Category: Environment Canada Data

Canada is Cooling Since 1998 at -0.279C/Decade

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If you take Environment Canada’s monthly summaries from 1998 to April 2015.

Use only the station with pre-calculated Normals  (anomalies from 1981-2010 avg).

Average them on a 1×1 grid and then graph the data:

Canada Monthly Summary Analysis - 1998 to 2015 - 'Normals' Anomaly - 1x1 Grid - All Provinces

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

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These are just the stations deemed ‘Normals” by Environment Canada. The temperature is the departure from the 1971-2000 average in Celsius. I’m using monthly summary.

This graphs data is sorted by Longitude (West to East) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' March 2015 By Longitude and Name

 

 

This graphs data is sorted by Latitude (North to South) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' March 2015 By Latitude and Name

 

 

 

 

 

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

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These are just the stations deemed ‘Normals” by Environment Canada. The temperature is the departure from the 1971-2000 average in Celsius. I’m using monthly summary.

This graphs data is sorted by Longitude (West to East) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' February 2015 By Longitude and Name

 

This graphs data is sorted by Latitude (North to South) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' February 2015 By Latitude and Name

 

 

 

 

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

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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

Snowfall in Canada September 2014

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Map of snowfall in Canada for September 2014 from Environment Canada’s monthly summaries.

The size of the black dot in the top left corner represents 100cm of snow. MOUNTAIN VIEW VILLAGE got 80cm in September. Top 10 list is below.

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EC Canada Snowfall September 2014

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

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

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These are just the stations deemed ‘Normals” by Environment Canada. The temperature is the departure from the 1971-2000 average in Celsius. I’m using monthly summary.

This graphs data is sorted by Latitude (North to South) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' August 2014 By Latitude and Name

This graphs data is sorted by Longitude (West to East) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' August 2014 By Longitude and Name

 

 

Toronto Airport A Little Cool This Year – Zero Days Over 30C So Far

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Wow

““If Toronto’s Pearson International Airport weather station doesn’t hit 30.0ºC before the end of August — and it’s not looking like it will — this will be the first consecutive July and August that Pearson has not hit 30.0ºC+ since records began at Pearson in 1938 — that’s 76 years of data,” says Weather Network meteorologist Dayna Vettese.”

http://iceagenow.info/2014/08/summer-toronto-verge-setting-record/

 

Here is a histogram collection showing that there have been 1371 days over 30C at the airport. But 2014 could be blank.

Note that “global warming” hasn’t caused any increase in “heat waves”.

HotDay_Histogram_TORONTO LESTER B. PEARSON INTL A - Hot Day Histogram

 

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

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These are just the stations deemed ‘Normals” by Environment Canada. The temperature is the departure from the 1971-2000 average in Celsius. I’m using monthly summary.

This graphs data is sorted by Longitude (West to East) and By Name. Click for bigger.

Canada 'Normals' July 2014 By Longitude and Name

This graphs data is sorted by Latitude (North to South) and By Name. Click for bigger.

 

Canada 'Normals' July 2014 By Latitude and Name

More Sunshine in North America From 1982 – 2012

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Well … technically they say 4.2% less clouds. But that does mean more sunshine (except at night).

The emergence of satellite-based cloud records of climate-length and quality hold tremendous potential for climate model development, climate monitoring, and studies on global water cycling and its subsequent energetics. This article examines the more than thirty-year PATMOS-x AVHRR cloudiness record over North America and assesses its suitability as a climate-quality data record. A loss of ~4.2% total cloudiness is observed between 1982 and 2012 over a North American domain centered over the contiguous United States.

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00068.1?af=R&

 

As you know, land base sunshine monitoring is atrocious in North America. Once upon a time Canada had over 300 stations collecting sunshine data. How do we know whether major ups and downs in climate aren’t because of more or less clouds?

 

(h/t Hockey Schtick)