -4.99
Trois-Rivières QC 64 -5.22
Red Deer AB 65 -5.35
Edmonton AB 66 -5.42
Swift Current SK 67 -5.68
Shawinigan QC 68 -5.82
Campbellton NB 69 -5.86
Rimouski QC 70 -5.87
North Bay ON 71 -6.15
Québec QC 72 -6.24
Moose Jaw SK 73 -6.45
Sudbury ON 74 -6.51
Edmundston NB 75 -6.51
Thunder Bay ON 76 -6.77
Rivière-du-Loup QC 77 -6.79
Estevan SK 78 -7.03
Baie-Comeau QC 79 -7.07
Grande Prairie AB 80 -7.5
Fort St. John BC 81 -7.95
Sept-Iles QC 82 -8.02
Chicoutimi-Jonquière QC 83 -8.35
Regina SK 84 -8.43
Timmins ON 85 -8.76
Alma QC 86 -8.93
Val-d'Or QC 87 -9.03
Portage la Prairie MB 88 -9.27
Cold Lake AB 89 -9.35
Rouyn-Noranda QC 90 -9.41
Saskatoon SK 91 -9.59
Kenora ON 92 -10.11
Brandon MB 93 -10.15
Yorkton SK 94 -10.28
Winnipeg MB 95 -10.31
Prince Albert SK 96 -10.7
Whitehorse YT 97 -10.83
Fort McMurray AB 98 -10.93
Thompson MB 99 -16.61
Yellowknife NT 100 -20.32

(their weather stations you'd have to search for)

***************************************
:

These are average winter maximums I am pretty sure, rather than average winter temperatures.

[SignalHillHiker]

^ Ha! I think N.L.'s ranking is deserved given the described criteria. From Wikipedia:

Of major Canadian cities, St. John's is the foggiest (124 days), snowiest (359 cm (141 in)), wettest (1,514 mm (59.6 in)), windiest (24.3 km/h (15.1 mph) average speed), and most cloudy (1,497 hours of sunshine).[28] Despite the high snowfall totals, St. John's experiences milder temperatures during the winter season in comparison to other Canadian cities and has the mildest winter for a city outside of British Columbia.[29]

[freeweed]

Yeah, that looks like an average daily high during the winter months.

Regardless, good to see Calgary as just about the warmest non-coastal place in the west, and ranking right up there with southern Ontario.

As for "comfort" - what I think they really mean is mild, ie: less extreme. With which I agree, Alberta has some of the mildest weather in the country. But "comfort" is a subjective thing, those who are most comfortable when it's HOT out will not agree with this list.

[PrairieGirl]

Could someone give me a list of mildest weather stations by province?????? Nonofficial or official....

Regarding Unofficial stations you almost have to check each city for what private people and organizations might have.

I found one site that states this (but doesn't list where they are located). I'm positive sites like Weather Underground as well as The Weather Network take averages from all the reporting weather stations in a community whereas Environment Canada just reports those from officially recognized airports.

New Farm Weather Service
Thursday, 03 December 2009 19:27
The Canadian Wheat Board has unveiled a new weather information source for farmers. Producers will have free access to weather data online.

"It's a portal that allows access to the weather information off of their station or any other weather station," said Spokesman Guy Ash. The portal also integrates news content, decision support tools that predict particular pests or diseases and commodity prices."

The CWB, together with the Weatherbug company, have installed over 700 weather stations on farms across western Canada over the last two years. The weather data will be derived from these weather stations.

The network is the largest private weather network in the country.

So Weatherbug is here http://weather.weatherbug.co.uk/?zcode=z6286&lang_id=en-gb
I know a lot of people in the United States also use the above site.

and for the prairies there is this one http://commandcenter.weatherbug.com/Pages/WeatherStations.aspx?acct=5&tab=7&refdom=.weatherbug.com
:previous: I found I could find a CWB station near our farm. Not quick but I did find it. :D Report came from
CWB Forge Farms

[subtropicalbc]

What I meant is annual average

[subtropicalbc]

Found one.... Victoria hartland with an average of 12.3ºc

[Nicko999]

:cheers: (Alberta/Saskatchewan)
Environnement Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

National Climate Data and Information Archive
Province-Territory With Most Comfortable Weather :P



Province-wide, Alberta has the most comfortable climate in Canada.

Rank Province/Territory Points
1 Alberta 22 (can hear them already :rolleyes:)
2 Saskatchewan 20 :tup: :cool:
3 British Columbia 18
4 Ontario 15
5 New Brunswick 15
6 Prince Edward Island 12
7 Yukon Territory 12
8 Nova Scotia 11
9 Manitoba 11
10 Northwest Territories 10
11 Nunavut 9
12 Newfoundland and Labrador 7
13 Quebec 3
:previous: I'm a thinking some don't agree with Nick. :rolleyes:

Quebec gets some nasty weather away from the St. Lawrence river microclimate.

-Chicoutimi, Rimouski and Riviere-du-Loup lead Canada in blowing snow days.
-Sept-Iles has the second snowiest springs in Canada and is the third snowiest city in Canada
-Sept-Iles is also second in big snowfalls (10cm+), third in huge ones (25cm+)

And like freeweed said, it's a question of preferences... I would be extremely comfortable at 30C (humid or dry doesn't matter), some people would not.

[Nicko999]

First completely cloudy day in 2 months. We're getting some much needed rain though.

22C with a humidex of 29C and rainy/drizzly the whole afternoon. It wasn't too cool because the dewpoints are high.

The Canadian warmspot was Val Marie, Saskatchewan at 35.4C.


There was a massive heat wave (Saharan air) in Eastern Europe a few days ago... Ruse, Bulgaria recorded 43.5C.

Temperature reached 45.3C in Cordoba, Spain today (completely different heat wave though).

The exceptionally high readings likely sprung from a shot of searing-hot air that broke away from the western Sahara at the start of the week.

The most intense, far-reaching heat happened Tuesday, when 100-degree heat spread in a continuous swathe over northern Bulgaria, southern and eastern Romania, Moldova, reaching well into Ukraine.

Among the highest temperatures was that reached at Ruse, Bulgaria, where 110 degrees F was registered. Highs of 109 degrees were set in Podgorica, Montenegro, and Bacau, Romania. These readings are near all-time historical highs.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/andrews/europe-heat-wave-challenges-records/69462

[PrairieGirl]

Quebec gets some nasty weather away from the St. Lawrence river microclimate.

-Chicoutimi, Rimouski and Riviere-du-Loup lead Canada in blowing snow days.
-Sept-Iles has the second snowiest springs in Canada and is the third snowiest city in Canada
-Sept-Iles is also second in big snowfalls (10cm+), third in huge ones (25cm+)

And like freeweed said, it's a question of preferences... I would be extremely comfortable at 30C (humid or dry doesn't matter), some people would not.

I was thinking it had to be some nasty weather outside of Montreal that would put Quebec that low on the list (even lower than our 3 territories :sly:).

Personally I don't find 30C that bad either (esp. if my house had A/C and as long as my workplace's A/C is working). But without it it is uncomfortable. My recent experience (2007) with the *official* 48C humidex here however has made me very jaded re anyone liking humidex's above 30C (unless they have A/C to retreat to :rolleyes:). See with rising dew point the humidity can be 95 to 100% at night and even though the temperature has dropped a house without A/C is still a japanese sauna (I can't imagine how peeps without it survive down East).

Now we will prolly get A/C eventually if this garbage keeps up and I'm sure with more and more Americans irrigating it will (Alberta and to a smaller extent Saskatchewan are also becoming more dependent on it as well). I often wonder how much the removal of oil from the oil sands (isn't steam used for that as well?) also adds to rising humidity out West?

I soooooo miss the days when our days were warm to hot and much drier than now (except for the couple of weeks when the crops really started transpiring). Rain would fall, the ground would soak it up, the air would be cool and moist and then we'd go back to having somewhat dry warm air. Now I know the past three years here have had an exceptional amount of rain but we've had other years recently with very little rain yet we've had gross dew points.

[PrairieGirl]

2005 was one of the prairie summers from Hell
at the moment of screen capture it was 46 degree Celsius = 114.8 degree Fahrenheit
A Texan said *Cowabunga* when he saw what we were whining over in the Canadian gardening forum.
I had posted (this was just before the screen capture below had moved into Manitoba
"
it's not raining, nor has it at all today, but has cooled off a tad (it's 1:00 am here)


21°C

FEELS LIKE 30°C
WIND SE 11 km/h
GUSTS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 100%,,,it may not be raining but we are dripping wet.
DEWPOINT 21°C
PRESSURE 100.56 kPa

There are predicting kinder temps for SK peeps tomorrow...Manitoba's gonna get even hotter."

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7430/cowabunga.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/cowabunga.png/)



The only place that shared those temperatures/humidex in North America at that time was Savanah, Georgia.

at the moment of screen capture it was 46 degree Celsius = 114.8 degree Fahrenheit
A Texan said *COWABUNGA* when he saw what we were whining over in the Canadian gardening forum
The only place that shared those temperatures/humidex in North America at that time was Savanah, Georgia.

Though it had moved onto Manitoba it was still warm here that day (at the time of the screen capture above) as I had posted:

"Can anyone tell me how teenagers can still be in bed, in this heat ( currently 40C...heat and humidity combined ), under a comforter (& without A/C) and still be alive????????????????????????????????? Her room is on the north side of the house BUT??????????????????????"

[craneSpotter]

National Climate Data and Information Archive
Province-Territory With Most Comfortable Weather :P

Province-wide, Alberta has the most comfortable climate in Canada.

Rank Province/Territory Points
1 Alberta 22 (can hear them already :rolleyes:)
2 Saskatchewan 20 :tup: :cool:
3 British Columbia 18
4 Ontario 15
5 New Brunswick 15
6 Prince Edward Island 12
7 Yukon Territory 12
8 Nova Scotia 11
9 Manitoba 11
10 Northwest Territories 10
11 Nunavut 9
12 Newfoundland and Labrador 7
13 Quebec 3
:previous: I'm a thinking some don't agree with Nick. :rolleyes:

That list is a very broad ranking - averaging the entire province. Of course weather can vary greatly within a province - especially a mountainous one like BC ;)

Environment Canada also has what they call a climate severity index, which they calculate for select cities. It is more comprehensive and specific to a particular region.

Environment Canada devised the climate severity index to rate a locality's CLIMATE according to human comfort and well being. The index has a range from 1 to 100, with a score of 1 representing the least severe climate and 100 the most.

The climate severity index quantifies the unfavourable aspects of the Canadian climate by weighting 17 year-round WEATHER stressors that are generally considered to be extreme or severe. Some climate stressors include: extremes of hot or cold, wetness or dryness, and windiness; poor air quality; continuous darkness or daylight; prolonged or intense precipitation, FOG, restricted visibility; LIGHTNING and such severe weather as THUNDERSTORMS, blowing snow and freezing precipitation.

http://i45.tinypic.com/jb38yb.jpg

[PrairieGirl]

That list is a very broad ranking - averaging the entire province. Of course weather can vary greatly within a province - especially a mountainous one like BC ;)

Environment Canada also has what they call a climate severity index, which they calculate for select cities. It is more comprehensive and specific to a particular region.



http://i45.tinypic.com/jb38yb.jpg
:previous: True but doesn't Vancouver etc have days/weeks upon end with cloudy skys and rain that has caused houses to slip down the mountain side? As well as gale force gusts off the ocean? (we won't mention the risk of sliding into the ocean should an earthquake come since that wasn't included in the *weather* questions).

All provinces are averaged in the above so all would have the good and bad in that. I didn't upload it however to answer tropical bc's guestion, I just uploaded it because I hadn't seen that one before.

[PrairieGirl]

What it also doesn't mention is that our *normal* winter kills most viruses/diseases that hotter places are now struggling with as well as keeping nasty insects and critters from invading here. :tup:

Some particularily nasty spiders and crop viruses, etc. are now making themselves very much at home in some Canadian provinces now. :yuck::(:sly:

[PrairieGirl]

As of August 9th National Precipitation......I'm looking forward to seeing what Ontario will look like after the newest update.

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1869/natprecip.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/natprecip.png/)

I've heard they got good drenching non violent rains. :tup:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9793/accum2012.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/402/accum2012.png/)

[Nicko999]

28C with a humidex of 35C and mainly cloudy with some nice sunny breaks nonetheless. Nice t-storm this afternoon. I think we can say the drought is over. The dewpoint went as high as 23C in Huntingdon (humidex of 38C).:tup:

We have been warmer than Toronto so far this month (23.3C avg vs 23.0C avg).:)

The Canadian warmspot was Lytton, BC at 35.1C.

45.9C in Sevilla, Spain today... insane heat! Only 2.1C from the all-time European high of 48C in Athens, Greece.

[subtropicalbc]

Do you think any where in Canada has potential of producing a temperature higher than 50ºc if so where?

[bulliver]

Lillooet, Lytton, Osoyoos maybe. If it were to happen I think it would come near the end of a record heat/dry spell. Not sure I'll see it in my lifetime, things would have to go to hell quickly for it to get that hot here.