Canadian winters getting milder

[Swede]

But figures compiled by Environment Canada, and released to The Canadian Press, provide a little perspective.

Those statistics from the national weather office reveal a drastic drop in the number of cold days — defined as anything -15 C or colder — in recent decades.

The trend is noted in every city measured across the country — in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. Even Vancouver's mild winters have gotten milder.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/never-mind-cold-snap-fed-stats-suggest-canadian-20110124-130248-692.html

[Canuckistanian]

1. It's fairly obvious

I've seen things like thunderstorms in January. Insects flying around in December.

And bird migrations are off by about two weeks in the last 15 years. Hummingbirds come earlier, Robins and Red Winged Blackbirds leave later.

It's happening.

[RC]

2. Really? And how many Arctic cold fronts have made it down to Texas so far this winter?

Kansas City is breaking cold records.

[closeupready]

3. Why don't you do some actual research yourself, like the researchers in the story of the OP, and

check back in? :hi:

[hedgehog]

5. well, duh! If the cold weather isn't in Canada, it has to go somewhere, right?

:eyes:

[sharp_stick]

7. So sciency

I mean really, how can you stuff that much research into one little reply?

Maybe Gawd, like the rest of us is just pissed at the pathetic effort put in by the Chief's this year.

[wtmusic]

4. My sister sent me cayenne peppers she grew in her garden - in Fairbanks, AK

The effect of global warming on high latitudes is up to 2x greater than that at the equator.

[SidDithers]

6. Except for last week...

brrrrrr. :scared:

But I've noticed that winters seem to be starting later. Golf courses were still open into early December this year.

Sid

[Southerner]

8. I was curious to see what was in this thread...

...because my relatives in Saskatchewan, who I hear from now and then, are once again this year complaining about a very severe winter. I dug out an old email from last year and found this link:

http://www.newstalk650.com/story/20090819/21127