What is your weather today? (II) - Page 231

Surrealplaces · #**4601** Posted: **May 7, 2012, 5:23 PM**

I guess if Calgary is going to be on that list, these two aren't bad.

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Originally Posted by north 42

Here's an interesting list of where cities and their weather claim to fame.

Sunniest winter Calgary AB 366.20 hours
Most sunny days in cold months Calgary AB 132 days

rousseau · #**4602** Posted: **May 7, 2012, 5:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by flar

Allergies have skyrocketed since herbicides and pesticides were banned a few years ago, especially now that the weeds have had a few years to flourish. No roundup = more allergens.

I just recently translated a Chinese study on the effect of glyphosate (Roundup is the trade name) on mice which found in males that it damaged their sperm, reduced the weight of their sexual organs and could potentially cause mutations in their reproductive cells. The obvious suggestion was that prolonged exposure could be dangerous to humans, though probably more so to people who are doing the spraying. Even so, the results of other studies have been inconsistent, so there's no definitive word on how toxic or damaging Roundup might actually be.

So what did people with allergies do before Roundup? Suffered, probably. Though they were also exposed to more bacteria than we are today in our obsession with being antiseptic, helping them to build up resistance and resulting in fewer allergies.

It's good to play in the dirt when you're growing up.

kw5150 · #**4603** Posted: **May 7, 2012, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

I guess if Calgary is going to be on that list, these two aren't bad.

And these.......(some from our neighbors)

Most sunny days year-round Calgary AB 333 days
Sunniest year-round Medicine Hat AB 2512.90 hours
Most dry days Medicine Hat AB 266 days
Sunniest fall Medicine Hat AB 517.30 hours

It is crazy how much sooner the leaves are out in Medicine Hat.

Nicko999 · #**4604** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 6:30 AM**

21C and sunny today!

Dry as hell though with 18% humidity. It was pretty chilly this morning as well with 5C.

The Canadian warmspot was Ashcroft, BC at 25.2C

north 42 · #**4605** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 2:26 PM**

21c today and party sunny, next 2 weeks calling for all 20s except for a couple days in the upper teens. We just planted all our annual flowers this past weekend since the chance for frost here is pretty much done for the season!

davidivivid · #**4606** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 3:37 PM**

Looks like that today

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Calgarian · #**4607** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 3:53 PM**

Should be 23 and sunny today, then cool and rainy for a couple days, then back up to the high teens - low 20s.

Surrealplaces · #**4608** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 5:02 PM**

I liking the forecast for this weekend.

Metro-One · #**4609** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 5:52 PM**

Has been nice in Van the last couple days.

Was up to 23 in the eastern burbs yesterday (18 near the water).

Suppose to be a little unsettled today and tomorrow, but after that it looks to be our first true Pacific High!

Friday. Saturday, Sunday and Monday all sunny, and temps from 20 to 25! Going to be nice. Of course this will also give the interior its first true heat wave.

I love that Ashcroft has a weather station again. I will not be surprised if it is often the hotspot in Canada this summer (it already has been the hotspot quite a few times this year, even though we have been on a cool trend).

feepa · #**4610** Posted: **May 8, 2012, 10:13 PM**

24 in Edmonton today... nice day for sure.

Nicko999 · #**4611** Posted: **May 9, 2012, 7:45 AM**

12C and rainy today.

The Canadian warmspots were Vauxhall and Rolling Hills, Alberta at 26.8C. Hopefully a few places in Western Canada will hit 32C+ this week. It will be absolutely shameful to go a full month (April 16) without breaking the 2012 record during spring.

Nicko999 · #**4612** Posted: **May 10, 2012, 7:53 AM**

19C and cloudy with some nice sunny breaks and thunderstorms to our west. It was 13C this morning!

The Canadian warmspot was Nipawin, Saskatchewan at 27.8C.

Nicko999 · #**4613** Posted: **May 11, 2012, 5:34 AM**

WTF is this weather???

It barely went to 11C under cloudy conditions and a few rainshowers.

It looks like the cold weather and almost unprecedented heavy freeze late April did its damage in Eastern Canada.

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The frost hit Doug Balsillie’s Essex County fruit orchard with a vengeance one Saturday night in late April, scorching blooms as it swept across the stretch of land. It wasn’t until mid-morning Sunday as the farmer’s fruit trees began to thaw that he discovered the extent of the damage.

“We’ve essentially lost all our tree fruit,” said Balsillie, who’s operated Balsillie Fruit Farm in Harrow, selling peaches, pears, apricots, plums, cherries and 15 different varieties of apples for nearly 30 years. “Everybody is shocked and appalled.”

And Balsillie is not alone.

Orchard owners across Ontario, Quebec and northeastern United States have been devastated by a wave of recent cold snaps after an unseasonably warm winter and early blooming period. Now, Ontario’s apple and tender fruit farmer boards are considering an appeal for emergency government funds to help farmers survive the devastating loss.

“There are some federal-provincial programs for disasters and we’re hoping to tap into some of those for people,” said Phil Tregunno, a Niagara-area fruit farmer and Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board chair who lost his entire plum crop after a recent frost.

An estimated 80 per cent of Ontario’s apple crop has been destroyed by extreme weather this year. About 30 per cent of the province’s $48-million tender fruit industry — including peaches, pears, plums, apricots and cherries — has also been wiped out.

“There’s widespread damage and this is beyond the farmer’s control. It’s damage like we’ve never seen,” said Ontario Apple Growers chair Brian Gilroy.

http://www.thestar.com/business/arti...xtreme-weather

Thankfully my grapes are just starting to open... they have struggled in this cold weather.

The Canadian warmspots were Portage and Carman, Manitoba at 30.1C.

Metro-One · #**4614** Posted: **May 11, 2012, 5:42 AM**

It has just as much to do with the unprecedented, record smashing heat waves that occurred in March and early April, throwing everything ahead of schedule, as it does the late freezes at the end of April in the east.

Anyways, been very sunny here but cool due to a cold front that moved through yesterday, low tonight in Vancouver is all the way down to 4, very cool for this time of year, but the good news is starting tomorrow things are heating up and it looks like mid 20s in the eastern burbs of Van on Sat, Sun, Mon and Tuesday.

rrskylar · #**4615** Posted: **May 11, 2012, 6:10 AM**

Up to 28 today in Winnipeg, looks to be warm next week when we could get our first 30 of the year.

Nicko999 · #**4616** Posted: **May 11, 2012, 7:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

It has just as much to do with the unprecedented, record smashing heat waves that occurred in March and early April, throwing everything ahead of schedule, as it does the late freezes at the end of April in the east.

True but the weather we got late in April was really, really bad...

Windsor had its latest freeze since 1983.
We have to go back to 1947 to see such heavy freezes in Montreal for so long that late in the season.

Add the fact that the Great Lakes were a lot warmer than normal from the March heatwave and "mild" winter and it almost makes the cold spell unprecedented.

codyLawrenceDylan14 · #**4617** Posted: **May 11, 2012, 9:15 PM**

21C in St.John's! and partly cloudy

Nicko999 · #**4618** Posted: **May 12, 2012, 5:36 AM**

18C and sunny today! Not too bad! At least 80% of the trees are fully leafed so it is almost a summer like green out. It's just too bad the temperatures haven't followed yet.

The Canadian warmspot was Nagagami, Ontario at 26.3C. Close to record temperatures in Northern Ontario I see.

Nicko999 · #**4619** Posted: **May 13, 2012, 3:59 AM**

About time we get a gorgeous day... 24C and a mix of sun and clouds today!

The Canadian warmspot was Ashcroft, BC at 29.0C. Getting close to 1 month without a new record high.

subtropicalbc · #**4620** Posted: **May 13, 2012, 4:34 AM**

Its amazing in Vancouver!! sun and 23 degrees!!