February was coldest in 28 years<\/p>\n
Mar 05, 2007 12:13 PM
\nCurtis Rush \uff0cStaff Reporter\/If you thought February was particularly cold, you were right. <\/p>\n
Frigid conditions made the month the coldest February in 28 years, according to Environment Canada\u2019s senior climatologist David Phillips. <\/p>\n
Not since 1979 has February dished up such bone-rattling conditions. <\/p>\n
The average temperature was -8.4C, which was three degreescolder than normal. <\/p>\n
That also made it the fifth coldest February since 1937 when weather records were first kept at what is now Pearson International Airport. <\/p>\n
It followed an unusually mild January. <\/p>\n
The month was also distinguished by a lack of rain. <\/p>\n
Usually in Feburary, the temperature rises enough that we get some rain. <\/p>\n
However, this was the first February since 1978 and only the second ever when we didn\u2019t get one drop of rain. <\/p>\n
“This was winter at its worst,” Phillips said. <\/p>\n
Today\u2019s weather will be cold, but there is the promise of spring around the corner. <\/p>\n
Environment Canada is predicting temperatures will rise to 3C by Friday. <\/p>\n
And although we have had snowfalls right through May in some years, the law of averages suggests we may have had our last snowstorm of the season. <\/p>\n
In the months of March, April and May, there is only a 21 per cent chance of any snow falling, according to Phillips. <\/p>\n
Environment Canada is also calling for normal temperatures through March, April and May. <\/p>\n
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