Canada – Page 5 – sunshine hours

Using November Tmin data from Environment Canada’s monthly summaries.

I used the following filter. There had to be 25 years of data. And there had to be data in 2014.

420 stations fit that criteria.

For 122 of those stations, November 2014 was in the top 5 coldest.

So, for example. 108 MILE HOUSE ABEL LAKE has 27 rows of data, and 2014 is ranked as the 4th coldest.

Prov	Stn	Rows	Last Year	Nov 2014 Monthly Tmin	Nov 2014 Monthly Rank	Coldest 10 Novembers (In order)
BC	108 MILE HOUSE ABEL LAKE	27	2014	-28.5	4	1996,2006,1993,2014,2001,1995,1994,2005,2010,2003
BC	ADDENBROKE ISLAND	35	2014	-7	3	1985,2006,2014,1993,2010,2003,2011,1982,1990,2001
MB	ARBORG	55	2014	-31.5	5	1978,1985,1989,1995,2014,1964,1971,1976,1991,1997
BC	ASHCROFT	25	2014	-21.1	1	1959,2014,1978,1977,2010,2011,1963,1958,2013,1979
MB	BALDUR	52	2014	-27.5	4	1985,1964,1978,2007,2013,2014,1977,1976,1986,2012
MB	BERENS RIVER CS	30	2014	-36	2	1985,2014,1986,1993,1995,1997,1989,1991,1996,2012
ON	BIG TROUT LAKE	57	2014	-32	5	1989,1949,1968,1976,2012,2014,1958,1978,2012,1957
BC	BILLINGS	30	2014	-17	5	1985,2006,2010,1993,2014,1996,2007,1991,1986,2003
BC	BLUE RIVER A	45	2014	-30.6	3	1985,2006,2014,1975,1993,2010,1984,1978,1996,1970
BC	BOAT BLUFF	37	2014	-5.5	5	1985,2006,1996,2010,2014,1993,2001,1978,1982,1990
AB	BRETON	29	2014	-34	1	2014,1996,2006,2010,2013,2003,1993,1990,2011,1975
AB	BROOKS	37	2014	-30.3	3	1975,1978,2014,1996,2003,2010,1973,1990,2006,1977
AB	BRULE BLACK CAT	28	2014	-39.5	1	2014,1996,2010,2006,1990,1993,1995,2001,2003,1991
BC	BURNS LAKE DECKER LAKE	35	2014	-31.4	3	1955,2006,2014,1970,1963,2010,1964,2011,1965,1966
BC	CAPE ST JAMES	48	2014	-3.4	4	1985,1946,1955,2014,1963,1959,1970,1973,1950,1945
AB	CARDSTON	99	2014	-32	5	1955,1996,1946,1985,1996,2014,1950,1959,1963,1993
MB	CARMAN	25	2014	-28	1	2014,1996,2005,1995,2007,2013,2010,1991,1990,2003
ON	CHAPLEAU A	37	2014	-31.5	1	2014,1989,1983,2007,1995,1978,1992,1993,1986,2000
NL	CHURCHILL FALLS A	27	2014	-29.9	3	1986,1972,2014,1978,1989,1992,1977,1980,1991,2013
QC	CHUTE-DES-PASSES	37	2014	-23.8	5	1964,1968,1997,2002,2014,1971,2005,1962,1975,2013
SK	CIGAR LAKE	28	2014	-36	3	1988,1990,2014,2004,1995,2007,2012,1994,2001,2006
AB	CLARESHOLM	29	2014	-35.3	2	2010,2014,1996,2006,2003,1955,2012,2007,1993,1995
SK	CLAYDON	44	2014	-28	2	1985,1996,2014,2010,1982,1973,1975,1976,1986,2006
SK	COLLINS BAY	39	2014	-35.8	2	1988,2014,1975,1978,1976,2004,1985,1982,1972,1977
SK	CORONACH	48	2014	-30.5	4	1996,1985,1946,2006,2014,1993,2010,1977,1978,1945
SK	CORONACH SPC	33	2014	-28.6	3	1996,1985,2010,2014,1991,1993,2003,2006,2000,1990
MB	COWAN	29	2014	-33	2	1985,2010,2014,1991,1989,1984,2006,1996,1995,2000
BC	CRISS CREEK	25	2014	-31.5	2	2006,2014,1993,2010,1996,2013,2011,1990,1994,2003
MB	DAUPHIN	41	2014	-31.5	2	1919,2014,1905,1921,1907,2013,1935,1940,1914,1926
BC	DAWSON CREEK A	47	2014	-37.1	5	1985,2006,1990,1970,2014,1993,1982,2013,1973,2001
BC	DELTA TSAWWASSEN BEACH	27	2014	-7.5	2	2006,2014,1993,2010,1996,2011,1994,2003,2013,1992
BC	DRYAD POINT	37	2014	-6	5	1985,2006,1996,2010,2011,2014,1993,1982,1990,1978
BC	DUNCAN KELVIN CREEK	27	2014	-6	5	2010,1993,2006,1996,2003,2014,1994,1995,2002,2000
SK	DUVAL	52	2014	-28	5	1985,1978,1996,2013,2014,1966,1970,1977,1965,1991
AB	EDMONTON STONY PLAIN	49	2014	-31	3	1985,1970,2014,2010,1996,2006,2003,1990,1973,1984
AB	EDSON	58	2014	-36	4	1963,1919,1950,2014,1955,1940,1946,2013,2010,1921
AB	EGG ISLAND	61	2014	-25.6	2	2012,2014,2013,2001,2002,2003,2004,1985,2006,2007
MB	ELKHORN 2 EAST	26	2014	-27	5	2013,1996,2006,2007,2014,1995,1990,1991,2010,1989
BC	ENTRANCE ISLAND	28	2014	-2	3	2006,2010,2014,1996,2014,1916,2003,2005,2007,2011
AB	ENTWISTLE	28	2014	-33	2	2010,2006,2014,1996,2003,1990,2013,1993,1991,2012
BC	EQUITY SILVER	32	2014	-29.5	3	1985,1982,1996,2014,2010,2001,2013,1984,2003,1986
SK	ESTEVAN	26	2014	-27.7	5	1919,1905,1900,1914,2014,1903,2013,1910,1911,1924
SK	ESTEVAN A	71	2014	-28.5	4	1996,1985,1964,1990,2014,1978,1946,1955,2006,2010
AB	FABYAN	34	2014	-31.5	4	1985,1996,2010,2014,1990,1986,2006,1982,1993,2013
BC	FERNIE	96	2014	-29	5	1959,1985,1982,1993,2014,1946,1970,2006,1940,2003
ON	FOLDENS	52	2014	-13	5	1987,2013,1986,2000,2014,1976,1996,2005,1964,1967
AB	FORT VERMILION	26	2014	-34.9	3	2006,2012,2014,2013,1915,1963,2011,1908,2007,1914
ON	GERALDTON A	34	2014	-32.1	4	1985,1989,1995,2014,2007,1986,1997,1992,2013,2005
MB	GILBERT PLAINS	55	2014	-34	3	1958,1985,2014,1964,1991,1996,1978,2010,1995,1971
BC	GOLDSTREAM RIVER	31	2014	-22	3	1985,2006,1993,2014,1982,1984,2007,1995,1996,2013
MB	GRAND RAPIDS HYDRO	46	2014	-30	3	2004,1985,2014,1978,1989,1966,1970,2010,1993,1971
AB	GRANDE PRAIRIE A	73	2014	-38	4	1963,1985,1955,2014,1970,2006,1950,1990,1961,1965
MB	GRETNA (AUT)	34	2014	-27.2	4	1958,1996,1964,2014,1955,2013,2007,1995,1993,2006
ON	HAMILTON A	55	2014	-13.2	2	2000,2014,1987,1959,2013,1986,1976,1996,1967,2005
BC	HOPE A	60	2014	-10.1	4	1985,1955,1959,2014,1993,1945,1946,1970,1940,1977
BC	HORSEFLY LAKE GRUHS LAKE	37	2014	-30.5	3	1955,2006,2014,2010,1996,1959,2001,2013,1993,1994
BC	IVORY ISLAND	30	2014	-6	3	2006,1996,2010,2014,1993,2011,1950,1990,2001,2005
BC	KAMLOOPS PRATT ROAD	26	2014	-24	2	2006,2014,1996,2010,1993,1990,2013,2003,2011,1995
ON	KAPUSKASING A	78	2014	-31.1	4	1938,1957,1975,2014,1940,1995,1976,2012,1964,1978
BC	KELOWNA	68	2014	-19.4	4	1900,2010,1955,2014,1959,1911,2011,1921,1927,1903
SK	KINDERSLEY A	32	2014	-28.5	5	1996,1985,2010,1991,2014,2011,1993,2006,2013,1984
ON	KINGSVILLE MOE	47	2014	-11	3	1996,1976,1986,2014,1979,1991,2005,2013,1969,1977
SK	LEROY	35	2014	-29	4	1985,1996,1990,1995,2007,2010,2014,1982,2003,2013
BC	LILLOOET	44	2014	-19.2	2	1883,2014,1921,1940,2010,1927,1931,1881,1919,1924
AB	LLOYDMINSTER A	33	2014	-28.3	5	1985,1996,2010,1990,2014,2003,2013,1995,2006,1986
MB	MAFEKING	25	2014	-31	1	2014,1989,1991,1993,2007,1990,1996,2006,2010,2011
SK	MANKOTA	46	2014	-32.5	3	1985,1996,2014,1978,2003,1975,1976,1984,1964,1977
MB	MARQUETTE	46	2014	-27	5	1985,1978,1976,1977,1995,2014,1986,2007,1989,1996
ON	MASSEY	32	2014	-24.5	2	1989,2014,1995,2000,1986,2005,2007,2013,1983,1991
SK	MCKAGUE 2	30	2014	-32.5	3	1985,1991,2014,1996,2007,1990,2010,1986,1993,1995
BC	MCLEESE LAKE GRANITE MT	39	2014	-29	3	2006,1978,2014,1996,2010,2013,1993,1984,1995,1977
SK	MEADOW LAKE	28	2014	-34.6	3	2013,1970,2014,2006,2003,1996,2007,2010,1975,1972
SK	MEADOW LAKE A	32	2014	-34.4	5	1985,1982,1990,1978,2014,1986,2003,2006,1994,2007
BC	MERRITT	43	2014	-24.7	1	2014,1924,1945,1921,1946,1931,1950,1919,1935,2011
BC	MICA DAM	52	2014	-18.5	4	1985,2006,1970,2014,1963,1984,2010,1975,1993,1978
AB	MILK RIVER	40	2014	-29.3	2	1996,2014,2006,2010,2003,1970,2007,2012,1964,1963
BC	MISSION WEST ABBEY	53	2014	-9	4	1985,2006,2010,1993,2014,1978,1996,1970,1977,1963
BC	MYRA CREEK	32	2014	-6	5	2010,2006,1982,1993,1996,2014,2003,1979,1981,1983
BC	NEW DENVER	45	2014	-14	5	1985,2006,2010,1993,1977,2014,1970,1978,1975,1984
BC	NORTH PENDER ISLAND	32	2014	-5	5	1985,2006,1993,2010,1982,2014,1996,1975,2011,1984
BC	OKANAGAN CENTRE	85	2014	-14.5	5	1985,1955,1959,1996,2014,1946,1940,1970,1993,1977
BC	OSOYOOS CS	25	2014	-13	4	2010,2006,1993,2014,1996,2003,2002,1995,1994,2013
BC	PEACHLAND	41	2014	-16.5	3	1985,2006,2010,2014,1978,1993,1996,1977,2003,1975
SK	PELLY	60	2014	-34	4	1958,1985,1970,1978,2014,1959,1991,1955,1951,1982
AB	PICTURE BUTTE WEST	26	2014	-29.5	3	1996,2006,2014,2010,2012,2003,1991,1993,1990,2001
MB	PINAWA	58	2014	-30	3	1929,1926,1919,2014,1940,1921,1930,1933,1996,1927
ON	PORT COLBORNE	50	2014	-10	5	1987,1976,2000,2013,1986,2005,2008,2014,1989,1967
BC	PRINCE GEORGE	38	2014	-32.3	3	1927,1940,2014,1919,2010,1935,1921,1931,2011,1924
BC	PRINCE GEORGE STP	39	2014	-28	4	1985,2006,1996,2014,1978,2010,1982,1977,1986,1984
BC	PRINCE RUPERT	60	2014	-8.7	4	1955,1911,1921,2014,1909,1910,1946,1950,2010,1959
BC	PRINCETON A	79	2014	-27	5	1985,2006,1975,1955,2014,2010,1958,1959,1970,1982
AB	QUEENSTOWN	53	2014	-29	4	1985,2010,2010,2006,2014,1993,1977,1996,1975,1978
BC	QUESNEL	83	2014	-31.3	4	1896,1893,1955,2014,1897,1946,1959,1892,1911,1940
BC	RED LAKE	30	2014	-25	4	1985,2006,2010,2014,1993,1996,1995,1986,2013,1974
ON	RED LAKE A	70	2014	-31	5	1985,1978,1940,1995,2014,1964,1976,1986,1956,1955
MB	RENNIE	28	2014	-32.5	2	1996,2014,1991,2007,1989,1995,1997,2013,1979,2003
MB	ROBLIN	42	2014	-32.2	4	1985,1978,1996,2014,1991,2010,1996,1989,2013,1977
SK	ROCK POINT	40	2014	-28.5	5	1985,1978,1996,1977,2014,1976,1982,1984,1975,2010
SK	ROCKGLEN (AUT)	30	2014	-28.6	3	1978,1996,2014,1977,2010,1976,1975,2006,2003,1995
ON	ROSEVILLE	43	2014	-17	1	2000,2014,2008,1987,1996,1982,1972,1999,2013,1976
BC	SATURNA ISLAND CS	28	2014	-2.9	5	1985,2010,2006,1993,2014,1984,2011,1982,1983,2012
ON	SAULT STE MARIE A	57	2014	-19.1	4	1975,1976,1995,2014,1989,1947,1964,2013,1997,1977
BC	SILVER CREEK	25	2014	-21.5	3	2006,2010,1996,2014,1993,2003,1990,1994,2013,1991
BC	SPARWOOD	33	2014	-33.5	2	1985,2014,2010,1993,2006,1996,1984,1991,1986,2003
BC	SPOKIN LAKE 4E	31	2014	-36	2	1985,2014,2006,1996,2013,2010,1993,1986,1995,2001
MB	ST ALPHONSE	29	2014	-27	4	2007,1996,2013,2014,1986,1989,2006,2000,2010,1991
NL	ST ANTHONY	60	2014	-22.6	1	2014,1946,1993,1978,1989,2000,1994,1992,1986,1982
SK	STEWART VALLEY	30	2014	-28	4	1985,1996,2013,2014,1991,2010,2006,1984,1993,1995
ON	SUDBURY A	61	2014	-22.6	3	1958,1989,2014,1977,1956,1978,1982,1986,2013,1964
BC	SUMMERLAND CS	25	2014	-16.8	3	2006,2010,2014,1993,1996,2003,1990,1994,2013,1992
BC	SUSKWA VALLEY	31	2014	-24	4	1985,2006,1996,2014,2010,1982,1993,1990,2007,1986
NU	TALOYOAK A	31	2014	-38.9	2	2004,2014,2002,1989,1993,1985,1987,1992,1994,2000
ON	TIMMINS A	41	2014	-30.2	4	1975,1957,1964,2014,1989,1986,1959,1978,1976,1968
AB	VEGREVILLE	36	2014	-34.6	4	1996,1985,2010,2014,1990,2006,2013,2003,1984,2011
BC	VERNON SILVER STAR LODGE	32	2014	-26.5	5	2006,1985,2003,1993,2014,2009,2010,1970,1984,1994
MB	WASAGAMING	45	2014	-32.3	5	1985,1978,1996,2013,2014,1986,2010,1967,1995,1971
ON	WAWA A	36	2014	-25.9	2	1989,2014,2007,2013,1995,1997,1977,1986,1982,1993
ON	WELCOME ISLAND (AUT)	36	2014	-20.2	3	1976,1978,2014,2007,1977,1979,1997,2013,2000,1967
BC	WHISTLER ROUNDHOUSE	35	2014	-23	5	1985,1993,2006,2010,2014,1977,1975,1973,1986,1982
AB	WHITECOURT	52	2014	-33.4	5	1955,1963,1950,1970,2014,1946,1964,2006,1961,1959
AB	WHITECOURT A	37	2014	-32.9	3	1985,2006,2014,1996,2010,1984,1990,2003,1986,2013
BC	WILLIAMS LAKE A	54	2014	-31	2	1985,2014,1996,2006,1970,1978,1993,1977,1963,2010

Environment Canada publishes monthly summaries here. The data included Tmax, Tmean, Tmin and Normals (the D column). The Normals column is “Mean Temperature difference from Normal (1971-2000) (°C)”. These are supposedly the higher quality stations. Only some of the stations get a Normals value.

I could just look at the stations with Normals and summarize the data. But some of the stations are close together. So I thought why not summarize the data by 1×1 grid square and then summarize the grid squares.

Correction: I left the green line out of these graphs – The green line is the count of grid squares with data in them. That is dropping like a stone. (I will discuss this in another post).

And why not see what happens from 1998. We know 1998 is a pivot point in climate.

The trend for the whole country from 1998 is cooling at -0.32C/decade. Saskatchewan and Manitoba are cooling at over -.8 C /decade. Wow.

Here are the trends for each province.

All Provinces -0.32 C/decade

ALTA -0.61
BC -0.3 
MAN -0.86 
NB 0.06 
NFLD 0.15 
NS 0.02 
NU 0.47 
NWT -0.36 
ONT -0.38 
PEI 0.1 
QUE 0.01 
SASK -0.8 
YT -0.21

And here are the graphs for each province and then one more for the whole country. Click For bigger.

Prov	Stn_Name	Snow(cm)	Lat	Long
AB	MOUNTAIN VIEW VILLAGE	80	49.132	-113.594
NU	ALERT UA	77.8	82.5	-62.333
AB	KANANASKIS	60.6	51.028	-115.035
AB	WILDCAT HILLS	34	51.269	-114.721
AB	CALGARY INTL A	28.2	51.123	-114.013
AB	OKOTOKS	19.6	50.729	-113.961
NU	BAKER LAKE A	17.8	64.299	-96.078
BC	FORT ST. JOHN A	15.6	56.238	-120.74
NU	RANKIN INLET A	15.4	62.811	-92.115
AB	BRULE BLACK CAT	15.2	53.35	-117.867

Category: Canada

Canada is Cooling Since 1998 at -0.279C/Decade

Canada ‘Normals’ Mar 2015 West to East and North To South

Canada ‘Normals’ Feb 2015 West to East and North To South

Frothing From D Appell

November 2014 – 30% of Canadian Stations Were in the Coldest 5 Tmin

Snowfall in Canada September 2014

Canada ‘Normals’ Aug 2014 West to East and North to South

Canada ‘Normals’ July 2014 West to East and North to South

More Sunshine in North America From 1982 – 2012

May 2014 – Canada is Cooling at -0.32C Per Decade Since 1998