Canada Didn't Really Get a Winter This Year (CBC)

[Drew Wilson]

Environment Canada admits it was off its long-term forecast for Western Canada's winter.

In the fall, when the weather service was predicting what it would be like this winter, it said be prepared for temperatures colder than normal.

Instead, this has been one of the mildest winters on record. In southern Manitoba, temperatures have often been far warmer than normal for this time of year, causing problems for ice rinks, winter roads, ski hills and businesses that rely on the cold and snow.

"Boy, never have we been more wrong in the West as this year," said Dave Phillips, chief climatologist for Environment Canada.

"I mean, you know, to have just been normal would have been a real error," he added.

"But my gosh, when you come out of December and January to be the second-warmest on record, I mean, it really is embarrassing almost. I mean it truly, when you look at it, it's been sort of the non-winter."

In Winnipeg, the average daily high in December 2011 was –3.5 C. The normal is –9.7 C. Snowfall for the month was 5.2 cm, while the normal is 19.8 cm.

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I'm guessing it's time for denialists to break in to some scientists e-mail to find some offhanded remark to prove to themselves that climate change isn't real again.

[Aaron_Walkhouse]

It's my fault this time. I decided I didn't want a winter this year and Fall would lead right into Spring.
I intended it only for Edmonton but it makes sense the winds would spread the bubble around a bit.

[kokanezub]

Neither did michigan, And if its due to global warming (which is a natural thing accelerated by humans temporarily and can be avoided by planting green) Then I am glad because michigan winters suck and last for 4-5 months.

1932- the year with no winter <-boogle dat